Welll, sign in is strange again, but here's hopefully the last batch of pics. I think it's getting about as close as it's going to at this point, but anyone have any further suggestions before I call it a day? http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640/inv8r/attempt3_back.jpg http://i1143.photobucket....

Right, played around a bit more and it's improved a bit I think: http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640/inv8r/attempt2_top.jpg http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640/inv8r/attempt2_side.jpg http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640/inv8r/attempt2_front.jpg http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n640...

Thanks a TON, guys, for all the advice! Oh, I wear my Fed constantly - to the office, hiking in the BC rainforest; it's definitely been getting the love, and has become nice and soft (i was actually worried about overworking the felt and ending up with it being too floppy if I kept fiddling much mor...

Anyone perhaps have advice on getting a little more length out of the body of the jacket? Beautiful fit, except that on me the waist seems to come up just ever so slightly shorter than I'd like.

$500 seems a bit steep, considering you can get the JCrew 405s new on the 'bay for under $400 can., shipped to BC...nice to be able to try them on though...

I'll second (third?) the comments about Tod's. They LOOK phenomenal, the price is great, but the current run of soles is a MAJOR issue if you want to do any adventuring in them. To be fair, Tod's warned me that in so many words before I purchased, and offered $15 to repair the separation, but for $7...