JonB27
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Unwashed leather can be a little flat. You wash it, and it gets a very 3-dimensional feel. Plus, the washing brings out a lot of the character of the leather. Most of the better designer leather jackets undergo washes. Traditionalists are often not a fan. A good quality leather (like that used in the ToJ moto) tends to look particularly good after a wash, and because the leather is high quality, you don' really strip away too many of its natural protections.
I've tried garment washing some of my lamb leather jackets in the washer, it can mess the pocket edgings up from abrasion, so I don:t really recommend it unless you're willing to write it off. I can't support you guys there.
For lamb and soft calf, those are better if soaked down in the shower with really hot water and dried flat I guess, and it takes a lot of water to really saturate the leather. Kind of how you'd treat jeans except leather is more delicate when pores get opened.
Fok's FQHH will probably make it through the wash unharmed but I don't know how much it'll really change it either, because of how tight the grain is. If he wears it in a day or two from damp, zips it up and moves around in it a lot, the jacket will get some wrinkles and stuff in it though, which should make it look really cool.
I think aeglus soaked his calf DR in hot water and wore it damp right when he got it, actually. It helped get the arms into shape and he got all the combing in the arms.
So I'm interested in loosening up, as well as getting some of the shine off of my Aero FQHH cafe racer jacket... Are you guys tossing them in a washing machine or soaking them?