Hello everyone,
I am interested in purchasing a leather jacket, and have been very pleased with the customer service of places like Thurston Bros, as well as the large variety in customization of jacket styles that are offered by the companies that forum members here are familiar with.
However, I have not seen THEE leather that I want to get my jacket in. I have seen some forum members mention that Johnson Leathers is willing to accept raw leather materials from a customer and make a custom jacket from that leather. So I would like to purchase leather, and have it sent to Johnson Leathers for them to make my dream jacket.
I want a medium or light-medium brown jacket that over time will burnish to a darker shade of brown. And that has led me to believe that Horween Dublin leather would be a good choice, likely in their Cognac shade.
Is there any place I could buy this leather? I have looked on Tannery Row, and they said that the lightest weight available in Dublin leather is 3.5 oz, which is too heavy for me. I will be looking for 3oz at the most, preferably between 2.5 and 2.75 oz.
Or, is there a better leather that you would recommend for me? I feel like I have done quite a bit of looking and most of the places that are making leather jackets don't offer the brown that I am looking for, and that is when I zeroed in on Horween's Dublin leather. But I would love to hear your recommendations for other leathers or perhaps other jackets that I may not have seen yet.
Thank you
I am interested in purchasing a leather jacket, and have been very pleased with the customer service of places like Thurston Bros, as well as the large variety in customization of jacket styles that are offered by the companies that forum members here are familiar with.
However, I have not seen THEE leather that I want to get my jacket in. I have seen some forum members mention that Johnson Leathers is willing to accept raw leather materials from a customer and make a custom jacket from that leather. So I would like to purchase leather, and have it sent to Johnson Leathers for them to make my dream jacket.
I want a medium or light-medium brown jacket that over time will burnish to a darker shade of brown. And that has led me to believe that Horween Dublin leather would be a good choice, likely in their Cognac shade.
Is there any place I could buy this leather? I have looked on Tannery Row, and they said that the lightest weight available in Dublin leather is 3.5 oz, which is too heavy for me. I will be looking for 3oz at the most, preferably between 2.5 and 2.75 oz.
Or, is there a better leather that you would recommend for me? I feel like I have done quite a bit of looking and most of the places that are making leather jackets don't offer the brown that I am looking for, and that is when I zeroed in on Horween's Dublin leather. But I would love to hear your recommendations for other leathers or perhaps other jackets that I may not have seen yet.
Thank you