Thanks, Michaelson, just what I needed!

Hi, guys- apologies if this isn't strictly on topic... I have an old leather jacket, not an Indy style, just a mall special from Wilson's, but I'm rather attached to it as an everyday knockaround. It's a good 25 years old at this point and in generally good shape, but the color has faded pretty badl...

I just got the news. I didn't have many interactions with him, only a couple emails, but he was friendly and kind to answer all my dumb newbie questions, and I cherish the LC goatskin that resulted from our exchanges (I'm wearing it right now, actually). How incredible is it that years after seeing ...

That's my plan, to wear a sweater underneath when/if I need to... you know, like this guy:

Well, guys, after YEARS of lurking here at Club Obi Wan and obsessing and fretting about all the worst-case scenarios, I've finally gone and ordered my first Wested. It's a custom job, because I'm broad in the shoulders but otherwise on the short side, but I didn't get too wild with the special requ...

Well, it's a longtime bad habit of mine... and maybe it's one I'll break on this jacket, but maybe not... the pockets are pretty high on my old peacoat, too! :D Either way, thanks for the input... and for the record, I'm thinking goatskin, which I'm guessing would not be as stretchy as the lamb. (I ...

Thanks, guys... I figured there had to be a lining, but I hadn't been able to verify that anywhere I looked. As for my question about the pockets deforming, I didn't mean the lining wearing out -- the only coat I've ever had where the pocket lining didn't get a little tattered after a while was a vi...

Hi guys -- LONG time lurker here, finally getting up the courage to pull the trigger and order my first Wested, but I have a question I haven't been able to find in any existing threads. I'm considering an LC/CS jacket, and the Wested site says it has handwarmer pockets... can anyone tell me how fun...

Thanks for the thoughts, everyone - jeez, about the time you think you know what you want, you go and think of some other aspect or feature. No wonder so many folks end up owning multiple jackets! Oh, and Michaelson, sometimes I just need someone to point out that I've already made up my mind - than...

I've been thinking lo these many months about ordering my first wested in the LC style, but today I've started thinking maybe a longer length would look better on me (I'm 5' 7, and definitely of the stocky persuasion). I know the actual TOD shooting jackets were very different from the Wested-built ...

Thanks, Joe - I missed seeing that one...

Hi everyone - geez, I go away from the forum for a little while and now all of a sudden everyone is throwing around new terminology and I'm all confused. :? Is this authentic goat everyone's talking about now Peter's standard goatskin or would I have to specify that I want the authentic when orderin...

Sergei, thanks for the photos, and thanks to Indiana Joe as well for pointing me at that other thread. I had no idea that Fedora was originally going to be Abner Ravenwood. I wish they'd left that angle - would've made for some interesting character shadings for Indy and Marion both.

Here's a bizarre question: has anybody done any research on the jacket worn by Fedora in the prologue of Last Crusade? I've been searching the web for photos of it, with no luck and my crappy VCR doesn't give me a clear enough freeze frame to see much detail. Anyone know if it was a Wested? I seem t...

Wow - I didn't expect any more replies after the thread had been here so long. Thanks, Fiddler and Joe, for your input!

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Hey, Doctor Jones - must be pretty exciting knowing that your jacket is just down the street (well, more or less...) I look forward to hearing your report! Thanks as well to Indydawg and Fedora for your input. There's so much to think about. Before I started thinking about getting The Jacket, I neve...

Hi everyone - I'm compiling a list of features for my first Wested. I'm intending to get a goat LC and I was just wondering what everyone thought of gussets. Do they really make the big a difference in mobility? Would simply asking for a larger armhole do the same thing?

Thanks for the input...