Broken-in Lost Worlds a Myth?

[sweetfights]

LW's lighter hide has a LOT of character.

True- I had a 3oz black HH J100 and the leather was outstanding- lots of grain. I would even say for me the lighter hide was better looking close up.

 

[red devil]

I think it is time for me to take some pics and update the suburban thread

 

[Powerband]

Some update after a little over a week of daily wear.

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[AbbaDatDeHat]

Greetings All:
The life of my LW Steer Trucker.
Exercising, rest, exercising.
Often times spends nights exercising under a cushion while i rest on top.
It hasn’t tapped out yet but...in time!!
Be well. Bowen

 

[Powerband]

Bowen, you are too kind—your LW has a cushy life. Its intended lot in life is punishment. [emoji3517]


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[AbbaDatDeHat]

Bowen, you are too kind—your LW has a cushy life. Its intended lot in life is punishment. [emoji3517]


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Lol.
Thought about running over it a few times with the Hummer except for the buttons.
It does have a nice tread pattern though???
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[navetsea]

And a bit of elbow action:

the grains looks great... but everyone knows sleeve is child's play, please show us how broken in is your back panel?

 

[Juanito]

Here's mine, new in 1995. Was worn nearly everyday for 10 years.

 

[Monitor]

Here's mine, new in 1995. Was worn nearly everyday for 10 years.

Well there you have it - Lost Worlds jacket that doesn't look brand new.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Here's mine, new in 1995. Was worn nearly everyday for 10 years.

Outstanding!!
Looks like an old friend.
So is this pic from 2005 after 10 years daily wear? What about the last 14 years?
Curious as to it’s history.
Thanks for sharing.
B

 

[Juanito]

Current photo. Very much an old friend. I just haven't worn the jacket much since about 2005 after I got a real job and stopped wandering around. The thing has literally been around the world. I wear it occassonally, mostly when motorcycle riding.

 

[thor]

My LW A-2, 3.5oz hide. Worn almost daily for a 3-year stretch (before my switch to G-1’s). Knits and zipper still good as new. Hide is indestructible! Just wear it and forget it.

 

[tmitchell59]

A Suburban I should have kept. More around 3.5, certainly not like the 4+Test.

 

[ChewingWax]

2001 LW DOWNTOWN. Completely broken in.

 

[Bfd70]

2001 LW DOWNTOWN. Completely broken in.

Sharp

 

[Powerband]

There seems to be more good-looking unicorns than big foot.

 

[rmconner80]

Here’s a Ryder half belt in a pretty thick black goatskin. I’ve had it about 6 years and, at least before Covid, was putting several hours a day in the jacket about 100 days a year. It fits like a baseball glove and is broken in well, but yes of course it looks nothing like cxl after a similar amount wear.

 

[Edward]

I think they break in with patience. They just don’t do the patina dance to well.
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That would be the thing, Which works for me (though I don't have a black LW leather, only my LW B3). I like the look of a black leather jacket; and I prefer it to stay black. When I want brown, I buy brown.

As ever, of course, much depends whether you're a vintage leather guy that wants your leather jacket to look like the cool, seventy and eighty year old jackets many of us can't find affordably in our sizes do now, or whether you're one of those of us who want to dress like it's 1956, and we're wearing a jacket be bought new in the late forties.

Leather is tougher than zipper
:-D

Clearly the zipper is not manly enough for the leather!

 

[TREEMAN]

Here’s a Ryder half belt in a pretty thick black goatskin. I’ve had it about 6 years and, at least before Covid, was putting several hours a day in the jacket about 100 days a year. It fits like a baseball glove and is broken in well, but yes of course it looks nothing like cxl after a similar amount wear.

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That’s beautiful goat… Much nicer than the stiff pebbled type of goat we usually see pics of … IMO .

 

[ton312]

That’s beautiful goat… Much nicer than the stiff pebbled type of goat we usually see pics of … IMO .

Typical Goat:

LW Goat: