Club Obi Wan

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Well the little fella just marched straight up to me, on to me & tried to get INTO my MKVII :shock: Yes, we went in Tom, so I have some very good pics of the fabulous mosaics to share later :) Thought about that Tone. A nice Panama hat would have been cooler in the climate too 8) Right, off to P...

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Yep, that's pretty sweet

Steve's choice of workshop wallpaper is improving too

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Airborne Indy Jacket ? That's a really great looking jacket & a fantastic price for a custom made jacket. Very pleased for you Doug. You have been brave enough to go in a unique direction & it has totally paid off :D I on the other hand still need Brian to send that pre-authentic Wested ove...

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Thanks for the nice comments :D Have to say, if you could fall in love with a building, Sophia is the one *sigh* I have some video of her at night with the Call to Prayer going on 8) I will try & work out how to post it :? It's not too clear in that picture, but infront of the mosque there was a...

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ISTANBUL http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/IMG_0676.sized.jpg http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/IMG_0596.sized.jpg http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/IMG_0831.sized.jpg http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/IMG_0834.sized.jpg Those are - the Bl...

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Yep, same problem for me. Coupled with not liking the eppulettes for comfort of carrying a MKVII, that's why I got rid of my Wested shirts for LLBean ones, but then I'm using my gear as functional travel gear

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Steve can correct me if I'm wrong, but as I'm aware hat size is a factor.

Steve only has so many blocks, so the more common hat sizes stack up waiting for others on the block. An obscure hat size - veru small or very large - might get out quicker, as the block is likely not even in use.

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As everyone say tho', get yourself measured, preferably by a tailor. If you at least give Peter good chest, arm (shoulder to first knuckle of your thumb - the onefurthest from your thumb nail!) & back measurements (back from nape of neck to the tops of your jeans pockets as KT said) you will get...

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Kt Templar wrote:Thanks to Skippy for the pic:

Glad to see others putting it to use. Have more I've "aquired"

I'll post a good front length view later.

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The jacket has ridden up on his shoulders. Look at where the bottom of it is compared to his trouser pockets. Now look at this pic from the same scene... http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/Indy_Jacket_Length_1.jpg Jacket bottom is now in line with the rear trouser pocket buttons. Trust...

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More pics...

In front of pocket.

On hip.

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Bufflehead Jones wrote:You can even get your hand in your pocket while seated in a car at the drive thru window at the donut shop. Trust me.

ROLMAO. Buff, your such a typical cop

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Does this picture help?

Looks like you should be able to have your hand in your trouser pocket, with the holster in front.

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Not just the jacket, but the turn and fit of Erri's AB is perfect. I'm jealous!

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Alan is 100% right. Here in the UK these bags are not rare, although you don't just fall over them either. Went to one of the big militaria shows for the third year running just this month & my supplier came through yet again with yet another mint unissued MKVII bag, making it the third one I ha...

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Mike - I had exactly the same problem with my first Wested, which was solved by going one size up. If you want the raised yoke seam accurate to the Raiders jacket, as for the 80's cut as Last Crusader said. I can't vouch for if this will work as I haven't tried it yet myself, although I intend to.

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Great looking jacket

I need to get mine from Doug C sent over from the limbo it's in at the moment

Buff, cop humour only works on other cops

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Wow! No collar stand!?! Interesting

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Just another quick comment on the sleeve measurements... I got measured by Peter himself at the Wested workshop. He was the one measuring from my shoulder to my first thumb knuckle. Now whilst that does get you the correct length, bear in mind that lambskin & goatskin will short a bit as the lea...

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HOLY GRAIL! :shock: Just checked out this pic that Peter posted above... :shock: http://www.indyjacket.com/indyjacket/images/pocket1.jpg Now we are cooking will super high octain turbo charged gas! :D Beautiful! :clap: Now post us a picture of the old Raiders yoke pattern versus the new please Pete...

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Well this is great news :D Peter - thank you for being so accomadating :clap: But I think credit goes to Agent 5 as well. By having the character to state his case for the accurising the Wested jacket to match the screen used Raiders jacket, we are hopefully going to see a re-emergence of a true Rai...

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For sure!

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YIKES! Glued liner top!?! :shock: Another reason I'm happy to go with the all satin liner rather than the plastic topped :? Equally, my all satin liner isn't glued & sits just perfectly up in the top, well held in by contouring to the front pinch :D As for Steve beating his head against a wall, ...

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Get measured by someone else for thw following: Shoulder to first knuckle of your thumb (the one joining it to the rest of your hand!) This will give you the right length of sleeve so when you put your arms forward or up, the jacket sleeves will only ride up to your wrist & not half way up your ...

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& back O/T... :P Tone - Peter posted in Agent 5 's Raiders jacket master thread that the yoke got extended to stop the jacket riding back on the shoulders & to make it easier to get the back out of one piece of leather, especially for those bigger people amongst us :wink: I've also been told...

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IndyDoc - That's interesting :) 5" yoke is about optimum I would say :D I have a 40" chest Wested which is supposed to be a Raiders pattern, but the shoulder yoke/seam set up is TOD/LC , so the yoke depth is 6" I think (unfortunately I'm at work so I don't have the details to hand). ...

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KT wrote: I thought this was common knowlege. ALL pockets, (no matter if you order Raiders, TOD or LC), are LC sized as standard and the pockets are scaled to the size of the jacket based on that. You got a Raiders with an LC pocket, simple. Apologies if I am stating the obvious here. & that's ...

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My first AB came from Steve with the plain satin lining (no plastic top) & I wore it without problem through China's greatest heatwave since the 1800's 8) However, when Steve anounced that his hat's were coming with the plastic topped liner towards the end of last year I was so worried about the...

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I know you really want a definative answer from Peter Agent 5 , but personally I have to agree with 191145 on this. If you get a bigger shirt collar, you end up with a bigger shirt all round, same for a jacket. To incorporate the tailoring your thinking of would not be normal for a jacket made to me...

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Strider - some years ago in the 80's there was a fledgling fashion for wearing a wallet holder that looked alot like a shoulder holster & I can remember getting stopped by the police wearing one of those one summer day (before I joined up) although after a quick inspection they were happy to le...

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Jim, if it makes you feel any better, I get my straps custom made & they come sealed, but they still bleed the dye if you get them sweaty enough, which happened to me in China.

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Considering you're riding a horse in your avatar, Skippy, I imagine YOU ride anywhere you WANT to ride....right? :lol: :wink: It's not the riding, it's the stopping that's all over the place! :roll: Bufflehead , get yourself over here & I'll get you out in one of our fast response cars :P We've...

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Dragging this one up from the archives for an update 8) Was reading up on this subject a couple of days ago. Seems after some serious lobbying by re-enactors & military vehicle enthusiasts that deactivated weapons will not fall foul of the new bill \:D/ However, in other bad news, France may ban...

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Good post & pics :D Working 30 minutes away from Wested I've been there too & have to say that's a great photographic guide of how to get there you've posted! :lol: Whoa. Those people are driving on the wrong side of the road. On the one street, they had a drunk guy paint the lines on the ro...

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VP wrote:Yeah, and to read for lysdexic guys.

Yeah, I suffer from a mild for, made worse by over excited typing

Umm, anyone know why I'm not seeing Tone's pictures?

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Sorry to drag my old thread up, but I didn't want to take Agent5's Wested Raiders jacket sticky threat off topic by highlighting this there... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/WarEagle/Indy%20Gear/snapshot20060121002544.jpg This is another great shot of the Raiders crown bash & how DEEP it...

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Unfortunately I hadn't invested in a digicam by the time I went on this trip *sigh*

so that's a standard camer pic off of a CD-ROM from the developers, which I have sized up a bit, hence the grain

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Well I'm still trying to sort out my Aldens size :? So far it looks like I will drop 2 sizes from my real size, but go up 2 widths! :? Best advice I can give you is take a trip to somewhere that sells these & try them on in person, which is not easy for me in the UK! :shock: Renners Boots & ...

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Ugly colour.

Glad I bought 4 of these when I had the chance. Can understand why they have to mess with classic items like these & the chinos being taupe

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Authentic Brown Goatskin in bright Mongolian sunlight: http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/Horse5.jpg All my pics of the Authentic jackets look dark, but in person the jacket is a chocolate colour :) BTW, doing research on WWII flight jackets, it turns out that although most A2 were mad...

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Agreed Canyon. Welcome!

Congrats Herro, I'll bet that horsehide jacket is going to be just fantastic!

I've visited Wested & can support all of you good experiences too

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Looking good Erri-Wan

Those sleeves will be perfect once the creases settle in

Rest of the gear has come along very well too

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Bufflehead Jones wrote:There is a way to survive this type of attack, but I am not going to list the answer.

There's an old saying......the best weapon in a knife fight...is a pump action shotgun

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Had a similair problem. I fit in a 40" chest jacket, but the seam across the shoulders was too tight, so I'm actually a 42" for the correct fit :) As for back length, if you want a TOD length jacket, get someone to measure you wearing a formal shirt & jeans. Measure from the bottom col...

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Pictures of the original hero prop LC jacket sold last year at auction: http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/Orig_F.jpg http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/Orig_B.jpg http://www.galaxyoffear.com/albums/Skippys-stuff/Orig_Label.jpg Now I could be wrong, but that lining to whi...

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Weaver if you were refering to me, then this pics shows what we're on about pretty well

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Gobler wrote:..they make me look hunched back..

Jeff, you in good company. My girlfriend complains that my jacket does the exact same thing

I think it's also to do with our short & stout figures

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Good screen caps Erri-wan :D Although I'd need to have them lighter to see anything in relation to sliders or D-rings :shock: What those pics do tell us is, there were no gussets on the original jacket - certainly not for the one in those scenes - & the action pleat was a shallow one & lo-&a...

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Doug, I could have answered this for you! :lol: Peter will do pretty much whatever you want, but it will be a custom jacket, which means it will be NON RETURNABLE . The cotton facing on the inside of the collar was something Peter dropped after too many people came back to him complaining that the c...

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& here is Scandinavia Jones' lamb jacket, weathered & un-weathered, but definately with scalloped pockets.

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