How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

[Yamahana]

Glad you got it. Does the cuff seam need a repair? You got a good price even if you have to send it off to get fixed. These are cool.

It does need a little seam repair. Most of the British Cycle Leathers I see seem the worse for wear but this one is in pretty good shape. I'm pretty happy with it. I've got a couple of jackets I need to send to Dena for some work, probably this one as well.

 

[ojaw]

Been looking awhile for one of the Canadian made versions of the “Cycle Champ” with no luck and finally gave up. This one popped up yesterday

So nice, I inherited a gorgeous green rider from a brother in law a few years ago (it sparked my interest in leather jackets actually) but I just couldn’t get on with the neck position, too far forward and I would get headaches whenever I wore it.
So I gave it to another brother in law and he loves it, wears it all the time.

 

[Pandemic]

Received this beautiful Thedi today from @technovox

Took some quick pics in my office to share, they of course don’t do it justice. It’s heftier than I expected, in a good way. Feels great on. Just amazing work and beautiful materials.

Better pics down the line when I’m wearing it

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True confesion: I've really struggled to understand the popularity of Thedi here up until now. Thsi jacket is superb and I'm now starting to 'get it'. Well done!

 

[ojaw]

Got some swatches from Mr Sheeley yesterday…

 

[Carlos840]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

 

[JMax]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

Very special.

 

[Canuck Panda]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

That must've been an interesting process, who gets which design spin the wheel!
Did you request flawless hides or did you order extra and cut away the scars? Usually game animals like moose has lots of scratches and arrow marks and all.
The color now looks like very dark navy. These are very special leather!

 

[Boyo]

Both are fantastic Carlos..The Perfect results of a well executed plan!

 

[Robbie79]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

Very impressive jackets! Can’t wait to see you wearing them! The LT/B picked by @red devil is the perfect choice IMO.

 

[Carlos840]

That must've been an interesting process, who gets which design spin the wheel!
Did you request flawless hides or did you order extra and cut away the scars? Usually game animals like moose has lots of scratches and arrow marks and all.
The color now looks like very dark navy. These are very special leather!

The tannery doesn't offer flawless hides ( they don't grade them), we just ordered what they had.
RD ordered much more than what was "needed" because we where expecting to have a bunch of waste because of scratches and ****** holes, but when they arrived Stu said they where pretty much flawless and he wasn't expecting to have much waste at all.
It's a good news/bad news situation, we originally wanted to order 6 jackets total, we now have enough clean leather for 10!
Not sure what we are going to do with the excess yet, either order more jackets or make it available to a few LW fans.

Edit: getting flawless hides was just luck, apparently Stu wasn't that lucky when he ordered the original green and blue batches years ago, which is the reason why he doesn't want to risk ordering more himself, he says' its just the luck of the draw and we where very lucky this time...

 

[ton312]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

I would love a Ryder in this hide. Man the grain is just...I don't even know. Such a cool color too. Like a dark cobalt. Really looking forward to seeing how these look worn!

 

[Canuck Panda]

The tannery doesn't offer flawless hides ( they don't grade them), we just ordered what they had.
RD ordered much more than what was "needed" because we where expecting to have a bunch of waste because of scratches and ****** holes, but when they arrived Stu said they where pretty much flawless and he wasn't expecting to have much waste at all.
It's a good news/bad news situation, we originally wanted to order 6 jackets total, we now have enough clean leather for 10!
Not sure what we are going to do with the excess yet, either order more jackets or make it available to a few LW fans.

Edit: getting flawless hides was just luck, apparently Stu wasn't that lucky when he ordered the original green and blue batches years ago, which is the reason why he doesn't want to risk ordering more himself, he says' its just the luck of the draw and we where very lucky this time...

That's the universe way of telling you guys that it must be a 10 jacket collection, not 6. Fulfill your callings and show us the jackets!

 

[Mrfrown]

@Carlos840 the LT A is on my wishlist, very cool to see it in this hide.

Kudos to you and @red devil for such an interesting and rewarding project!

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

 

[red devil]

That must've been an interesting process, who gets which design spin the wheel!
Did you request flawless hides or did you order extra and cut away the scars? Usually game animals like moose has lots of scratches and arrow marks and all.
The color now looks like very dark navy. These are very special leather!

Exactly moose are wild animals, there is generally a lot of wastage because of all sorts of scars. I did ask for clean hides initially but was told immediately that the tannery cannot offer garment grade hides.
One way to mitigate this would have been to go with printed hides, as this is a way to cover minor imperfections, Printed hides are still really nice, but there is something even more special about the unprinted ones.

So all in all it was a big gamble, and the reason why LW did not want to make more of these no matter how often I pestered them, until I finally decided to order a full batch, that is lol
As @Carlos840 mentionned we were planning to have minimum four to six jackets. Four in the worst case scenario and six or more in good or better conditions.
Seems that we got lucky, I suspect the tannery under-promised and over-delivered as well. They were really great to work with.

Very impressive jackets! Can’t wait to see you wearing them! The LT/B picked by @red devil is the perfect choice IMO.

Thanks, I thought that a moose version of this jacket would make it very unique

I would love a Ryder in this hide. Man the grain is just...I don't even know. Such a cool color too. Like a dark cobalt. Really looking forward to seeing how these look worn!

It is a very dark grey, close to black but not black. I used pantone to choose the colour.

That's the universe way of telling you guys that it must be a 10 jacket collection, not 6. Fulfill your callings and show us the jackets!

I guess the stars aligned for us and we need to use this opportunity to its fullest!

My first jacket will be the trench coat, there is something really fun about having such long panels of clean moose.

Second is the leathertogs B, I really need to get the sizing as close to perfect as possible on this one.

 

[ABCD]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

Stunning!

 

[Canuck Panda]

Exactly moose are wild animals, there is generally a lot of wastage because of all sorts of scars. I did ask for clean hides initially but was told immediately that the tannery cannot offer garment grade hides.
One way to mitigate this would have been to go with printed hides, as this is a way to cover minor imperfections, Printed hides are still really nice, but there is something even more special about the unprinted ones.

So all in all it was a big gamble, and the reason why LW did not want to make more of these no matter how often I pestered them, until I finally decided to order a full batch, that is lol
As @Carlos840 mentionned we were planning to have minimum four to six jackets. Four in the worst case scenario and six or more in good or better conditions.
Seems that we got lucky, I suspect the tannery under-promised and over-delivered as well. They were really great to work with.



Thanks, I thought that a moose version of this jacket would make it very unique



It is a very dark grey, close to black but not black. I used pantone to choose the colour.



I guess the stars aligned for us and we need to use this opportunity to its fullest!

My first jacket will be the trench coat, there is something really fun about having such long panels of clean moose.

Second is the leathertogs B, I really need to get the sizing as close to perfect as possible on this one.

It's almost worth it to make a trip to NYC to try on the sizes before getting the jacket cut.
Moose hide you got there is once in a life time thing. Usually deer/elk/moose jackets are made up of smaller panels to get around the natural markings. A large panel coat in the full grained game hide was not possible. Don't coat check it at the bar!

 

[JMax]

It's almost worth it to make a trip to NYC to try on the sizes before getting the jacket cut.
Moose hide you got there is once in a life time thing. Usually deer/elk/moose jackets are made up of smaller panels to get around the natural markings. A large panel coat in the full grained game hide was not possible. Don't coat check it at the bar!

Certainly don’t check it in if I’m around. Fair warning.

 

[Monitor]

Second grey moose hide jacket is ready, they are both shipping today.

To say i am excited is an understatement, i cannot freaking wait!

And here was No1 in case you missed it:

Both of these will remain unique, @red devil and I decided to only have a single jacket made from each different design we order, each grey moose jacket made will be 1 of 1.
I picked J-24 and LT/A, he picked LT/B and Trenchcoat, meaning i can't order a LT/B or trench in that hide for myself and he can't order a J-24 or LT/A in that hide for himself...
We thought it would make the entire process more special.

You gotta freaking wear these two all winter! I wanna know how this hide ages.

 

[red devil]

It's almost worth it to make a trip to NYC to try on the sizes before getting the jacket cut.

You read my mind!