_ wrote
No hinting - Both jackets were made availabe.
The pocket is balanced - this is a jacket to be worn and functional. The original was not made correctly. I'm sure he will offer a "defective/original" version for anybody who wants it...
At first you were praising TN as being able to copy a jacket exactly...
Dutch_jones wrote
That makes absolutely no sense at all, why copy a hero jacket from raiders and improve it? thats just silly, we don't want that, we want a SA copy he should know that by all the jacket replicas of the CS he made?
agreed 100%
Chris King wrote
With all due respect, nothing was mentioned about this jacket being made "more functional" until your post so you can't blame all of us for questioning the pocket placement when it clearly doesn't match up with the "Hero" jacket which we all thought this was going to be an exact copy of.
I'd just like to know what else has been changed. Did he line up the sleeve / yoke seam to make it more "functional" too? We've got pics of Ford's hero jacket which doesn't have those seams lined up.
Chris
What more functional?. The pockets on TN's jacket are not balanced they are just off center from the other side.
whiskyman wrote
What is up with that leather??? Looks like dinosaurhide to me!! Admitedly, I've never seen a Raiders jacket in person - but that sure doesn't look like how I've always seen Indy's jacket on screen.
ha ha ha
_ wrote
LOL! It makes complete sense, pal...
"We want?" I hope you are either schizophrenic or have a tapeworm, because otherwise it would be arrogant to think you speak for anybody except yourself and a very small and eccentric group within these walls. I'll say it once again, and I'll type a little slower so you can keep up...
If you want an exact copy, I'm certain he will make you one... Digest that thought... You would get a replica of a really badly made jacket.
Most people want one that is made correctly - take the correctly executed details to get the right look on their own body, but put the stupid pockets in the right place.
"SA" is a pseudo-science concept made up by people who spend all their time looking at screen shots. While the original is valuable because of what it is, it is a piece of garbage.
really? "most people want one that is made correctly" ? You are saying that poor old slydini wanted one made correctly? Did he ask for any corrections? or for an excat copy? _ on whose side are you? The fans or the vendors?
indyrocks wrote
So the bottom line here is this:
Tony will of course make the jacket however anyone wants it to be. It is a CUSTOM made jacket after all. And I agree with _ that he'll put the stupid pockets wherever you ask for them to be. Same thing with the yoke/sleeve deal. Just because this first jacket isn't exactly what we all want/expect doesn't mean Tony won't do what's requested on the next few.
That's not the point, the point is if he truly has the hero jacket as he claims or not. By making a copy that is not the same as the hero jacket how does he expect us to believe he has the actual hero jacket? By saying "I corrected the mistakes"?
Chris King wrote
To be honest, I do not want to provide any lists, requests or specifications to Tony Nowak because if he's had THE "hero" jacket in hand, I would hope that he can replicate it exactly.
Maybe I should give it a go and see what comes out of it. I should not have to give him any measurements of any kind - just a simple "Please make me a jacket that exactly matches every nuance you saw on the real thing".
Chris
Exactly. Giving him laundry list is pointless, it will not prove he has the jacket that many of us don't believe he ever had in the first place. We have never seen any photos or anything.
During the course of time TOP SECRET army or government documents have seen the light of day and yet this jacket is kept more secret like if it's a matter of national security. And people come and say "I have the original hero jacket but sorry I can't show you any pics" and we're expected to believe.... And now they say... "Sorry had to give it back but don't worry I can make whatever someone wants"
agent5 wrote
Oh, I know, man. It's just that some people around here aren't don't seem too thrilled with those sorts of questions. I know, it's like the X-Files. You want to believe.
Which makes you think maybe you 're agent Scully. Sounds more like the Twilight Zone to me.
Baldwyn wrote
I just talked to Tony on the phone, and we discussed some of the reaction, etc. He says he can make whatever someone wants.
In that case let's give him the laundry lists we give to Peter and he's gonna make SA jackets for us. Yeah man! Are you serious?
But he's very very enthusiastic about the hide, and seems to think it matches the actual jacket he handled well.
Sounds like he tried to copy the distressing too.
IndyFalco wrote
More "Alligator-ish" screenshots
This is not Alligator man, it's distressing with metal wire brush
Indiana Strones wrote
I would like to hear from Peter an opinion about that dinohide: after all he made the original.
Peter's opinion is very well known. It's called authentic lamb.
Indiana Strones
I don't know: in the movie the jacket looks very different to my eyes. May be it's just me
That's it, the authentic lamb
CM wrote
Bad leather because the jacket was probably made quickly and very cheaply.
Wrong assumption mate. Neither Peter nor any other jacket maker would buy leather like this from their suppliers. They inspect before they buy.
Bottom line is regardless of what TN is capable of the photos are prima facie evidence that he failed to produce an SA jacket. I don't think this means "he corrected the mistakes" because he said he was going to make an exact copy, which unavoidably leads to the conclusion that he never had the actual hero jacket in his hands, or if you want, the jacket that we see on screen 80% of the time.
That's the leather I am gonna ask for my TN jacket
The original jackets from ToD and LC look very different, distressed but smooth.
