i've got it! Auth Goatskin Wested - UPDATE: Now with a pic!
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i've got it! Auth Goatskin Wested - UPDATE: Now with a pic!
It feels like a 4 month journey. from the time i found the indyjacket site to the time i got my jacket. Deciding which leather, colour, sizing to get. But now i finally have it!
For the australians here: i did get charged eventually...106 dollars to customs. not as bad as 200...and i dont mind paying it but it's something to consider. i had to go to the post office to pick it up.
So now i have it...pics will come later. It fits perfectly! i was very worried about it but it turned out fantastically. however, the colour is a little light (autnentic brown) and if i could i might have changed it to dark brown - but it's still a FANTASTIC jacket! they got everything right - i requested xbox stiching and i got it.
one problem though...it does seem like the pleats do stay open...any suggestions?
For the australians here: i did get charged eventually...106 dollars to customs. not as bad as 200...and i dont mind paying it but it's something to consider. i had to go to the post office to pick it up.
So now i have it...pics will come later. It fits perfectly! i was very worried about it but it turned out fantastically. however, the colour is a little light (autnentic brown) and if i could i might have changed it to dark brown - but it's still a FANTASTIC jacket! they got everything right - i requested xbox stiching and i got it.
one problem though...it does seem like the pleats do stay open...any suggestions?
Last edited by Dre on Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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If you have the "authentic" colored goatskin, and you want to darken it up, perhaps try treating it with a dose of the Pecards Jell/cream.
I have a Flightsuits Goatskin jacket in the lighter/authentic (seal) brown color. I too like my Indy jackets dark in color. As soon as I gave it a dose of the Pecards jell/cream, she darkened up just about like my other Flightsuits Goatskin jacket in the dark-brown shade of brown. Just a suggestion....
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I have a Flightsuits Goatskin jacket in the lighter/authentic (seal) brown color. I too like my Indy jackets dark in color. As soon as I gave it a dose of the Pecards jell/cream, she darkened up just about like my other Flightsuits Goatskin jacket in the dark-brown shade of brown. Just a suggestion....
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If the side straps are too tight, the pleats are wide open. If too loose they also stay open. Every time you turn slightly to look in the mirror at your pleats, they come open. Well that's just mine anyway... lol...
Until I saw a photo that someone else took of me whilst wearing it and they looked fine!
My advice is loosen the straps a bit and wear it for a while. The leather has to hang for a while and mould a bit too you first.
Until I saw a photo that someone else took of me whilst wearing it and they looked fine!
My advice is loosen the straps a bit and wear it for a while. The leather has to hang for a while and mould a bit too you first.
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Bottom line....and has been said in just about every reply above, and it's TRUE....WEAR IT before doing ANYTHING to the jacket. The leather HAS to settle in and set to YOUR body shape and size. Give it a few weeks BEFORE attempting adjustments to this or that. You'll find most, if not all those quirks will completely disappear!
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Like most people I fussed over the pleat thing for a long time, too. Then I realized something; Ford's pleats NEVER worked, aside from the scence in Raiders where he brushes the tarantula off his shoulder. Any other time you see the pleats they're either flat open or partially open, crushed and wrinkled. Don't fret over it. The pleats don't work, they never will. And they're not supposed to.
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I think the shape of the shoulders has the biggest effect on how the actions pleats perform. People with more rounded shoulders will have more trouble with the action pleats than someone with more square shoulders. As I remember Peter posted something to that effect sometime ago.
On a side note my Wested has no special features, and everything is fine.
On a side note my Wested has no special features, and everything is fine.
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http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/t ... jacket.jpg
here's a fuzzy sort of picture that was taken quickly when i first got it. more n clearer pics (from different angles perhaps) will follow sometime.
here's a fuzzy sort of picture that was taken quickly when i first got it. more n clearer pics (from different angles perhaps) will follow sometime.
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Nice one Canyon
Dre here is a pic of my Wested in action. Keep in mind the bag is opening the bottom of the action pleat & my arms are forward holding reins, so the pleat is very open, but do I look worried......well about the jacket & not saddles sores anyway!
& although the jacket looks black in that pic, that's a Authentic Brown.
Dre here is a pic of my Wested in action. Keep in mind the bag is opening the bottom of the action pleat & my arms are forward holding reins, so the pleat is very open, but do I look worried......well about the jacket & not saddles sores anyway!
& although the jacket looks black in that pic, that's a Authentic Brown.
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no new pics yet..they'll come soon i promise!
as for that pic canyon posted...makes me feel better about the action pleats. and after wearing it for a bit they bother me ALOT less. plus i think after a little wear they actually open less.
thanks for the congrats people! i cant beleive how well this jacket turned out. Im very glad i ordered my actual size and not a size up, im glad i ordered goatskin, glad i ordered a temple jacket, glad i ordered authentic brown now - it's a lovely brown colour.
perfect.
now all i have to do is stop worrying about ruining the jacket! im afraid enough to breath on it or let it touch a seat...dont know how you guys work up the courage to distress them!
as for that pic canyon posted...makes me feel better about the action pleats. and after wearing it for a bit they bother me ALOT less. plus i think after a little wear they actually open less.
thanks for the congrats people! i cant beleive how well this jacket turned out. Im very glad i ordered my actual size and not a size up, im glad i ordered goatskin, glad i ordered a temple jacket, glad i ordered authentic brown now - it's a lovely brown colour.
perfect.
now all i have to do is stop worrying about ruining the jacket! im afraid enough to breath on it or let it touch a seat...dont know how you guys work up the courage to distress them!
A size 40-41r not sure which exactly i got.
after wearing it a couple of weeks i love it! i think it's become slightly softer though it's been soft the whole time. it's great to wear- at first i was very nervous to even breath on it but now im getting slightly more relaxed while wearing it (though not completely!)
the action pleats dont bother me as much anymore. here are a couple more pics - please excuse the Tom Baker Dr Who hair in the first pic - needed a haircut...
This Picture shows the jacket outside - i think it was overcast and it wasnt in direct light. in the back you can see Flinders Street station in melbourne -
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/t ... inders.jpg
Here is a shot of the back of my jacket while worn -
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/t ... reBack.jpg
after wearing it a couple of weeks i love it! i think it's become slightly softer though it's been soft the whole time. it's great to wear- at first i was very nervous to even breath on it but now im getting slightly more relaxed while wearing it (though not completely!)
the action pleats dont bother me as much anymore. here are a couple more pics - please excuse the Tom Baker Dr Who hair in the first pic - needed a haircut...
This Picture shows the jacket outside - i think it was overcast and it wasnt in direct light. in the back you can see Flinders Street station in melbourne -
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/t ... inders.jpg
Here is a shot of the back of my jacket while worn -
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/t ... reBack.jpg