He didn't really say a lot about it on the auction but as it was my size and looked slightly beat up I thought I'd buy it as a beater.
What I didn't count on was a jacket with a bit of history. First thing it's a pretty early jacket it has a cotton collar stand, it has huge pockets, the pleats are tiny (1 inch if that), and the strap configuration is weird, the front strap ends almost inside the handwarmer and the back strap is sewn INSIDE the back panel instead of outside. It's a dark brown type colour and is VERY soft even softer than my current 2 year old Auth Brown. The stormflap is slightly wider than normal it's about 1 3/4 inches. It seems to have a high yoke too.
Apart from the pockets I like it a lot. The sleeves are not tapered but not too blowsey AND the pleats lay open and flat and look great, they look just like Indy's to me.
The deeper pleats current Wested's have stay closed but look a less like the ones in most of the film.
In the first stage of me making it a beater I took a risk and washed it in the washing machine, it's come out undamaged but has ended up with a bit of grey bloom from the washing which I will try to wipe down with some spirit. It's also now been letapped.
I think this is going to make a cool "trooping" jacket.
Henry bought it from another member... I'm trying to find out who.
It is at least 5 years old if you were a previous owner please pipe up! It is a 38.
