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  1. TLW '90

    Your first hat

    My very first hat was a little trucker hat my dad bought me as a baby ( I only know because I still have it somewhere ) Then came a conductor's hat I wore till I grew out of it , and from there a Hotwheels ball cap my dad bought me which I wore till I was 12. Finally when I was 12 and the new...
  2. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I know it is going to depend on thickness and leather, but what kind of time ( generally) would I be looking at to train the collar ? I'm just wonderinf because I would rather just work the collar with my hands while I'm watching TV aftee work than leave it clamped and wait. I basically have...
  3. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I used my air compressor ( inflating the collar for air circulation ) and a little gentle heat from my heat gun on low to get the collar dried. With th collar dry and ready for conditioning it basically looks no different. It has a little less sheen than the rest of the jacket, but the...
  4. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I did a little test to see if I could now get some conditioner into the leather and it drank a drop of warm Obenauf's right up. That's the result I was hoping for.
  5. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I will probably get a pack of binder clips and begin training the leather after I condition it. I could probably just use the plastic spring clamps I have in my leather working box too I suppose.
  7. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    It currently looks no different, but I may not have actually stripped much if it off if that's the case. Put an air compressor to one of the snaps to see if I could force any moisture out, and it just inflated the collar. I saw no water seep out which could mean it's still mostly sealed by the...
  8. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    Will do. After I finished thoroughly cleaning the collar ( I did my best to wipe it quickly before getting the leather too wet) I put a drop of water on it which absorbed much faster than before and it's looking like I will now be able to condition the leather once it is thoroughly dry.
  9. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    well since I did wet the leather which I probably shouldn't have done ( it absorbed warm water but not that easily ) I figured the leather is going to need conditioning. All I have besides neatsfoot oil is Obenauf's so I decided to warm some up and see what happens. Basically as expected it did...
  10. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I've been working the leather with my hands and " tenderizing it " with a rubber mallet all morning and I think I've made a minor improvement, but I'm starting to think that ultimately it's just the amount of leather in the collar that I'm experiencing. I will keep working it and getting it...
  11. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    Thanks for all the info. Another question is have is regarding snap on fur collars. I have no clue how these attach and whether or not this jacket could accept one. I was thinking about how that would give my neck a little padding from the stuff collar edge, and of course would keep my neck warm.
  13. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    How would I go about conditioning the leather afterwards ? When I first tried some bick4 it didn't seem to absorb into the leather at all.
  14. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    Thanks for the info.
  15. TLW '90

    I need a little help / advise

    I only really have 2 leather jackets and it's those 2 jackets that I need a help / advice with. I have this 1990 dated Taylor's leatherwear Chicago PD surplus, my first leather jacket which I bought a couple years ago. I do like the jacket but don't wear it as much as I'd like to because of the...
  16. TLW '90

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I really like the USMC commando sweater, the only thing I didn't like was the epaulets on the shoulders which I cut off. I'm really loving the OG-108 field shirt too, a great functional piece of versatile outerwear.
  17. TLW '90

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    They're good to go now. Obenauf's darkens the leather maybe a little, but really not much at all, at least not with the tumble relaxed horween leather Weinbrenner uses for the standard thorogood boots.
  19. TLW '90

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    I just cleaned my thorogood 4364's, after about an hour on the peet boot dryer ( a must have in my opinion) they'll be ready for some Obenauf's then back on the peet for a few more hours and they'll be good to go. If you don't own a peet boot dryer you should. I swear my boots can stink like...
  20. TLW '90

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    If any can pull off leather pants good for them. I don't wear any pants that I would consider nice, because pants for me are not something I take care of. I'm not wearing any pants that are fashion oriented whatsoever. , as a blue collar guy with a less than glamorous job and all the time I...
  21. TLW '90

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Just the OG-108 over the CCS vest today because it warmed up into the high 60's with minor wind chill.
  22. TLW '90

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Back to the JWM cruiser which I honestly wear more than anything aside from the woodland m65 from my dad that I wear at work.
  23. TLW '90

    Mystery Pac Northwest (?) boot ID?

    With that side flap they are definitely a linesmans boot, but it is strange that they aren't marked. Maybe a factory second with a minor cosmetic flaw so they didn't mark them ? Too bad they were sold, they look like an excellent pair of boots.

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