If you just don't have a place to host he pics, then PM me and I can host them for you. If you don't have a dig cam or a scanner, then I can't help much. W/o pics its hard to give specific advice because 'broad shoulders' may mean different things to different people. All I/we can do is give general...

I would get about 2 inches added to the armhole. I have fairly big shoulders and my first jacket fit like a T-shirt. I sent it back to have the holes made bigger and if fit much better.
I posted pics here.

Peter will make the arm lengths whatever you want, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Chris

Thanks for the replies. Maybe I'll just live with it. They don't look that bad anyway.
But if the jacket starts to look like Michaelson, I may recondsider.

Can leather be ironed with a wet towel placed between the leather and the iron? My goat has developed some wrinkles/creases around the top of the pleats that cause them to open up more that they did originally. I was hoping they could be ironed out or at least reduced. My gut tells me the answer is ...

I've had my goats a couple of weeks, so my experience is limited, but here are my observations: 1) My pleats tend to stay open a little bit. 2)Its kind of hard to tell without pictures. I thought mine was a little snug, even after having the armholes made bigger. But it has loosened up as the jacket...

You have a big Wested and a mini-me Wested. I'm sure your daughter will appreciate that in a few years. And when she outgrows it, you can save it so she can pass it on to her kids. Could Peter make a jacket for a dog? My weimaraner would look cool in a Wested. On second thought, she would probably j...

After wearing it to work for a couple of days, I'm feeling better about it. I thought it migh restrict my arms too much when I try to raise them in front (like driving), but its starting to loosen up some. I may only have another day or two here to wear it before it gets too warm. I don't believe I'...

Your jacket looks great. Looks more like a dark brown, but its probably jus the lighting.

I think the flash increases the contrast between the dark brown and authentic colors. But the pictures should give you a general idea.
If the dard brown is coffee colored, then the authentic would be coffee with a LITTLE bit of cream.

I took some pictures of the samples I got from Wested. The samples are on top of my dark brown goat. The lighting is a little different in each pic, and flash was used. The black is included to give a reference. Top Row: black lamb, dark brown lamb, authentic lamb Bottom row: black cow, dark brown g...

Thanks for the comments. I wasn't planning on doing anything with the sleeves until it was broken in. Is altering the sleeves something a local tailor could do easily? I think the neck looks fine, but its a struggle to get it snapped. I had asked to have it increased when I sent it back, but it didn...

Well, after, getting stuck with a $80 customs bill, having to send it back for alterations, then waiting almost 2 weeks for it to clear customs ](*,) , I have my Wested. :D Its a TOD dark brown goat. I think I'll really enjoy it. Too bad the weather is getting too warm here. The only things I would ...

I would definitely call and see why its so much. They were pretty easy to deal with when I called.
I'm sure Peter/Gerry would be willing to help, but its probably easier to for you to do it because of the time difference and its on our side of the ocean.

FYI, I got some more info from Wested: "According to DHL this end it is all customs charges as your jacket went through a "Bonded Warehouse". This is a Customs facility and is normally reserved for Tobacco, Alcohol and other highly taxed items. Why your jacket has to go through it no-...

The actual customs duty was only $9, witha $5 dollar fee to DHL. I forgot to ask what the $25 MPF fee was for.

-- edit - MPF fee was $25, not $5

I called DHL and asked about the charge. The single transaction charge is for some sort of bond. If I fax a copy of the bond to them, then they will remove the $40 charge. I'm not sure what the bond is really for, or what sending them a copy of it does, but that's what they told me.

Since the leather dressing and shoe/boot oil contain the same stuff, what would be the advangated/disadvantages of using one or the other on boots/shoes?

I just got the customs bill for my Wested jacket. It came from DHL Worldwide Express, not PBB Global, and it was for $79. The invoice shows the following charges: Customs Duty $9 Customs MPF $25 Processing Fee $5 Single Transaction $40 I was expecting the bill to be $25-30. That's what most of the b...

Well, I thought that is what the email said. :? I had emailed Wested asking if they had had a chance to look over the comments/pictures I sent. I got an email from Gerry saying that Peter had seen the pictures, but that Peter was away for the week so he couldn't get any more info. I'll have to re-re...

I just got a email from Gerry. Peter is away this week.
I know he has to take time off sometime, but why does it have to be when MY jacket is there???

That's what I was hoping to hear. Then mine should be back in the mail at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.

The chest/torso of mine was about perfect, but he armholes were too small. I could barely get my arms through if I was wearing anything more than a T-shirt. I had to send it back .
If you have big arms/shoulders I would recommend getting the arm holes increased by an inch or two.

I have a pair of LL Bean Gore-tex Cresta hikers. I have the Pecards boot oil, standard dresssing, and silicone dressing. I thought that the boot oil or standard dressing would be best, but the labels say not to treat with products containing wax, but to use silicone products. They say that the wax w...

Looks good. Enjoy it. I had to send mine back for alterations and hope it gets back before the weather warms up too much.
Is that a Raiders?

When you send a jacket back to Wested to be altered/remade, what is the usual turnaround time?
Are you added to the front of the list, or will it be another 3 week wait?

My TOD goat was $315 with shipping. The only extras I had were gussets and storm flap snaps. I was surprised too. Unfortunately Peter's costs don't change when the dollar changes.

I've got a question about how much to apply.
It sounds like on the standard stuff, you apply it until it won't absorb any more, the wipe/buff it off.
Does this apply to the jell and lotion? I'm applying the lotion to cow and the lotion to lamb.

I place my order on Wed., and the charge just showed up, so it must be when you order. Normally this would rub me the wrong way, but Wested is pretty well respected and I haven't heard of anyone getting ripped off, so I'm not really worried about it. I was just expecting another month or 2 before I ...

I'm not so much worried about ordering something from overseas, as I am about having something custom tailored without the tailor seeing me. But I sent Peter a rather thorough list of measurements (height,waist, diameter of big toe, etc), and described what I was looking for. It should turn out OK. ...

I ordered my Wested jacket last night. Its a TOD dark brown goat. I got the following options: cotton lining anodized black buckles press studs on storm flap gussets under sleeves sleeves slightly tapered It should ship in 3 weeks. Thanks to Peter and Gerry for answering my rather long list of quest...

I'm new here too and interested in the responses. I've received samples from Wested. The two goat samples were brown and authentic brown. But there wan't much, if any color difference between the two. Is this normal, just the way this batch of brown looked, or is there also a dark brown goat. They w...