a soft leather jerkin

This snugly fitting jerkin is fashioned from thin pieces of softened leather, carefully stitched together using brown twine. The jerkin is constructed in a manner that allows the wearer flexibility at the cost of protection, save maybe from the elements.

It is a soft leather jerkin (well-maintained, well-seasoned).
It can absorb a very small amount of damage and provides awful protection.
It is starting to look difficult to mend.
It is too small for you.
It weighs five pounds.

You identify a soft leather jerkin.
It is a piece of soft leather armour.
It absorbs 40% of damage points, up to 2.
It weighs four pounds and fourteen ounces, and it is worth about two celeb.
Its keywords are jerkin, leather, and soft.