While I was in Chattanooga last month, Wilbur was kind enough to show me more than a couple of his jackets. Although I was mostly interested in his Aeros, he showed me a LW motorcycle jacket that I recall was black buffalo and was most impressive and very well constructed. I recall the hide as thick but not overly stiff.
I think that Wilbur showed me the longer length jacket too, and based on what I saw saw, I could see no downside to LW's jackets. We did discuss that it took awhile to break in the button holes, although that would be true of any 4oz. leather.