My Wested Horse Ships Today...

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My Wested Horse Ships Today...

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... just off the phone to Jerry. The horse is shipping!!! I have the shipping code and everything!!!

Let the countdown begin... :D :D :D
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When did you order it? I'm just curious about the wait time.

Congrats. I believe I speak for everyone when I say PICTURES :D
I can't wait to hear your impressions of the jacket.
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Very good Rob - try and get some pics up once it arrives!
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Mr. Das wrote:When did you order it? I'm just curious about the wait time.

Congrats. I believe I speak for everyone when I say PICTURES :D
I can't wait to hear your impressions of the jacket.
Just checked my e-mails... the order went in on 03/08/04... so about 20 days ago. At the time, I seem to recall Gerry saying it would be ready in 21 days, so they beat themselves by a day :)

There will be many pictures, rest assured of that :)

I was speaking to Jerry today and he's interested in feedback too. He said this is one of the first horses to go out (there was rumour of a few prototypes a month or two ago, I think?), so they are very keen to hear what I think, too.

Some comments from Jerry:

* The leather is very different to all the other Wested leathers. It has an almost wax-like finish.

* The leather looks very tough. Very suitable for the Indy cut of jacket.

Jerry said I'd see the jacket in about three days (!!!) so, man, I can can hardly think straight right now :)
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The horse is shipping!!! I
I hope they put some feed in the package! :lol:
Actually, congratulations. I can't wait to see this jacket. But of luck with it.
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Hemingway Jones wrote:
The horse is shipping!!! I
I hope they put some feed in the package! :lol:
I always told my parents I wanted a horse ;)
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27-08-2004 11:17 Delivery Agent - SYDNEY - PTT Arrived in destination country

Will it get delivered today... or Monday? Oh the agony of waiting :)
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Indiana Irwin wrote:
Some comments from Jerry:

* The leather is very different to all the other Wested leathers. It has an almost wax-like finish.

* The leather looks very tough. Very suitable for the Indy cut of jacket.

Jerry said I'd see the jacket in about three days (!!!) so, man, I can can hardly think straight right now :)
I got a horsehide A-2 three years ago and when new it was very stiff and almost looked like a vinyl jacket. After a few years of wear, the shine has finally worn off and it is taking on the look of a vintage jacket. The leather is also quite tough, but does distress if exposed to abrasion. After three years, there is only the tiniest bit of wear on one collar tip and a pocket flap.

It may be possible that the first horsehide Wested's will look too shiny, but it will wear off if my horsehide A-2 is any indication. Congrats on the purchase!!!
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Thanks for the comment, Lemon! How often did you wear your jacket to start seeing such wear?
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Indiana Irwin wrote:Thanks for the comment, Lemon! How often did you wear your jacket to start seeing such wear?
I pretty much wear the jacket constantly through fall/winter (basically 10 deg - 55 deg F (or -12 to +12 C for our SI using friends). I especially like wearing it for deer hunting trips. It had no noticeable wear for the first two years, but after my third hunting trip, it began to have those two little signs of wear.
Keep in mind that this is from just normal wear in urban environments with the occasional trip to dense woods. I have no idea how this leather would hold up under planned distressing (chemicals, tumble dryer, etc)

But despite how much I love my A-2, I'm still going to buy an Indy Jacket! Now my internal debate is: US Wings kangaroo or Wested horsehide? So I anxiously await a pic / review of the horsehide!
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Since there's no new update, I guess it's coming on Monday, right?
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Or Rob's got it and he's so enraptured with his new jacket that he's forgotten how to work a PC. :P :wink:

PICS!
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Then I wouldn't be surprised if Rob went MIA for a couple weeks before remembering about us :lol:
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Guys, guys, guys... no, sadly it didn't show. When I didn't get any phonecalls to pay import duties, I knew something must be up.

Fingers crossed for early next week, eh? :)
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YEs, I'm distracting myself pretty well with a new WIRELESS BROADBAND connection :)
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Ah well Rob, the anticipation is half the fun my friend!

Sounds like it's gonna show on Monday eh? :P
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I'm hoping so, yeah... :)
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Check this out:

27-08-2004 15:18 Delivery Agent - AUSTRALIA Arrived at delivery depot

So it arrived at the delivery depot Friday afternoon... here's hoping it delivers today :)

And, hey, does this mean I might have avoided import duties? Here's hoping...
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Awesome Rob! What is the time difference, from the States??? Is it morning there now?? It's about 8:20 PM here now.
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It's Monday 10.25am as I type this. No word yet... :?
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Man, It's gotta be on the way! [-o< I can't wait to see those pics!!! :)
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Tell me about it! I can't wait to:

(i) Ensure it's everything I ordered, then:

(ii) Put it on!

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(i) Ensure it's everything I ordered, then:

(ii) Put it on!
(iii) Take pictures for my friends on COW. :wink:
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Oh yes. That :)
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Hey Al,

Have you been drinking some of those pints that Skippy owes you? You did the quote thing backwards.
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Back to normal now :)

By the way, here's what I torture myself with every 30 minutes I log onto the parcelforce Website:

27-08-2004 15:18 Delivery Agent - AUSTRALIA Arrived at delivery depot
27-08-2004 13:47 Delivery Agent - SYDNEY - PTT On route to delivery depot
27-08-2004 11:17 Delivery Agent - SYDNEY - PTT Arrived in destination country
25-08-2004 22:35 International Hub Despatched from hub
24-08-2004 04:05 International Hub Sorted in hub
23-08-2004 23:27 International Hub Sorted in hub
23-08-2004 19:04 Charlton Depot Collected from customer
23-08-2004 19:04 Charlton Depot On route to hub
Last edited by Rob on Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
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He must still owe you a few, you fixed it.
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I think it was the excitement of waiting for Rob's jacket to arrive.

One small step for the mailman, one huge leap for gearhead kind.
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YOU'RE excited?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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If only Neil had been a gearhead. Just think of the possibilities. The man in the moon would look good wearing a Herbert Johnson.
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4.30pm and still nada... :evil: :evil: :( :( :evil: :evil:
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What is the latest that they usually run down there? If it is like here, you still have a hour or hour and a half left for today. If not, I am sure it will be there tomorrow. I think everyone is waiting to hear about this one. I do hope that you like it when it gets there.
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10 past five now... about 20 minutes left in the official working day.

Not looking good :( :( :(
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You do know what my family motto, handily recreated in my signature, means don't you, Mikey? :wink:
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Well, I happen to know that Rob has his horsehide Wested now, just as COW went down for a few days! Rotten luck!

Rob - I think I replied to late to catch the pics at the office, and I'm home now 'till after the weekend, so I only have one thing to say to you -

PICS! =P~

Oh, and how's the fit?

(OK, so that's 2 things...:wink:)

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Rob, hope you like your jacket as much as I like mine!!


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