Club Obi Wan

ztmario

yeah, I'm thinking scrap it permanently. nice idea, but meh...

ztmario

um, I also think we might have a SNAFU here. Borton, I don't know if it was you or me, but I think the vendors might be out of order in so far as matching up to the collage. After the original 17 vendors were posted, we were supposed to ignore alphabetical order, but that might not have happened... ...

ztmario

I am thinking it may be time for another update of this thread. A few new excellent whipmakers have started churning out excellent whips or started making them again, and prices could use an update as well. yah, it's been six months, I'd say you're about right. I should be able to get it done on fr...

ztmario

thank you.. and don't forget it's Borton's too.

as far as Todd's whip goes.. I don't know. it's a "prop whip" isn't it? at $99 it's 1/3 to 1/5 the price of the whips that are listed here so I would tend to think it's a different animal. anyone else have an opinion?

ztmario

I just went through and updated every vendor as best as I could, for offerings, prices, and conversions. If they make a CS whip, I noted it also. I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but I just raised the price of a certain vendor's whips $200 for their ten foot offering. and this list was last upd...

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1.) I don't even know how many plaits my whip is. there an easy way to tell, like something I can count?

2.) I have a build up of black gunky hand grease on the handle. how do I clean that?

ztmario

Yes knibs. People wanting their work done for them put a bee in my bonnet. forget the search engine.. you do realize that there's a thread stickied to the top of this forum that has every comprehensible indy whip vendor listed as well as the prices they charge, pictures of their whips, and links to...

ztmario

The 8 footer I got from you about two years ago is still the only whip I ever bought. that thing has been beat to heck and it still works great. not a broken strand or anything. it colored VERY nicely, btw. but believe me when I say my neighbors hate you. I have a problem with getting drunk at indec...

ztmario

ah.. so basically call him, I guess.

ztmario

Yeah, I figured that guys... I thought it would be nice to do an Indy jacket guide like for the whips, and I'm almost done with it as we speak... just thought with all the flipping through vendor webpages I could save myself some time and post the question

ztmario

what is the price of a Nowak jacket? does he offer different hides?

ztmario

Okay, I didn't know what a quality fedora cost to begin with, so that helped a lot. this thread is pretty much exactly answering my question. as far as the comparison to a leather jacket, I was just always impressed that wested made the raiders jacket and sold it as cheap as they do, especially in c...

ztmario

well, the AB deluxe for instance.. is like $900. Marc says it takes 9 hours to make one. this is a little more money than I make in a 40 hour work week. if I was buying it in a mall, I'd understand more, because most retail outlets want 45-55% gross profit margin. but straight from the source? if th...

ztmario

Why are fedoras so much money? From what I've seen as far as the highest prices go, and from what I understand about how long they take to make, it would appear that some hat makers are getting over $100 an hour per hat, if not more. I understand supply and demand, I'm not a dummy... but since almos...

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actually, the "official" indy bullwhip is probably this one: http://shop.indianajones.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=1221346;category_id=1208236;pcid1=;pcid2= don't know if it's been posted about yet, that's what I was looking for. guess it's time to update the whip list. It may be &q...

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actually, the "official" indy bullwhip is probably this one: http://shop.indianajones.com/catalog/pr ... d1=;pcid2=

don't know if it's been posted about yet, that's what I was looking for. guess it's time to update the whip list.

ztmario

well, since the thread this belongs in was locked (there was nothing else to say on the subject?) but I think it's worth adding, the novapelle LC jacket I just got today from wested has some of the same marks on it. I'm not sure I would say that they looked like they were drawn on with a marker, but...

ztmario

well I got the jacket today... so that's certainly not a bad turnaround time. I'm sure I'll take some "adventure" pictures when I go out this weekend...

ztmario

Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:18:12 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: "Westedleather" <wested@wested.com> Add Mobile Alert To: "Mike Iacono" <ztmike@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: >>>>>>>>>>>> New Order 7573 <<<<<<<<<<<< Dear Mike Your order was dispatched yesterday with parcel force.,on a 48...

ztmario

chimp, how tall are you? just out of curiosity.. I ordered my wested with 27" sleeves. I know that's probably going to be waaay too long, but I am doing everything in my power to keep from having to send this thing back when it finally comes. if I had the option of getting either 35" sleev...

ztmario

I ordered on the 16th and I got the processing email on the 17th. it's been '21 days' as of today, but not 21 WORKING days. whatever, I emailed regardless to check what the status was. can't hurt to ask. they've been VERY good about emailing me back so far.. I'll let you know what they say.

ztmario

what I don't understand is how can it be a violation to say "we made the jacket worn by harrison ford in (raiders of the lost ark, indiana jones and the temple of doom, etc.)". if it's true, then how can they get sued? I still can't grasp that.

ztmario

Vegeta, it's not that folks can't have and share opinions, it's a matter of how you state them. If you state an opinion towards a product and it's seen as inflammatory and meant to harm, there is a risk of libel. The "hot water" doesn't necessarily come from us, but from vendors and compa...

ztmario

one gibson and barnes that I just sold.

currently jacketless.

ztmario

so.. your $300 jacket just got $130 more expensive? ....uh, do you still not mind the mix-up?

ztmario

guess it depends on what money in general is worth to you. if you make $10 an hour, it's probably pretty hard to justify working 200 hours for a jacket. of course, if you make $100 an hour, that's only half a weeks worth of work.

ztmario

I kind of envy you guys for being able to pull that off in the outside world. it's not that I look bad in my hat.. but I'm only 22 and, unfortunately, have no choice but to care what other people think. as stupid as that sounds, there's just no way I'm going to walk into a bar or club and pick up a ...

ztmario

I must have missed that. what's the wrong way?

ztmario

just looks very very.. brown. love the jacket, and even prefer that color to the almost purple that my GB used to show.. but it sure is brown.

ztmario

the biggest problem I have with price vs. value is that I have a limit to how much I want to spend for something that isn't really tangible. I understand that something is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it, but like _ said.. there is always someone willing to pay almost anything for ...

ztmario

what accounts for some people waiting a month already for a wested, and other people posting that they got their custom's in as soon as two weeks? You refering to me??? I sent my jacket back over a month and half ago and apparently Wested got so busy that jackets got piled up and order kept piling ...

ztmario

What address are you using for USW? They usually answer on the same day, or no later than the next. Something doesn't sound right. :-k Regards! Michaelson I used info@uswings.com on the 12th. just a general question about sizing. mentioned I was a COW member, too. out of curiosity, what accounts fo...

ztmario

I just used the email listed on wested's website, and I received a response within literally 2 minutes from gemma. I think there were a total of 5 emails from her in three days leading up to and after placing my order. I HAD pm'd peter in the past and got no response, but this time I was pretty impr...

ztmario

Cassidy wrote: Give me someone in a jean jacket going on adventures any day over someone dressing up as Indy and prancing about their apartment.

LOL

ztmario

I wouldn't worry about the fit. I'm 45"/34" and didn't really have a problem with that aspect of the fit. I will say though that I followed their advice and got a size 42 for more of that military fit.. and it was way too small. I understand that they add 4 inches, and say you can downsize...

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I'm not complaining at all, I expect there to be mix ups , infact like I said the Quailty of the Coat far out weights the minor mix up. Infact from what I've read I really dont think Pete gets enough credit for his coats. So Kuddos to Peter for his quality Coats you expect there to be mix ups? caus...

ztmario

see, I don't understand.. that jacket has a large collar, but it's not terribly pointy like a lot of the LC wested's that I see. is the very pointy thing something new? or something old?

ztmario

99% sure that you're paying for shipping back. and even if you don't, I'm 100% sure that of the three shipping charges total (wrong size to you, wrong size back, new jacket to you), you're paying for at least two of them, if not all three. bingo, just added $40 to the price of that jacket (keeping m...

ztmario

I read on here somewhere that the todd jackets have the smallest sleeves of any of the vendor cuts. that's my hesitation as far as getting the 80's cut in my wested.. I don't want the arms and shoulders to cut off circulation on me. I also remember reading about _ having a problem with the upper bod...

ztmario

Actually, I put in a request for natural, undistressed cowhide. I got one in pre-distressed, and it is an absolutely wonderful jacket. I just have some kind of mental block against pre-distressed hide. I look down at that leather and I think "this is not genuine." I can't get past it. I'l...

ztmario

Now is this 21 business days, or calendar days? My personal opinion is that Peter should work 7 days a week. A 14 hour day sounds appropriate. This is the land of Charles Dickens, is it not? Of course, once the custom cowhide bound for NYC is in the mail, he can relax and take a well-deserved vacat...

ztmario

I just bought a US Wings goatskin jacket, and I was wondering if anyone who has ever owned multiple jackets or any US Wings jacket could tell me what they think... I'd like to know the public opinion of the high points of the US Wings jacket, as well as the low's... Also, as for screen accuracy, I'...

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every time I see a USW jacket in cowhide, I'm struck by how heinie they look. much more than a wested, in my opinion. it just looks like a jacket you wear if you know you're about to be punched through a window. it ALMOST makes me want to cancel the wested order and get the vintage cow.. but if I'm ...

ztmario

For custom Jackets we aim for 21 days and most leave within that time frame. Off the peg can despatch from day 0ne to 2 weeks depending on stock levels. At this time, despite the demands our stock levels are pretty good and that has been easing the pressure on custom jackets. Cheers Peter thanks pe...

ztmario

I'm probably in the minority, but I really don't think the taper is that bad of a thing. when I got home with my camptown, I put it on for my mom, and the first thing she said was "that's a HUGE hat". and she was right. I trimmed the #### out of the brim (even after ken had trimmed it hims...

ztmario

so it wouldn't make it. hmm.. that kind of *****, but I guess it's my own fault. I think I'm going to order one up anyway, because I can't understand paying $360 for a jacket just as a place holder. yours is the cowhide? any pics up?

ztmario

just a whip crackin thin air (shot inthe dark), has anyone actually called U.S. Wings & asked them about this. i am planning on calling tomorrow about an order of hawaiian shirts i ordered & will ask this. maybe this didn't get a c & d. maybe they are just playing it safe... let us know...

ztmario

I was wondering about this sort of thing the other day when I read this news article; http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0871023820080409?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&rpc=22&sp=true about Lucasfilm sueing someone selling replica stormtrooper costumes. Appar...

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ok, here's the story.. I just sold my goatskin expo for $300 (which I think was very nice of me, btw :wink: ) and I was going to turn around and use the money to buy a new jacket. at first, the plan was to buy a used USW vintage cowhide I saw on ebay.. I figured I could get it for about $150 and use...

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WeeMadHamish wrote:Is it such a big deal that they had to change the name and description? They could have been ordered to stop selling the jacket altogether...

I doubt they could have been ordered to do any such thing. it's their pattern, and I don't think LF can copyright what's basically an A2 without the elastic.

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