Imuricecreamman
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I think Shawn is still feeling his way through our sphere here at TFD and some of his choices when it comes to leather treatment and distressing seems somewhat overdone, but his ability to listen to advice and his willingness to try things people suggest are way beyond any other maker I've read about here (maybe other than Greg Fields, but he operates in a much smaller niche) We asked for non-distressed buffalo, we got non-distressed buffalo, we asked for deerskin, we got deerskin (should have asked for uncorrected in the first place )I totally agree with you, Fonzie, the jacket looks great, and the leather never looked like anything other than deerskin to my eyes. But my point is: Shawn's work will only get better and better along with his leatherofferings.All this comparing of deer skins, milled, plated, etc I think is the TFL effect blowing things out of context and proportion again.
@Jin431 ’s jacket looks fantastic, the leather is very nice and the fit is spot on.
I think you guys are overlooking the fact that he paid probably at least eight times less or more than what he would have paid if he had bought a deerskin jacket from any if the makers that 5 star are being compared to: LW, RMC, Thedi, etc.
You can’t pay budget and expect premium, the trade off has to be somewhere.
I think he did extremely well there.