I got my Dr. Who/Das Boot jacket!!!
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I got my Dr. Who/Das Boot jacket!!!
WOW!!!
what an amazing jacket. if any of you are looking for a 2nd adventure jacket, this is the one. the predistressed hide is simply beautiful. it feels as soft as my lambskin TOD jacket. this Dr Who/Das Boot jacket, in predistressed hide, looks 100 years old but still retains the look of a jacket that is high quality. it's like a flashback to wearing a jacket that a German U-Boat commander would wear. i think a lot of you would love to add this to your collection. it's long (3/4 length) and is so retro and classy. the smell of the leather fills the room.
once again, Wested Leather came through!!! they made it custom to me and got it here in the USA in under 4 weeks.
Woo Hoo!!!
what an amazing jacket. if any of you are looking for a 2nd adventure jacket, this is the one. the predistressed hide is simply beautiful. it feels as soft as my lambskin TOD jacket. this Dr Who/Das Boot jacket, in predistressed hide, looks 100 years old but still retains the look of a jacket that is high quality. it's like a flashback to wearing a jacket that a German U-Boat commander would wear. i think a lot of you would love to add this to your collection. it's long (3/4 length) and is so retro and classy. the smell of the leather fills the room.
once again, Wested Leather came through!!! they made it custom to me and got it here in the USA in under 4 weeks.
Woo Hoo!!!
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VERY nice jacket!
Be sure to take a close look at the seams around the cuff. When I got my 'Fedora/Abner' jacket, a lot of those seams had been sewn to close to the edge and were loose. I had to take them to a local leather tailor and have them resewn. The cuffs on mine are just like the ones on your jacket. Word to the wise.
Regards! Michaelson
Be sure to take a close look at the seams around the cuff. When I got my 'Fedora/Abner' jacket, a lot of those seams had been sewn to close to the edge and were loose. I had to take them to a local leather tailor and have them resewn. The cuffs on mine are just like the ones on your jacket. Word to the wise.
Regards! Michaelson
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thanks everyone!!! yea, my wife is not into jackets like me and she was really impressed. it's such an amazing hide. i thought it was going to be thick, but it's not. it drapes like butter. i am amazed because it does look like they pulled this jacket out from the basement of an old prop house from the movie das boot. this is the same hide they are currently using for predistressed indy jackets (according to Gemma it is). now i want another TOD jacket in this exact hide. i'll post more pics later.
oh, and i am sitting ~10 feet away from the jacket and i can smell it (or maybe it's my chair).
oh, and i am sitting ~10 feet away from the jacket and i can smell it (or maybe it's my chair).
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Michaelson wrote:Regards! MichaelsonBe sure to take a close look at the seams around the cuff. When I got my 'Fedora/Abner' jacket, a lot of those seams had been sewn to close to the edge and were loose. I had to take them to a local leather tailor and have them resewn. The cuffs on mine are just like the ones on your jacket. Word to the wise.
Man! This is what blows my mind about Wested! I've seen this before on a Wested that I had,,how can this get by 'quality control'? I mean these are literally handmade,,the person actually HAD to sew these seams. Do they just ignore the fact that they missed?? Once again I advise, as in another thread,,you really have to baby sit your orders from Wested, before, during and AFTER the process of getting it. Hmm.
I'm not bad-mouthing Wested, I love the troops, but I just wonder about this kind of thing coming from them sometimes..
It makes me wonder if it is really worth it to have a jacket hand made. By comparison, you would never see this on a Flightsuits. I guess because they are 'assembly line' jackets or something, the machine never misses, and if it does, it's caught in some kind of quality control.
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Man! This is what blows my mind about Wested! I've seen this before on a Wested that I had,,how can this get by 'quality control'? I mean these are literally handmade,,the person actually HAD to sew these seams.
Maybe they have some 90year old guy sewing these things and he can't really see if he got them or not.
Michaelson, did you start a thread about this jacket? I'd love to see picsMichaelson wrote:VERY nice jacket!
Be sure to take a close look at the seams around the cuff. When I got my 'Fedora/Abner' jacket, a lot of those seams had been sewn to close to the edge and were loose. I had to take them to a local leather tailor and have them resewn. The cuffs on mine are just like the ones on your jacket. Word to the wise.
Regards! Michaelson
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Re: I got my Dr. Who/Das Boot jacket!!!
billy3ci wrote: ...it's like a flashback to wearing a jacket that a German U-Boat commander would wear. i think a lot of you would love to add this to your collection. it's long (3/4 length) and is so retro and classy. the smell of the leather fills the room.
That is truly a beautiful looking jacket! What size jacket is that?
I have a similar jacket that I purchased years ago but only wear it on occasion during the winter months. Although I would consider mine a vintage looking leather it doesn't look nearly as nicely aged as yours.
On the negative side of wearing such a coat, I found that I had to give up wearing it at crowded movie theaters with long lines because it was too easy for hooligans in back of me to yank me by its belt in order to skip ahead in line.
Nice purchase!
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Wow!
That is an amazing jacket. I read somewhere it was made for "Das Boot" and recycled for Chritopher Eccleston. I love it and would love to have it!
I like David Tenant's frock coat too, but that's another story.
Congratulations and enjoy.
I like David Tenant's frock coat too, but that's another story.
Congratulations and enjoy.
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I've discovered it's far too dangerous for my wallet for to go to Wested!IndyDoc wrote:I don't think this has been answered, but just guessed at and questioned...
What leather is it? Do you know billy3ci?
As far as I know Wested only has predistressed cow hide. Is that true? Kt needs to head to Wested and get the scoop on this leather.
I took a friend over there a few weeks ago to talk about 2 new jackets (to be revealed later ). One is a movie based jacket and the other is a TV based one... the movie based one is a distressed brown leather. My friend didn't like the standard distressed cowhide too much (a little light in colour) so Peter said he could use a darker one he had... this may be the distressed lambskin he's mentioned which could also be the skin he used for billy's Doctor Who jacket.
We're due to go back and see him in Jan some time so we'll see. (I'll leave my wallet at home! Of course if you send me some spending money I can go over sooner!
Obviously he wore it at a crowded movie theater and found that hooligans in back of him were able to yank him by its belt in order to skip ahead in line as I warned of in a previous post.
The pictures of the jacket you posted are nice PLATON, but, beware of crowded movie theaters!
Seriously, I don't care much for belted leather jackets having one myself that I rarely wear. I'm really not sure of the 'real' reason; I supose it's just a matter of taste.
The jacket you posted pix of also has more of a 'safari' look to it than military as does the Wested, IMO.
I'm assuming that this is not something you own, but merely a post of something you found on Amazon.
The pictures of the jacket you posted are nice PLATON, but, beware of crowded movie theaters!
Seriously, I don't care much for belted leather jackets having one myself that I rarely wear. I'm really not sure of the 'real' reason; I supose it's just a matter of taste.
The jacket you posted pix of also has more of a 'safari' look to it than military as does the Wested, IMO.
I'm assuming that this is not something you own, but merely a post of something you found on Amazon.
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Well, I just saw this post TR, and just to say that considering it was a custom build, and non-returnable, there wasn't a heck of a lot I could say when I saw these resewn cuff seams. That's why I haven't had a whole lot to say one way or the other since receiving it, but will show photos as soon as they're taken so you can all see what the jacket looks like. Considering how many years it took to convince them to finally make this for me...well, since I'm the only one they had to please, I'm just happy I finally got it.Texas Raider wrote:Michaelson wrote:Regards! MichaelsonBe sure to take a close look at the seams around the cuff. When I got my 'Fedora/Abner' jacket, a lot of those seams had been sewn to close to the edge and were loose. I had to take them to a local leather tailor and have them resewn. The cuffs on mine are just like the ones on your jacket. Word to the wise.
Man! This is what blows my mind about Wested! I've seen this before on a Wested that I had,,how can this get by 'quality control'? I mean these are literally handmade,,the person actually HAD to sew these seams. Do they just ignore the fact that they missed?? Once again I advise, as in another thread,,you really have to baby sit your orders from Wested, before, during and AFTER the process of getting it. Hmm.
I'm not bad-mouthing Wested, I love the troops, but I just wonder about this kind of thing coming from them sometimes..
It makes me wonder if it is really worth it to have a jacket hand made. By comparison, you would never see this on a Flightsuits. I guess because they are 'assembly line' jackets or something, the machine never misses, and if it does, it's caught in some kind of quality control.
TR
Now back to our regular programiing.
Regards! Michaelson
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Re: I got my Dr. Who/Das Boot jacket!!!
Billie3ci,billy3ci wrote:WOW!!!
what an amazing jacket. if any of you are looking for a 2nd adventure jacket, this is the one. the predistressed hide is simply beautiful. it feels as soft as my lambskin TOD jacket. this Dr Who/Das Boot jacket, in predistressed hide, looks 100 years old but still retains the look of a jacket that is high quality. it's like a flashback to wearing a jacket that a German U-Boat commander would wear. i think a lot of you would love to add this to your collection. it's long (3/4 length) and is so retro and classy. the smell of the leather fills the room.
once again, Wested Leather came through!!! they made it custom to me and got it here in the USA in under 4 weeks.
Woo Hoo!!!
2 months later what are your thoughts? Is the jacket holding up well?
(I hope)
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new pics at wested
For any others who may be interested in this jacket, wested has posted new pictures of it in:
predistressed
http://www.ekmpowershop4.com/ekmps/shop ... dr_who.jpg
and
black
http://www.ekmpowershop4.com/ekmps/shop ... _black.jpg
predistressed
http://www.ekmpowershop4.com/ekmps/shop ... dr_who.jpg
and
black
http://www.ekmpowershop4.com/ekmps/shop ... _black.jpg
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I believe the brown one is the newer pattern. The side entry pockets are more angled, the yoke more angular and the wrist straps closer to the wrist.
But personally looking at thr shot of Eccleston the black jackets side pockets and the yoke look more accurate. It's all swings and roundabouts really.
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But personally looking at thr shot of Eccleston the black jackets side pockets and the yoke look more accurate. It's all swings and roundabouts really.
Next job: Life on Mars Jacket! .