Club Obi Wan

EchoSix

Well, I know for a fact that two COW members did an enormous amount of reseach on the details, and both of them concluded that there was an "X" stitch used. Agent 5 and Holt had a lot of time spent researching. Ton Nowack's famous Raiders jackets, which were copied from a screen used jacke...

EchoSix

It actually depends on what part of the film you're looking at. A long while ago, there was once a thread that got down it the details, scene by scene, pretty closely. I only have this link saved in my files, from another site... http://www.filmjackets.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6 It shows a ...

EchoSix

I just received my new Hero in the mail, not a half hour ago. I had one made in 2009 (which is currently in the Bazaar), before the Hero jacket was available from Wested. I still have it and I'm able to compare the two. :? The stitching on the new one (Hero, shrunken lamb) isn't anywhere near as tig...

EchoSix

hey! I just noticed I have a little Mitch LaRue style of writing. I admit... I had to look that up. :-k Are you talking about the ONLY Mitch LaRue that Google turns up, who happens to be on Facebook? Otherwise I'm at a loss. The only reason my interest is peaked on this, is because I happen to writ...

EchoSix

Kt Templar wrote:No one noticed the new product?

http://www.wested.com/customrola--jacket-161-p.asp

EchoSix

Well, what I did was I showed Peter what the first jacket looked like on me (the same pictures, plus more, that are in my first post) and told him what length it was and how much shorter I wanted it. I gave him an approximation to go off of and told him I trust his judgment beyond that. I also showe...

EchoSix

Cool. Thanks guys. I don't have the "fan" support in the house, which I think we can all understand.

Not a lot of people "get" the attention we put on stuff.

And it's 24 1/2" from the collar, to the bottom edge.

EchoSix

I'll get some pictures up real soon. I'm just trying to get it wrinkled and less shiny. On a side note... My wife and daughter (who's 12) are telling me I look silly in a jacket that's so short. :roll: They say it's just not in style these days and it looks like I've got a motorcycle jacket on. :-k ...

EchoSix

In all of my reading and what I've gotten from it, is that a standard fit is a straight cut to the back panel and an 80's fit is a tapered cut to the back panel, right? I asked Peter to taper the back, so that it didn't look like the picture I sent him, of how my first jacket looked from behind. I'm...

EchoSix

Today, I got my new Wested Goat! \:D/ Yeah... I'm a happy boy. :mrgreen: I went through a couple international phone cards, mostly spent in my checking up to see about the corner they were in, due to their supply of goat skin being backlogged, but in speaking with Peter and using no other form of co...

EchoSix

My wife used to work for Disney, but now she's a stay-at-home.

We're going there in two weeks though, for a weeks long stay. And the fedora's coming along, as it always does. Maybe my new custom Wested will get here before that.

EchoSix

Well, they DO have a few Washed Goat jackets that are off the rack... But as far as a custom one, they'll take your order but it'll be a wait.

It's too bad too.

EchoSix

Expect a wait for washed goat.

EchoSix

I called a week ago and spoke to Peter about the shipment then too and he DID mention they had gotten some washed goat, but that it was all spoken for and the jackets were being made for that. He's once again needing washed goat. :lol: I would hold onto your washed goat for now. ;-) If it weren't fo...

EchoSix

I just posted a similar comment on another thread.

That's definitely on my mind as well.

EchoSix

Really? Sorry to hear that.

Hopefully with this new round of goat they're expecting to arrive, the rush to get all the orders out, won't diminish the quality of the construction of the jackets.

My off the rack popped a couple of seams in the armpits too. But then, I was pretty rough with it.

EchoSix

I just got off the phone with Gemma and she said that they WILL be having a healthy arrival of goat this Wednesday, February 11th. I wouldn't want to be Peter right now. The backlog must keep him up nights, knowing the enormity of work that's heading his way, just to catch up with all the orders. He...

EchoSix

Or follow Holt's advice and use a piece of the dog's rear end as a patch for the inside.

EchoSix

When you guys mentioned the sweatband, my first thought was of an actual sweatband that you'd wear around your head, rather than the sweatband that's built into and part of a hat. But then... That just may work. If you got a regular sweatband, the kind made out of elastic and terry cloth that you’d ...

EchoSix

With the holidays upon us, we've been gettin inundated with catalogs in the mail...

The Territory Ahead has some pretty beautiful leather jackets.

But, Oh My God... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

www.TerritoryAhead.com

EchoSix

I'm sure he'll say yes and thanks for reassuring me. I just REALLY hate being a bother to nice people, you know?

Now, the morons down at my local Target, are another thing.

EchoSix

My leather Wested goat smells like leather. You know... I've got the bug BAD. How likely will Peter take it when I call him to tell him to copy all your specs and toss out everything else I sent him before? :lol: He's still sourcing the lighter shade goat, so they have NOT started cutting the leathe...

EchoSix

Nice!

EchoSix

Yeah, you know what... My jacket specs are closer to Agent 5's... That's right. You're right about that.

What's the demon roll you're talking about?

EchoSix

Baldwyn wrote:
Please don't forget, only shrunken lamb is $1000...

All those poor, tiny, little, shrunken lambs.

EchoSix

Well, he says he does get that thinner goat in just about every shipment. He said that they get each shipment of hides in, they sort through it all, once it shows up and they toss aside all the thin stuff. They DO get a thinner goat pretty regularly, but it's not in bulk and they have to sort throug...

EchoSix

I just called and spoke to Peter and he says that Holt's jacket was just a thinner grade of the same goat that they usually use. It's just a tad bit thinner and all matched throughout. But it's the "Authentic Goat" that they have on their site, just thinner. They do get thinner material in...

EchoSix

So, just to clarify... Peter has a material called "Soft Goatskin"?

EchoSix

That's as good as it gets right there. Nothing will ever convince me that the "dragged through #### and back" leather that the Nowak jackets are made out of, are as good and as durable as that. Wow. I'm SO jealous. That's a nice freakin' jacket. So... What exactly did you ask for, as far a...

EchoSix

... and of all the jackets people buy here, it is generally Wested that has any quality issues, not the other makes. Well, I wouldn't harp on Wested with that point of view. Golden Retrievers actually have the highest rating/history of dog bites, in the entire world. Not because they're a more viol...

EchoSix

Yeah guys... DEFINITELY give him a shout.

His email is comb231z@duo-county.com and his name is Paul.

Nice, nice, nice guy. And I can't say enough about his work.

EchoSix

Everyone's been defending the fact that the amount of money spent on this jacket, is in buying the customer service that goes along with it. Don't stress about it at all. Seriously. Give it a day. Wear it. Take some pictures and post some here. Then, tomorrow, if you still have even the slightest he...

EchoSix

If you don't mind my asking... When did you order it? How long did it take to arrive and did you get "in" after the exchange rate flipped?

Because no one seems to believe me that I only paid $170.00 + $20 shipping for my custom goat.

EchoSix

And apparently he's never in on Mondays.

EchoSix

Nice.

Except I can't tell if George is looking at your jacket or your rear end.

Jerry seems to like it too.

EchoSix

My off the shelf goat didn't come with them stitched.

EchoSix

I definitely will be posting pics, of course.

And since I'm getting a goat, with a lighter shade/color of brown (sight unseen), how possible is it to darken up the laether, if it's too light?

What's commonly done to darken goatskin?

EchoSix

It WILL definitely shrink down in even less than a month. I got my Fad IV, the very day of our Halloween party, just last month. About three hours after it showed up, I was in my Indy gear (for the party) I had to go outside to help the caterers set up. It was POURING rain. I had my new hat and my n...

EchoSix

No... It's a custom jacket, based on some of the specs that Agent 5 gave, in the Raiders specs thread that J!M started. It's all custom, being made to my size, pocket configurations, modified pocket size, locations of seams, gussets being added, a certain shade of goat skin, lining, inside pocket sl...

EchoSix

Well, even though it's not an Indy jacket, I have an old Avirex cowhide flight jacket I got YEARS ago and it kept me no warmer than the current Wested goat I've got now. It's their regular goat, not their washed goat, which is a bit thinner. AND it's the toughest freaking thing. I'm a carpenter and ...

EchoSix

Thanks. :) Yeah, I just purchased a pre-paid phone card and spoke for a while, the day before ordering it, and just giving him a feel for what I wanted. Then after emailing him all the specs and measurements, he said no problem. He's got some pieces of a lighter colored goat that he's setting aside ...

EchoSix

Buying an off the shelf jacket is fun to do, knowing that you're gonna' be getting an Indy jacket from Wested sometime soon... But when you go ahead and order a custom one, based on your own needs and desires... :mrgreen: It's a whole different ball o' wax, isn't it? :) I feel like I just lost my vi...

EchoSix

She's not known for her linguistic skills, is she?

She's very quick to answer though... Very short, quick answers. No embellishment and no hand holding.

Unlike Peter, who'll talk your ear off if you let him.

EchoSix

To JUST take it out of the back panel, the sides would stick down below it. So, the sides would have to be tapered to meet it. That's a lot of work. And then to take it out of the waist as well, I would think they'd have to totally dissasemble almost the whole jacket and bring in the panels, to tape...

EchoSix

I spoke to Peter. What a great guy. :) Yes... They CAN do alterations. He CAN and WILL do alterations. But it's a pain in the butt for him and he feels it's not worth the money spent in shipping it back and forth, plus the $60 alteration fee that he charges. He's of the mind that if you're gonna' sp...

EchoSix

I JUST called to speak to Peter, but he was out at the moment. Gemma told me, while coughing up a storm, that they CANNOT alter existing jackets. I asked about doing exactly the same thing you want to do(making the back shorter) and she said that "there's more to it than just that. You'd have t...

EchoSix

;-) Thanks.

EchoSix

Oh man... What a pain.

I give you guys a lot of credit for not losing it on her, for all her lack of info in your orders. Once in a while is acceptable. But this seems to be a running thing with them, huh?

I hope this gets settled soon.

EchoSix

Peter was like a white knight, when I called them to try and yank Gemma through the phone for not replying to any of my communication... He held the phone with him and talked to me while he went into his office to get some things or out to their storage area and even out to HIS CAR, to get some stuf...

EchoSix

Really? Peter's been driven nuts by your list?

I thought (from what Holt said), that he'd meet it with open arms.

I'm about to call them to place an order for a new custom jacket.

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So THIS is what it feels like! :)