Narrowing the sleeves on a Johnson leather m-jean jacket

Gentlemen:

I just took delivery of a beautiful new trucker jacket in black nubuck from Johnson Leather. It’s a fantastic jacket, the quality is second to none. Every measurement fits like a glove, except for the sleeves, which I’d prefer a little trimmer. The cuffs are perfect, it’s the middle portion of the sleeves that I’d like to bring in.

With a leather jacket, is it possible to narrow sleeves that are a bit wide without compromising the overall fit of the garment?

And if so, how easy a job is this? If it’s doable, is it relatively easy, something that a good local leather tailor can handle, thereby saving me some time in terms of shipping and Johnson’s turnaround time?

Or is it sufficiently complex that I should send the jacket back to Johnson and have them do the alteration?

Cheers!

Some local tailors are great, but I have had some muck up a job as simple as hemming trousers. I would not even think about having my Johnson Leather jacket adjusted by anyone except Johnson Leather.

The sleeves can be narrowed, yes. Trimming only a middle portion shouldn't be a (very) difficult job but if you want to narrow entire sleeves, including arm holes, while doable, it's definitely a more complex alteration.

But either way, I wouldn't risk leaving my jacket with anyone else except Johnson Leathers. Not with this kind of alteration and definitely not with the jacket I liked as much.

If you are in the US, definitely ship to JL.

Thanks for the replies... I’ll send it to Johnson. Cheers!

Show us a pic of the jacket.

Alan did this for me and it was perfect!