Post pics as soon as you have them. I’m getting my single rider in the same hide!I'm excited myself. Right when I finalized my order details, they shut down for 10 days from Covid.
Shawn told me it's getting done this week. I'm hoping I got the specs right. I basically went with measurements from a handful of other jackets I had/have and hoped for the best.
To tide myself over I got a Brooks Brothers Cafe racer on eBay 2 weeks ago. Size 48, which is rare, but still didn't fit right. I got a tailor to take in the hem by 6 inches in circumference and the pits by a half inch. It isn't bad but still not what I had in mind.
Ok. I'm hesitant as I know how exacting the standards are here! I hope it gets the stamp of approval.Post pics as soon as you have them. I’m getting my single rider in the same hide!
I’m sure it will be fantastic. I’m anxious to hear your thoughts on the hide too. Shawn will send you post production shots. They probably will make you nervous. Don’t be.Ok. I'm hesitant as I know how exacting the standards are here! I hope it gets the stamp of approval.
Beautiful line up of jackets!!
The steer only gets softer .I put one of them in the dryer wet on high heat for 4h .It only milled the hide to a pebble finish and it got soft.
I had good luck with the steer following this simple recipe:
Soak
Nail polish remover
Soak
Acetone
Sandpaper
Soak
Acetone
Sand paper again
Soak
Acetone
Dye
Lanolin/Wax
Nothing to it. LOL.
Drank all the coffee. Now I want Tony's winter halfbelt in the new natural CXL with some sort of matching fur collar and the pocket configuration of Thedi's Hektor style. Talk me out of my mania...
I asked Shawn about thick canvas. He doesn't have one himself, but can arrange it. The problem with arranging might be that I would like to see beforehand what it looks like and what colors there are. So I'm currently tend to the vest with pockets made from Steerhide. I shortened the pockets because the proportions are better for me.I've asked him about the canvas too, the only way to have it done is to provide him the fabric.
I asked Shawn about thick canvas. He doesn't have one himself, but can arrange it. The problem with arranging might be that I would like to see beforehand what it looks like and what colors there are. So I'm currently tend to the vest with pockets made from Steerhide. I shortened the pockets because the proportions are better for me.
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Canvas pockets and that patch ..... it's a dream comboI asked Shawn about thick canvas. He doesn't have one himself, but can arrange it. The problem with arranging might be that I would like to see beforehand what it looks like and what colors there are. So I'm currently tend to the vest with pockets made from Steerhide. I shortened the pockets because the proportions are better for me.
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Drank all the coffee. Now I want Tony's winter halfbelt in the new natural CXL with some sort of matching fur collar and the pocket configuration of Thedi's Hektor style. Talk me out of my mania...
Drank all the coffee. Now I want Tony's winter halfbelt in the new natural CXL with some sort of matching fur collar and the pocket configuration of Thedi's Hektor style. Talk me out of my mania...