CAROL CHRISTIAN POELL

[nyarkies]

I don't really think CORS stretches. If it does, it'd be less than a quarter of an inch. The leather will soften but not as soft as BIAS.

 

[skeen7908]

Vegetable tanned Cors can stretch a lot

White tanned no

 

[coldknife]

It's CORS-PTC so I believe it's object dyed according to the material list on SZ.

No hope in it stretching?

 

[skeen7908]

They're all object dyed but what's the tannage?

It will say in the booklet "slow" or "vegetable" tanned for Colour /10 or /12?

If so, it will stretch quite a bit

If it's "white" or "chrome" tanned (other colours) it won't stretch at all

Did you get the model with elbow protection ? That makes the sleeves very slim indeed (which are already much slimmer than the scarstitch )

 

[coldknife]

Without the elbow protection, says color 01 but I'm pretty sure it's color 10 as color 01 should be white, no (typo?)?

Edit: Color is 010, just realized the final 0 at the end is a bit faint, so definitely color 10.

 

[skeen7908]

You can look inside the booklet but most recent black jackets (last few years) are slow/vegetable tanned

So Yeah it will stretch

 

[nyarkies]

Based on my experience, stretch is very minimal. Horse leather has a tight grain and the object dyeing shrinks the leather further.

 

[coldknife]

I might just do the good ol spraying of rubbing alcohol on the tight parts to see what happens (it's mostly just that when I flex my arms it kinda hurts my biceps and I'm not particularly built or anything so it's a little odd).

 

[nyarkies]

I might just do the good ol spraying of rubbing alcohol on the tight parts to see what happens (it's mostly just that when I flex my arms it kinda hurts my biceps and I'm not particularly built or anything so it's a little odd).

Is that supposed to work? Wouldn't that potentially damage the leather?

 

[sinnedk]

I might just do the good ol spraying of rubbing alcohol on the tight parts to see what happens (it's mostly just that when I flex my arms it kinda hurts my biceps and I'm not particularly built or anything so it's a little odd).

Dont do that!!! you are better off using an oil or some sort of a leather cleaner that will soften thins up.

I use rubbing alcohol to clean or disinfect things occasionally, def not something to put on leather.

But if you do decide to do this, document it so i can see a 4k leather jacket being destroyed

 

[coldknife]

Hahahah I’ve done some dumb stuff to my leathers before including:

Showering in a jacket
Washing it with a washing machine for shrinkage (air dry)
Stuffing boots to make them looser after wetting them out

 

[sinnedk]

i presume plain water did work in those scenarios a little... anyways don't douse the jacket in vodka

 

[DeadBoy]

Alcohol/water spray won't destroy CORS. But I agree with the comment about stretching... in my experience horse doesn't stretch as much as other leathers.

 

[sinnedk]

Alcohol/water spray won't destroy CORS. But I agree with the comment about stretching... in my experience horse doesn't stretch as much as other leathers.

won't destroy but may damage, alcohol does dry out skin...

 

[coldknife]

Anybody willing to part with their drips? CCP size 7, color 10.