Club Obi Wan

Smithy

I've been into leather jackets for over 2 decades now and seriously collecting for the last 15 - I'm a member over on VLJ and was on TFL so you can look me up if you don't believe me ;) From all this time I will tell you the three best things for breaking in a leather jacket - this is without sandpa...

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When I order these I generally get my usual waist size and they fit perfectly. You may need to advise them on your inside leg length though to get your perfect fit. I just followed the sizing instructions on their site when I bought a pair towards the end of last year, and they fit perfectly. As yo...

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Exceedingly late to the party here but a really superb jacket Holt. The colour and leather look brilliant.

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I guess that could be the case, but I don’t understand why they would say it was due to covid constrictions if it were. A lot of businesses in the UK are operating under conditions which have been limited by CV - and especially reduced numbers of workers in the same workspace at the same time for e...

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I think the assumption by xmasters that they suddenly got a big surge of orders with the Legacy jacket is almost certainly the reason why they've put a halt on custom work. Very wise too, over the last decade or two over on VLJ and TFL there's been quite a few vintage clothing makers who opened the ...

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Well done!

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Looks terrific and lots of life left in the old girl, enjoy!

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Fantastic thread and very late to the party here but extra big thanks to the OP for the photos of the original as it is now

Now there's a piece of cinematic history if ever there was one!

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I just wanted to say thanks for the Make It Jones link, awesome stuff!

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You gotten any links to this tattersall shirts. I’m always up for a new shirt. That and I’ll done a little research. :TOH: Croft :mrgreen: Hi Croft, I get most of my Tattersalls from Samuel Windsor now as their pricing is great and the quality excellent. Here you go... https://www.samuel-windsor.co...

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I won't pair the shirt with the pants, because that'd be to close to the mark. Might not be what Indy wore onscreen Croft but I've always thought when the weather got cooler, I could imagine him wearing Tattersall shirts with his trademark trousers. Plus side is that Tattersall shirts go very, very...

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Croft, you inspired me this morning ;) Nippy here with 2 Celsius and wind, and although I didn't go the whole hog, for the school run I was drawn to wear my shawl collar cardigan and Raiders jacket combination with suitable scarf of course. Not very screen accurate to MOTB but Raiders gloves as well.

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marker2037 wrote:Jacket looks great! Great looking leather and color. Wear it in good health!

Thanks Marker

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WPG do a replica Mk.VII bag. I don't have one but have bought quite a few things from them over the years and they're usually pretty good and especially for equipment repops.

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I like the cardigan IndianaCroft and overall I think that's a great look

I too have a shawl cardigan which is a smidge too long and hangs lower than my jacket. I'd also love a Magnoli one but right now don't have the spare cash to splash out that much on a new one.

Smithy

One thing I'll add is make sure your tailor gives the trousers a "military hem" where the back is hemmed longer than the front, which is important for the break of the pants. All your gear looks great BTW, well done :TOH: I recently got a Wested new pattern shirt and a pair of pants, both ...

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Many, many thanks Indiana Jeff and Distantpeople for the links and response to my question. This was exactly what I was after!

Thanks again guys

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Whilst there's so many offering khaki web belts here's a question...who does the best Raiders style brown web belt?

I'm after one so thanks in advance for any advice or help

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Cracking looking hat JLee, absolutely stunning. And it's shrugged off that rain like water off a duck's back.

I'm planning on picking up a new lid in the new year and was planning another Akubra but these HJs have really whet my whistle

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Stop it, you're making me hungry ;) :lol: Has anyone seen Wested's "brown cow hide" lately? The website pic isn't very helpful, plus they write that it 'changes based on batch'. Hopefully in the near future I'm going to get an LC jacket, but in a cow hide. I want to try to duplicate my ol...

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Can you post a picture after a wash and hang dry, wanna see how it wrinkles up. And thin is great, when in humid or hot arid weather, thinner the better, as I wear these shirts year round. Croft :mrgreen: No problem Croft although you might have to wait a week or two. We've had to have the floor in...

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With my photos above be aware that I live inside the Arctic Circle in Norway and currently we are fast approaching polar night so natural daylight is weak at best. The photos of my new Wested strides were taken using the not terribly professional method of my Samsung mobile phone without flash and u...

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On Facebook a couple people said the shirt seems too thin- that it seems like it is just waiting to tear apart. Others say it is light, soft and comfortable and wears just fine. What do you think about how durable the shirt is? Does it feel fragile or very comfortable? Thanks! It's light Capt but I...

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Really useful information in this thread re sizing. I've been eyeing up a pair of these as well so this really helps as I was wondering about how they fit. Jackets, trousers, shirts, jumpers, even gloves I generally don't have too much bother with but shoes can be a real minefield ordering online wi...

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Yeah, that is a really great color. Funny, when I first started buying Indy jackets, I had no idea there were so many variations of brown leather! I had a goatskin Wested in Authentic brown, which was nice, but tilted more toward the gray/yellow end of the color spectrum, not that warm reddish brow...

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No worries Croft and happy if the photos help.

I'm super happy with the shirt, fit is very nice too, not at all like a balloon that I've seen some iterations can unfortunately drift towards.

I think Wested have done a cracking job with these and deserve to sell a boatload of the things.

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On my Facebook newsfeed today I got an ad for a brand new Wested shirt. Supposedly they’ve adjusted the color and the buttons. Does anyone have experience with the brand new Wested leather company 2020 Indiana Jones shirt? I’d like to know how it compares to all the others that we already know and ...

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Mulceber wrote:It looks great, Tim! What about some fit pics?

I'll see what I can do Jan

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Yeah, it could be a lens or lighting thing, but yours appears to have a more copper tone to it while the regular cowhide Wested offers seems to have a greyer tone to the brown from the few I've seen in person. Yours definitely more fits the seal brown label, whereas the regular cowhide tends to loo...

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I recently ordered a pair of pants from Wested and also a shirt and thought "well whilst we're about it" and splashed out on a pair of their Raiders gloves as well. I'm no expert by any means but they look the part and are well made. I've been using them the last couple of days for odd job...

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Looks great! The color and texture of that cowhide looks fantastic. I see "Brown Cowhide" still listed on their site. Maybe it is the same? Hi FFTT and thanks :TOH: I'm not sure if the current brown cowhide is the same as the soft seal brown cowhide but I imagine if you're interested, Wes...

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Finally got around to taking some pics of my new Wested pants. I'm thrilled with them for the price and am going to pick another pair up as I like them so much. I followed Wested's sizing directions and the fit is perfect. Fabric is lovely and super comfortable. Obviously their unhemmed so off to my...

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I promised Forrest for the Trees to take a few snaps of my Wested and thought it might be worthwhile to make a thread for it. This is my custom Raiders which I ordered a bit over 5 years ago. I wore it religiously for about 3 months after getting it and then winter hit Arctic Norway and it was swapp...

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lantzn wrote:
BTW Lantzn, if you don't mind my asking, what's the hat? Moonstone Akubra Fed? Whatever it is, it looks terrific.
That is my Penman CS train hat. I wear it and my Adventurebilt CS nine months out of the year.

Thanks, a really handsome looking lid

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When I bought my Nowak CS it was a very chocolate brown color and I wanted to change it to the dark color you see in the graveyard scene. I bought some Obenauf’s oil from Cabelas and treated it. It was amazing stuff, now I know why firemen use it. It darkened the jacket, waterproofed it and turned ...

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I've been using RM Williams saddle and leather dressing for decades. Absolutely fantastic stuff, used it on jackets, boots, bags, everything leather. Really wonderful and doesn't go rancid. If you see it or it's easily available grab a tin of the stuff.

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temple_runner wrote:Anyone know if Magnoli does any Black Friday sales?

He just posted today that there's 10% off for Black Friday, code to use at the checkout to claim it in the link below...

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Well got my package from Wested of the pants, shirt and the Raiders gloves and I can honestly say I'm very, very pleased :) Fit-wise everything is absolutely spot on. I've just come off 5 night shifts in a row so am in decompression mode at the moment - and a little buggered to boot - but I'll endea...

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Just got a message from DHL, that my Indy strides are ready to collect. I'll pick them up later today but I'm currently working night shifts so it might take me a day or two to organise some snaps and post them here.

Very excited about getting them and seeing what they're like

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I thought I would post a 4-year update on my Relic Hunter. This jacket has been used every season since Fall 2016, and really has aged well. There is no distressing or Pecards treatments, just wearing everyday. And the occasional run in with the very abrasive NYC subway walls. I think it's slowly s...

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...I can't imagine replacing this Kelso. And you'd be mad to! :D Seriously beautiful and the fit looks absolutely bang on to boot. I just remembered I promised to take some snaps of my Raiders jacket for you and post them Forrest. Sorry about that, it completely slipped my mind. I'll try and take a...

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Love it Forrest, looks terrific

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Hi onhorseback, Jacket fit is to a certain extent subjective but I'm with Forrest and Jan, the length of your Wested looks spot on. The S&J jacket looks far more like the length I'd want with an A-2 jacket and would work better with trousers with a higher rise. If the Relic Hunter really does ha...

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I've got a pair of the Wested ones winging their way to me as I type this (along with a couple of other things) so will post pics of mine when they turn up. I was pleased to read that they have been redone over the last year or two with a straighter leg and this was one of the things that spurred me...

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Cool. Thanks! Well, you must have some long days of sunlight in the summer, then! Yeah we do. Over the high summer months we have permanent daylight so the sun doesn't set. It's a very special part of the world. I'm not from here originally but I absolutely love it now and the whole "midnight ...

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Charybdis wrote:Wow! And I am having trouble adjusting to the fact that it starts getting dark around here at 6pm!!

Today sunrise was 0854 and sunset at 1438, and we lose around 8 minutes of daylight a day here so what they call "mørketid" (dark time) when the sun disappears is fast approaching!

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Would love to see photos of your jacket! No problem! I live inside the Arctic Circle and it is pitch dark currently but when we get the brief window of daylight tomorrow I'll take some photos and post them here. Rather than cluttering up this thread, I'll start a new thread for "Smithy's Weste...

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Sorry late to the party here but don't rule out cowhide either if that's an option. TBH in most cases differentiating between horsehide and cowhide is exceedingly difficult and nigh on impossible in many cases. For example it was only with scientific DNA testing that they were able to conclusively p...

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