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Doug C

So then the question again is why does the shirt and pants who's designers are based in London have labels from the US based costume house. Just seems like odd. While the jacket, from the US based company (cooper) has the London based costumer's label?

Doug C

Doug C

So, where is Western Costumes based - is it the US or Europe? Andre' Dometakis is Greek I believe..

Doug C

Doug C

Those wrinkled parts are the parts I like most. I like a jacket with lots of it everywhere or else, as you said it can look too pristeen. This is probably what your seeing with your collar "problem", but listen it's supposed to be a loose draping jacket so look at it as a positive, it's ju...

Doug C

I've always thought the buttons on the Raiders shirt were very close in color to the shirt itself (give or take a shade) and that the other films had more of a button contrast. My 'raiders' from MBA is that way, the buttons are a slightly pinkish flesh tone, close to the shirt color. I particularly ...

Doug C

PSBIndy wrote: Why not just order a Magnoli and get a custom shirt that will fit you perfectly the first time? One reason may be that he doesn't offer the right material, it's too thick and in that I'm comparing it to a Noel Howard/MBA shirt. Some don't care, some do. Congrats on the shirt J!M, and ...

Doug C

I just watched the hovitos chase sceen in super slow-mo, well actually I paused the disc at every other frame through the entire sceen sequence, from when he started running in the jungle to when he and jock were well up in the air. To me, I see a leather jacket, and in many of the frames you can di...

Doug C

Anyone with a large? can give some measurements?

Doug C

Doug C

I gotta say that the latest Wings jackets look great!! They are definatley changing something. How 'bout a pic of you wearing it?

Doug C

Doug C

Ooops, NOT true!!

Mechanic I just looked and "Raiders II" was only on the jacket lable, not on the pants.

Doug C

Doug C

TRUE...

Also, even though Noel Howard had these pants to copy, his repros didn't have the topstich around the pocket flaps or quite the right shape - so maybe not a perfectionist at all

Doug C

Doug C

So perhaps the LCL Cooper was actually made from copying a Keppler jacket.. Did Lee's early jackets have the backward straps like this jacket or leather facings behind the zips or lack of a bottom seam?

Doug C

Doug C

All we really know is that there is only SA for a specific sceen, so there is no reason to think they are anything other than TofD screen used pants, especially since Anthony Powell gave them to Noel after TofD shooting wrapped.

Doug C

Doug C

I wonder if Ford was remembering this whole detail correctly? Personally, it looks too much like leather for me to accept - then again it's the movies... just seems like a lot of work when a lambskin would have done the same thing and a cloth jacket has never been mentioned in the lineup before. Dou...

Doug C

Yep, but even the movie shows Indy with two sleeves after the bridge sceen.

Doug C

Doug C

Those crazy moths ain't got no since!!

Doug C

Doug C

But of course that is one of the very few sceens that we see a crease. I personally iron mine out, to match the myriad of other sceens. To each his own.

Doug C

Doug C

When you magnify that hovitoe picture, you see a sheen on it that is very much like most leather jackets.

Doug C

Doug C

Any pictures of this "archive" jacket and why is Lucas in possession of a Lee Keppler jacket?

Doug C

Doug C

My Westeds were smaller than 9" across (18" total) I soaked them in hot water and stretched them and stretched them while they lay flat to dry and finally got them to about 18" total, they are 36 waist. Should be just slightly wider in my opinion.. these are TofD pants, perhaps a bit ...

Doug C

zeus36 wrote: I find that if you wash them and HANG to dry, the wool relaxes and is more breathable. That is exactly right! I've washed my Westeds a few time and even dried them in the drier (against tag recommendations), they are soo much softer, looser flowing now...They have the really broken in ...

Doug C

Goat was unavailable in a Wested for a long time after they depleated their initial supplies.. so the old goat probably refers to that initial stock. Only recently has goat become available again at Wested... and it's apparently softer than before.

Doug C

Doug C

Ok, now I think I remember it reading that way too, now that you mention it.. but it has been available for about a year or so. However, I doubt they've sold many.. I can only think of one guy here that has one - Indiana G, I was going to be second but my CC wouldn't clear at Wested for some reason....

Doug C

I think then, that there would always be a possibility of the top coat wearing through to reveal the darker color, which most people don't care for. I'm not sure you'd be able to dye the leather completely through.

Doug C

Doug C

I'd guess the material to be poplin, seems to have a wrinkle character like Todd's etc. Let us know if you find 'em.

Doug C

Doug C

A side benefit to this leather, it goes great with the brass zipper.

Doug C

Doug C

That Belstaff almost looks like an oil pulled leather, do you know the tanning method by chance. Sleeve length is much better IMO. Rundquist - that's a pretty stuborn stance you have about the lambskin in view of the two examples I sighted, but then again you've recently bought a jacket of water buf...

Doug C

Nowak doesn't know we like our jackets to remain new looking for as long as possible. He probably thinks that being Indy fans we like 'em to age a little, silly man.. I say break out the pecards and start slathering!!

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Doug C

You can pay OTR and ebay Wested jackets by Paypal, byt not the custom!

Why, I wonder?

Doug C

Doug C

So then that's it, there is only one goatskin being used now...both standard and ROLA.

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Doug C

runquist wrote: The idea of this macho dude traveling all over creation in a lambskin jacket is laughable. Ok, I disagree because by all accounts this lambskin jacket that we're seeing pictures of in this thread is very heavy and tough, not like the really thin fashion lambskins. So if it was this t...

Doug C

jacksdad, I think you are confusing two different leathers. This particular leather has been in stock at Wested for some time now (1+years or so), the slightly green tinted Washed lambskin however, is new and only a very limited number will be made. Not to be confused though with Washed goatskin . :...

Doug C

There have always only been two ROLA jacket, this is one of them. I think the "soft" part of the disciption means nothing, it's the same goatskin as the others they sell I'm sure because that's true of the other ROLA offering (authentic brown lambskin). Whiskeyman had one and has recently ...

Doug C

It's funny, not long ago Gemma cancelled my custom order twice because of a credit card problem (on their end) too bad she didn't think to suggest Paypal. I didn't realize we could have gone that route at the time. Instead I immediately ordered a more expensive custom Todds with the same credit card...

Doug C

Yawn

Sorry guys but you've just ruined everything I thought I understood about the fit of these two jackets

. It used to seem so simple.

Doug C

Doug C

Hey Lukas, that looks great, love the fit now.. BTW, what's your height and weight?

Doug C

Doug C

Just polish them with Kiwi cordovan, then go right over it with Kiwi dark brown, I think I actually used Kiwi medium brown.. but, whatever.. I love the way mine came out and really I doubt it would completely wear away for a very long time. Matter of fact I wouldn't doubt that it ends up being a per...

Doug C

So gwyddion, does yours have shoulder pads or not?

Castor Discouri, I was really just looking for Peter's take on the shoulder pad situation, when I asked the "when" and "why" questions because I knew how we all felt about them. Guess Peter doesn't care to comment.

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Doug C

Holt wrote: those pocket flaps are a little big and pointy for my taste and not totally screen acurrate... I think the pocket flaps are the most SA looking part of this jacket, they are big like they're supposed to be for a LC but not pointy IMHO. Now to me the collar on this jacket is not very LC l...

Doug C

When did this change and why? I mean have all the padded ones been sold or were remainding stock altered? Don't get me wrong it great news, but that's the sort of thing that most potential buyers hated - I would have made an announcement so that everyone understood that shoulder pads were history. A...

Doug C

Maybe Indy will be sportin' an A2 in IndyV, wouldn't that be awesome!?

Ha,ha..only kiddin' but now I see that I've being unfare to all those A2s that keep popping up when I search ebay for Indy jackets.

Doug C

Doug C

I gotta agree with CM, sleeves drawing up to any significant amount because of wrinkling is pretty much a myth in my opinion. If any jacket would do that I think it would have to be really thick leather that holds it's form, but none of mine have, certainly none of the lambskin ones.

Doug C

Doug C

I wonder if hi-res screen cap will confirm, probably not he's pretty far away from the camera. The material sure moved like cloth but then again my pre-washed lambskin behaves the same.

Doug C

Doug C

Looks like a Cooper (maybe Wings) cowhide to me.. the straps are on backwards like those, that's the main thing, then the lack of a bottom seam and pockets too.

Thanks for the pictures!

Yea, what do you guys think about the cloth jacket comment in the Hovitoes sceen?

Doug C

Doug C

So, it is an Indy style jacket that he sent you.. had the correct design, not an A2 or anything, right, wasn't a vintage jacket either? I know you didn't want alot of questions, but...I wanted to get that cleared up. Amazing story either way.

Doug C

Doug C

When done properly it doesn't look like anything abnormal is on the jacket, of course if you sprayed it heavy and let it pool up it would look weird. It's about $10 per can, only one was needed for mine - alot less than a professional doing it, if you could find someone I bet they'd use the same met...

Doug C

I've "redyed" a US Wings jacket... that is, I actually sprayed a new darker finish over the original russety brown, with good success. Fiebing products are good, I've used them on other projects like when I hand glazed a capeskin Willis & Gieger type A-1 not long ago. Anyway, to color ...

Doug C

OK ... I'm looking for the last Indiana Jones Jacket I will ever buy.

HA, aren't we all... atleast that's always been my feeling on the matter, it just wasn't realistic for various reasons.

Doug C

Doug C

I tried to start a thread here once regarding the type A-1 and was reminded by the admins that it was too off topic, and it was removed. In hindsight I realize they were probably right. Indy didn't wear either one of these jackets but there are other forums dedicated to them.

Doug C

Doug C

Isn't this the leather that Wested will only be making very limited examples of (5-10 or so)? Your looks great strones.

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Doug C

Chew, that looks great on you! I think the extra length was a good choice also. Seems everyone offers a "washed lambskin" now and I have to say it does a much bettr job of looking adventurous than the regular stuff does IMHO.

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