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Thanks Mitch and Michael :TOH: You're welcome. :TOH: Seeing your jacket (again) really bums me out that I didn't get a Raiders from Tony. Too bad you're not into the Full Gear thing, because the way this jacket looks on you, your full gear shot would be incredible! :whip: (But it still looks awesom...

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Thanks Mitch and Michael

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Yep. Dark brown goat. Thanks a lot, Kali.

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My choice: Raiders all the time. All of the Nowak jackets we've seen on this site have been brand spankin' new. This is my 2 1/2 years old Raiders Nowak. Getting better with time... http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/Raskolnikov_photo/P1010903.jpg http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/Rasko...

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Outstanding

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Beautiful jacket. You have a very nice book collection too.

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Very nice jacket. Love the leather and the stitching looks superb in those close-ups. Everything I bought from Magnoli was top notch and, judging by the pics, his jackets must be very well built too.

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Very sad news, Riley. Best wishes to you and your future. Your father was a great man and I am proud of having two of his jackets. While I may keep my CS in the closet, I cannot stop wearing my Raiders for many personal reasons. So this one will be used until it starts falling apart (if I don't do i...

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That's just gourgeus

. Congratulations!

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Yeah. That's a great looking jacket. Congratulations.

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Great jacket. I like better the trimer fit this one has on you. Looks much more raiderish.
Congratulations

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Following Jonesoss sugestion, A-2 40's style, simple and nice:

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That one looks really nice. I like very much Castor's idea too.
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That's a great looking Wested. Congrats.

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Looks great. Congratulations.

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Indiana Holt wrote:goat is a stiffer and a way more sturdy leather.

calf is thin and drapy but still tough, its very soft and ages beutifully. goatskin takes a few years, 10 or so to show alittle age...

Thanks

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Lamb is great for a night out on the town.. Calf and or Cow is the Jacket for every day!! I think Sarge is dead on in what hide is the best for what situation. Lamb is definitely more of a "going into town" jacket, while calfhide would be better for day to day use. It's just a tougher hid...

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Yeah. I still prefer his Raiders but the Surrogates is such a beauty too... Great jacket, SpeedRcrX

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Great jacket

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That's a very nice jacket, orb

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Congratulations.

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Mitch LaRue wrote:Yep... in my opinion that's THE #1 nicest Wested-jacket-made-for-a-customer I've ever laid my eyes on.

Yes, along with Zoltar's OTR that's the nicest Wested I've seen for a while.
Nice Munch, too, at the back of the room.

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Great jacket. I don't mind those gaps: when worn it Looks exactly as a LC.
The collar is just perfect.

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Hey Johimbo, it would be great if you could post some pictures of your new jacket, please. I think that one of the key features of the Raiders jacket is its fitting, and I tend to believe that the Raiders design, strange and 'wrong' as it is, makes an strange and wrong fitting too, which is what we ...

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Rask. the details are perfect. I dont think there is a thing I would change on this jacket. it IS LC all the way. only thing that is different is that this is goatskin and more ready for real deal abuse. and the thread he use's on his jackets. it is thick and sewn strong all the way. :tup: Thanks :...

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Great jacket

Magnoli's LC looks to me the best of all his Indy jackets. It has the same flavour.
Holt, two years later what would you say again about its details (having made in the meantime so many researches about the LC jacket)?

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Raskolnikov : Thank you, my friend... and thanks for your invaluable guidance and assistance when I was getting my specifics organized to place my order in the first place! Anytime :TOH: By the way, I like the colour combo of your 'gear' in the first three pictures: jacket plus dark olive green shi...

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Can't stop watching your jacket. Congratulations again.

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Great story, Mitch, and awsome jacket:as beautiful as only a Nowak can be

; Riley has inherited his stepfather's skills. Perfect fit too. Thanks a lot for sharing those pics!

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Yep. I agree too. It looks good on you. Just wear it as much as you can and you will see how nicely it molds to your body.
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Very, very nice jacket. The big LC collar looks too stiff but, after some wearing, it will look terrific.
I always thought that Magnoli was a great choice for the LC.
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Thanks a lot Mitch and Michael. The jacket is made of goatskin. Tony used to call it 'holly goat' and I don't know if he made any other Indy jacket with this since he changed very soon to the 'vintage goat (shiny and non shiny)' and 'Nowak goat', both of them superb too. Anyway, it's goatskin. Hey M...

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Looking foward to seeing them

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My one year (and three months) old TN Raiders. Sorry to keep on posting pictures of this babe but I had to set an example in my own thread :) http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/Raskolnikov_photo/After%20one%20year/?action=view&current=P1010671.jpg http://s584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/R...

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He,he, I was willing to post this some day:
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There is also the vintage goatskin for LC, like the one Han Jones has which is, in my opinion, outstanding.

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Fantastic jacket

. The 747 seems to be such an outstanding leather...
I particularly like those close up shots showing the grainy surface. Looks very similar to the dark brown goat.
Congratulations.

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Thanks for showing this stuff to us, Yohimbo. I find it difficult to understand all the markings and indications, but that's just because it's getting too hard for me to follow all this ROTLA matter. Seriously, this is like starting again in the University

But hey, thanks again

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I appreciate what you say about paint, I don't see it necessarily relating to leather unless the leather was varnished etc. Just an example to show how time and ageing (no matter what material is we are talking about) always complicate things. Of course the difference is clear. I was referring to, ...

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Could it be that the irregular calfskin jacket had developed in 25 years an even more irregular surface, resembling that of a shrunken lamb hide? I'm a painter and teacher of arts and in my world we all know that when a painting ages and it's elements oxidize it is very difficult to distinguish varn...

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Thanks a lot for the news, Han. Beautiful jackets. The x-1 looks amazing too. And the vintage goat LC... No words for that.
Tony Nowak forever.

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In Honour of Tony, the two beauties he made for me:

Rest In Peace, my friend.

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That is one of the best Westeds I have ever seen. And the gear looks very natural on you.
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I have decided to stay away from this kind of discussions because I feel I have nothing substantial to add . I have to admit I know nothing about this jackets and you guys spend so much time investigating about them that the only thing I can say, once again, is thank you for sharing all this stuff w...

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Outstanding jacket and fit. Congratulations.

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Terrific jacket. Those wrinkles in the upper part of the sleeves remind me so much of the jacket HF is wearing in the final scene. Best looking ToD I have ever seen. I really, really like that happy cow.

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I am amazed by the amount of work and hours you guys are spending digging for all this information. Thanks for sharing it. Great pics and investigation, Yohimbo.

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Great news. Good luck and enjoy.

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Wow. Such a thread. I have been out of the forum for some days... Great points everybody. _, I'm with Yojimbo and Crismans in this one. I think the differences are too clear to be taken aside. But, the thing is that they really look like sharing the same pattern. Could it be that Copper made two jac...

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