after I had to send the original jacket back because I ordered the wrong size, today I received my new jacket from Wested. It was torture to wait for it a second time, and after overall 4 months at last I got it.
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The jacket is heavy but soft and the color is perfect. I am not so sure about the belt though but I will test different configurations.
it´s the standard dark brown as advertised on the wested homepage. I think the look of the colour in the movie shifts from a brown to a dark brown depending on the lighting. Also in the movie the jacket is wet and heavily used so I expect the colour and look of my jacket to change with use also. The pictures of Brosnans jacket on google also show two different colours. The pictures where he is standing on the jetfighter with the MP is more of a brown, whereas all the closer shots of him resemble more the darker brown I got. I understand that the jacket is also available in black, but I am sure Wested would do it in every other leather available. It is a terrible temptation to throw more money at them since I saw the awesome look of the Dr.Who predistressed leather jacket on this site.
On Wested's site...it states 'brown/black' nubuck....which would be cow hide...yours looks like lamb (in the photos)...so, did you go with the nubuck, or did you order something else? Oh, forgot to add ...congrats and kudos...nice jacket. W>
But it definitely a different leather than THeMantis jacket. I saw on his site that he has two of them, his second one looks more like the kind I got. The first one in the post above has a kind of suedy look about it (at least in the photographs).
The jacket I received first (which was too large) was exactly the same, it had a different belt buckle though. But I like this one better anyway.
That's a really fantastic jacket. I've considered getting the same one. It's got a classic look that will set you apart from the mall jacket crowd. I bet it looks good with a fedora, too.
Pattern is spot on, I agree but the leather we have is not the same...unless they oiled the #### out of these jackets...which is possible. I have to admit, the jacket in the first post looked black to me. That is a seriously dark brown. Now that I see these auction pics I am going to try to get my second Bond jacket to look like the screen used one...
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