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Very soon, I will be the extremely proud owner of THE VERY FIRST S & J Raiders jacket in "thin horsehide." You can betcher sweet Poet I'll be posting pics. I'm pumped!

Looking forward to your impressions.

Diego sent me pics, some of which are here. This thing looks fantastic.

Forgive me if they're not sized properly.

THAT is a thing of beauty!!!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

Great looking jacket they are making mine now can't wait to get it. Wish it was sooner rather than later. I am getting the same jacket with thin chocolate cowhide.

Stunning jacket. Thanks for sharing

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Can't wait to receive it; it's supposed to ship out today. The only thing I have to compare it to is a Todd's. I wanted a more "real world" jacket that was tougher. I was set on a Wested Hero, but when Diego told me about his new thin horsehide, it got my gears turning. And, having seen his work, it was too good to pass up. Plus, mine's the first, which is pretty dang cool. More pics when I get it.

Now that is a sweet jacket!

Wow! !!! W>

Now that's a real-world SA Raiders jacket! Looks perfect to the Peruvian Temple scenes. Looking forward to seeing it on you.

kozmoedave wrote:Very soon, I will be the extremely proud owner of THE VERY FIRST S & J Raiders jacket in "thin horsehide." You can betcher sweet Poet I'll be posting pics. I'm pumped!

Congratulations on being the first to get one in this leather. Looks great!

Can't wait to see some pics with you in that bad boy! I always wanted a HH Raiders for those colder days.

Beautiful!

It's here!

None of the pictures do it justice. To say I'm a satisfied Steele & Jones customer is an understatement. Thank you, Diego!

Thanks to you!!!
ENJOY IT!!!!

...talk about a keeper....!

At first glance, I'd swear that was a USW's 'roo due to the drape and surface!

Other than the color, it's a dead ringer!

BEAUTIFUL jacket!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

Just feeling it with my fingers, the thickness feels identical to my Todd's lamb skin. It's thin and very comfortable.

kozmoedave wrote:Just feeling it with my fingers, the thickness feels identical to my Todd's lamb skin. It's thin and very comfortable.

That's exactly how we describe it!

It drapes like lambskin, but with the strenght of horsehide.

For those that haven't ordered from Diego, he asked for pictures of me in a jacket I liked the fit of, along with its measurements. I used a Todd's, and Diego made a couple suggestions for slight alterations. This man obviously knows what he's doing; I agreed and let him work his magic. Couldn't be happier.

Dave, I see tremendous flaws with this jacket that could really get outta' hand unless you take care of it right away. Better box it up and send it out here, so I can inspect it, pronto...if not sooner!

If it's about lunch time and you feel the need to strap on a feed bag....you could be wearing an S&J horsehide jacket...if you try to answer your spouse with a 'whinny'....you could be wearing....

Time to call in the horse whisperer.....Psssttt!....send me that jacket!

Looks fantastic better than other jackets and skins I have seen from other manufactures. I am getting the same jacket, Diego said they are putting mine together now. After seeing yours I really can't wait to get mine. If mine turns out as nice as yours then I know I made the right decision to get one made by Diego and his partner. I was going to order a Wested until I started reading this form and checking into other manufactures. Everyone had nothing bad to say about Steele and Jones where other companies all had some negatives. I was worried about the Wested custom fit not being right but after communicating with Diego and seeing your jacket I am not worried about my Steele and Jones not being a good fit.

STUNNING Jacket!!!

Thank you, everyone.

Jones-Solo, I know what you mean. And I've never seen a negative comment about Steele & Jones. I'm sure you'll be VERY pleased with yours.

One of these days I'll be contacting Diego again for a distressed LC.

wow thats nice!

...double eiches!

!!! ! Oh, and the jacket is nice too ....

Truly an outstanding jacket! W>

Now that is one fine looking jacket!

What are they charging for that one?

PM Diego.

Thin horsehide? Hmm, the best of both worlds (thin, yet tough as nails). Tempting tempting, lol!

Indeed. It tempted me enough to pull the trigger pretty quickly. Been wearing it every day since I got it.

kozmoedave wrote:Indeed. It tempted me enough to pull the trigger pretty quickly. Been wearing it every day since I got it.

Was it stiff & require a lot of breaking in? That seems to be what I hear a lot about horsehide, so I was wondering if something as thin as this avoids that.

Well, stiff here is kind of a relative term. It's stiffer than lamb, but I wouldn't say this jacket is stiff at all.