Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
It's been just over a year since I first posted pics of my ELC Cable A-2. I had just bought it from ebay and it had practically no wear. I thought some of you might be interested to see it a year later. Not being used to repros it looked too neat to me so I was all for hot water treatment and anything else to hurry wear on but after some comments on the original thread I decided to relax and wear it in naturally. This is it after a years wear minus three very cold winter months. I decided to treat it as an issued jacket would be treated. Unfortunately I couldn't fly a P-51 in it but I've had a drunken bicycle accident, laid under my car, built a wall and it's had gasoline, brake fluid and diesel splashed over it. It's been trampled on at gigs, been soaked many times, used as a pillow and generally been used as it should be used. I stopped short of the favorite vets use. I didn't paint my house in it. I love this jacket a little more every day. The goat is very tough but has softened up incredibly and developed great grain. It would make a super motorcycle jacket. The hide would stand up well to road rash. Hopefully the pics will show the character that is developing. It still has a long way to go. More in a years time !