majormajor
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But it was pretty beat up. Not sure I like that. I think you should keep the tags on jackets for that "new" feeling. lol
Good one, Butte
But it was pretty beat up. Not sure I like that. I think you should keep the tags on jackets for that "new" feeling. lol
Wow, nice. Is that a pocket watch pocket there? I don't know what you paid. But that's sweet! Congrats.Thanks, it's an earlier vest of a 30 yr old US company called Coronado leather. I never heard of the company until I picked the vest up at a flea market on Sunday. It's an amazing vest with an incredible hide, heavy yet buttery soft. The craftsmanship is really, really high, on par with my old 50s Aero HB.
Harley Davidson AMF Motorcycle Jacket, 1970s, starting to show a bit of patina on the edges.
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I have used Pecard before that killed the patina. As handymike said, Dr Jacksons Hide Rejuvenator should do a very good job of killing the patina and restoring the finish. Try that before having it dyed. Of Course restoring the patina will destroy the character of the jacket.sorry for necroing this undead thread...
another thread reminded me about a conversation I had few weeks or moths ago, a relative asked me where to find a service to make his jacket black again, since his black jacket looks not so black anymore during the day and that got him self conscious about it, and if a shoecream could do the job, so maybe the general population HATE patina and faded leather apparently...
what advice should I give him? DYI leather dye? it was a thin leather maybe calf with almost no grain and very soft that slightly fades to grey it also have very minimal crease, chrome tanned perhaps, I'm not sure leather dye can work or just rubs off.