Side Strap Direction?

Falco09 · Post by **Falco09** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:49 pm

Here's a question for the die hard SA enthusiasts. In Raiders, which way do the side straps of the jacket face? Pointed towards the back or towards the front?

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:53 pm

pointed towards your spine through a 3 bar buckle (not sliders)....see todd's jacket.

Piers · Post by **Piers** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:53 pm

back

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:34 pm

So why do all the 'SA' jackets have them pointing forward? This has always puzzled me!

Post by **Holt** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:45 pm

what allways puzzled me is why so many folks care about which way they point.they are just adjustment straps...but ok..this is the way it is done above.

Indiana Joyce · Post by **Indiana Joyce** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:07 pm

Glad someone asked this as it has been bugging me too.

Kokopelli · Post by **Kokopelli** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:16 pm

[quote="Indiana Holt"]what allways puzzled me is why so many folks care about which way they point.they are just adjustment straps...

Dude- you got members here who replace a jacket or buy another one because of stitching, collar and stormflap millimeters, seems...etc

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:22 pm

Indiana G wrote:pointed towards your spine through a 3 bar buckle (not sliders)....see todd's jacket.

That's what I thought, but most makers don't use that type of buckle.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:20 am

RCSignals wrote:
Indiana G wrote:pointed towards your spine through a 3 bar buckle (not sliders)....see todd's jacket.
That's what I thought, but most makers don't use that type of buckle.

because they are really difficult to find. 1" x 1.5" 3 bar center buckle in black. i found some in australia...but nowhere locally. i believe todd makes his own. the TN will hopefully have this feature.

PLATON · Post by **PLATON** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:40 am

because they are really difficult to find. 1" x 1.5" 3 bar center buckle in black. i found some in australia...but nowhere locally. i believe todd makes his own. the TN will hopefully have this feature.

I have those and could sell here if there was interest.
They are metal antique bronze finish but they can easily be spray painted black.

Let me know.

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:46 am

Do you need to make holes in the leather strap?

jacksdad · Post by **jacksdad** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:11 am

I'm happy with my wested as is. My wife flipped it for me at one point and I really didn't like it, so I went back to facing front.

Piers · Post by **Piers** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:21 pm

Just for completeness sake

ToD, seeing as how this is an exact copy of the hero jacket, faces backwards

And LC was forward (and broken

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Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:34 pm

lpa53 · Post by **lpa53** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:14 am

Indiana Holt wrote:what allways puzzled me is why so many folks care about which way they point.they are just adjustment straps...but ok..this is the way it is done above.

So it is the case that the strap direction on a standard Wested can be changed by the wearer - it's not something htat has to be custom ordered?

sebas · Post by **sebas** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:15 pm

Wow, inseam sewn (non-x box) back panel staps in LC?

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Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:10 pm

nope my friend.there is a small box.

I have studiet this jacket because its my favorite jacket and have photgraphic evidence ;-)

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:39 pm

Tha "auction" jacket has x-box, but the Smithsonian (hero) jacket has no box if I well remember.

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:40 pm

the smithsonian has a small rectangular box,but no x-box

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:46 pm

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:47 pm

thats not the smithsonian jacket,but they have the same small rectangular box

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:51 pm

Yes it is Holt. I don't bet with you because I know you don't pay your debts. ;-)

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:03 pm

no its not.its the hero jacket on display.I have archives photographs from the smithsonian jacket and i can tell you its not the smithsonian.

its this jacket.the hero jacket as we call it.

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:05 pm

And where is this jacket?

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:12 pm

this jacket above was displayed in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry exhibit

Indiana Strones wrote: I don't bet with you because I know you don't pay your debts. ;-)

I hope this was a joke strones.

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:39 pm

going back

NIBS

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:32 pm

to what?

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:38 am

Hehe, I won you a jacket some times ago...

Post by **Holt** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:09 am

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:27 am

Indiana Holt wrote:

;-)

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Post by **Holt** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:31 am

yeah,yeah,yeah.

ok back to topic,lets not go to deep into this

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