Richard B.
I worked in a Tack Shop helping to make…
I worked in a Tack Shop helping to make things like Saddles, Bridals, shoes, belts, and other things, I learned about the things that make a good leather shop, I used to go with the Supervisor to buy Hides, a Hundred at a time and we would sit down on the floor and inspect every hide one at a time looking for things like blemishes or weak areas or color deformities , abrasion's any thing that would show up in the finished work, if it was not a good hide we left it and picked out another one, this takes a lot of time and we spent entire afternoons buying hides. Our Sewing machine was from the 1930's but worked very well for the thick hides we chose and we did not often split the hides. We did on occasion have some one come in with a jacket or vest and have us disassemble the garment using a delicate razor buy severing the thread, not an easy task, but the end product was a pattern that we would use to pick out a better quality leather and reassemble the pattern with better leather and a higher quality thread, often no always with great approval. Now the Jacket I purchased from Lexther had no flaws in the leather, no loose threads a great pattern, the zippers were all heavy duty and work well, the pockets are all deep and easy to stash tools in, the fit is for me a relief as I have these long arms, the hide was not split, it got to me up here in Alaska in no time , however I did not know it was coming from Pakistan, I have a pair of Trousers also from Pakistan and the leather is so thick I have to wear suspenders to keep them up but for a biker that is also a treasure, however again with our troops leaving out of Afghanistan the same day my Jacket left out of Pakistan I am greatly impressed but again I was emailed a warning to clean the jacket off in an Alcohol Water solution because of the Covid and it's Variant the Delta Viruses I am again impressed and these guys deserve a round of applause for the effort behind this Jacket as well as the Pakistani's who stitched it up , it is getting harder to laborers exhibiting this kind of skill here in the U.S. oh the Colors were immaculate no discoloration no blemishes no mars, scratches, weak spots, we could not have done as good a job even if we had disassembled the Jacket and used our leather. Kudo's. you guys.


