Students in second year and above are permitted to purchase a leather jacket from Engineering Stores. First years are unable to purchase leather jackets for both a traditional and practical purpose, as many students may change disciplines or even faculties after first year. Visit for more information Leather jacket for men
Leather jackets are personalized with the wearer’s year and discipline of study, and often decorated with patches representing the wearer’s personality and the roles they took over their time at Skule. Some patches have traditional placements (eg. the Cannon Guard patch is usually placed on the right shoulder), but there are no hard and fast rules and customization is encouraged. Until 2024, it was common for students to get phrases such as SPS ("School of Practical Science"), ERTW ("Engineers Rule The World"), E4TW ("Engineers For The World"), or other custom lettering such as their initials on their jacket sleeves. In 2024, changes in the supplier's manufacturing process meant it was no longer possible to get custom chenille lettering from that point forwards.
Ownership[edit | edit source]
A jacket is considered to be owned by the first person who licks it (the Owner), regardless of who ordered and paid for it (the Purchaser). Notably, the Owner decides whether or not the jacket should be weened; however, if a Purchaser does not want their jacket weened they may bribe the Owner with BEvERages instead.
Bids for ownership are governed by the following rules:
Weening[edit | edit source]
Weening is a tradition that takes place in the pit, wherein a leather jacket is wildly mistreated to break it in. Students who have had their jackets weened become weeners, and are able to ween others. Beer, dirt, and other salacious substances are poured onto the jackets, which are then slammed into the ground and each other by the weeners. Weenies are instructed to put the jacket on and dragged around the pit counter-clockwise, then take a shower in the jacket to clean the schmutz off. In general, the entire process can take 2-3 hours and involve copious BEvERages.
Weening comes with many risks, including but not limited to: getting dirty, jacket smells weird, cake shoved in pockets, and more. If there is damage incurred during weening (tears, broken pockets, etc.), it is the responsibility of the weeners to pay for repairs. Weening has been a tradition since at least 2005, although it has decreased in popularity in recent years.