Tommer45
Active Member
So as some of you remember, a couple of years ago I crossed my fingers and dyed my Langlitz Cascade with amazing results. Since then I have been a dye machine.. leather gloves, boots, belts.. anything leather that isn't quite the shade of brown that I want.. I bring 'em down into the secret room in my basement and dye them. Well, my Legendary Wild Stallion has just emerged from that same secret room...
I knew when purchasing the jacket that it wasn't quite as dark as I like and that eventually I'd probably dye it. I tried to hold off but I just couldn't. There was an unopened jar of cordovan dye that was just calling my name. So one night I headed down to Omega Sector (my basement), put on "Defiance" and dyed the jacket. On to the pics...
Here's a stock pic from Legendary's site...
And here's the finished product.. I let it dry for a week, then rubbed it hard with a wet rag to get off any dye, then applied leather dressing and let it dry for another week before rubbing down one last time. I can't get any dye to rub off anymore.
Without the flash..
I'm really impressed with the grain that is popping out of this thing already.. I made a point to wear it in the snow one day with my 3 year old daughter and the jacket got good and wet.. once inside I scrunched the heck out of it.
My only complaint about this jacket.. some of the zipper tapes appear to have been too long for their openings, so they are very wavy. This one in particular (a rear cargo pocket) is the worst of them all and needs to be carefully zipped closed or it snags. (you can see the original color on the swatch of leather inside the pocket.
And lastly, pictures of the jacket worn to get an idea for it's size. My suit jackets are a size 44R (although I measure 46"), and this one is in size 46.
Tommer
I knew when purchasing the jacket that it wasn't quite as dark as I like and that eventually I'd probably dye it. I tried to hold off but I just couldn't. There was an unopened jar of cordovan dye that was just calling my name. So one night I headed down to Omega Sector (my basement), put on "Defiance" and dyed the jacket. On to the pics...
Here's a stock pic from Legendary's site...
And here's the finished product.. I let it dry for a week, then rubbed it hard with a wet rag to get off any dye, then applied leather dressing and let it dry for another week before rubbing down one last time. I can't get any dye to rub off anymore.
Without the flash..
I'm really impressed with the grain that is popping out of this thing already.. I made a point to wear it in the snow one day with my 3 year old daughter and the jacket got good and wet.. once inside I scrunched the heck out of it.
My only complaint about this jacket.. some of the zipper tapes appear to have been too long for their openings, so they are very wavy. This one in particular (a rear cargo pocket) is the worst of them all and needs to be carefully zipped closed or it snags. (you can see the original color on the swatch of leather inside the pocket.
And lastly, pictures of the jacket worn to get an idea for it's size. My suit jackets are a size 44R (although I measure 46"), and this one is in size 46.
Tommer