Nowak Jacket Owners Thread

Chewie Louie · Post by **Chewie Louie** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:39 pm

Egads! Maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't understand the compulsion some have to ruin a perfectly good jacket. You wanna do it to an inexpensive jacket for costume purposes or whatever? Fine. But to a $700 Nowak? But hey, if you like it, that's all that matters. IMO, I think it looks terrible and now the fit is off too.

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:44 pm

Personally, I don't know what they were thinking when they had Harrison wearing a jacket with sleeves down to his thumb knuckle. I know he has some action shots where a long sleeve may have been advantageous, but still my goodness. A happy medium between the raiders tightness and the CS looseness would have been good (kind of like TOD & LC I suppose). You can tell I'm opinionated can't you?

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:41 pm

The sleeves were fixable, anyways. Remarkably so. I know, Chewie, I was swimming a bit in the jacket before, and it seemed that the jacket wouldn't crease on its own. A bit impulsive, and I wish I would have lived with it longer before making the leap, but I do like how it turned out. Anyways, the last I will say about that!

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:18 am

is that the way it sits now??? it looks great to me

i see you managed to snag one of the baron hats CS offerings.....yup......just like how they made em for the movie

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:28 am

Yup, thanks G! Yeah, a little bit of cold water and the leather is very shapeable/stretchable.

That's my very first attempt at making a felt hat

What's funny is Baron Hats DOES make a felt Man with the Yellow Hat hat. For $300!!!

CM · Post by CM » Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:26 am

Baldwyn wrote:The sleeves were fixable, anyways. Remarkably so. I know, Chewie, I was swimming a bit in the jacket before, and it seemed that the jacket wouldn't crease on its own. A bit impulsive, and I wish I would have lived with it longer before making the leap, but I do like how it turned out. Anyways, the last I will say about that! :)

Baldwyn, I like what you've done with it. It actually fits better to me than the ones Harry wears in the film. They look brand new and are way too long in the sleeves for my taste. Yours almost fits like a Raiders.

Cheers

Indiana Williams · Post by **Indiana Williams** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:58 pm

My Nowak reincarnation should be at the shop today. I cant wait to get it. Ive decided on what my lining will read.
Raiders(Indy font)
L.E. Jacket
Recreated Especially For
Joe Williams
#623/888
California, USA
by Tony Nowak
"This is it..."
I chose the quote from Indys first line in the movie and because to me this IS it when it comes to Raiders jackets. I also decided I want the letters to be black. something I wish I would have went with on my CS jacket.
Best Regards,
Joe

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:10 pm

Indiana Williams wrote:My Nowak reincarnation should be at the shop today. I cant wait to get it. Ive decided on what my lining will read.
Raiders(Indy font)
L.E. Jacket
Recreated Especially For
Joe Williams
#623/888
California, USA
by Tony Nowak
"This is it..."
I chose the quote from Indys first line in the movie and because to me this IS it when it comes to Raiders jackets. I also decided I want the letters to be black. something I wish I would have went with on my CS jacket.
Best Regards,
Joe

that is strangely bazar as i was thinking the EXACT SAME THING with 'This is it'. thats just too wierd.

luckily for both of us, i decided that the next jacket won't have an inscription except for #010/888 sewn inside of the pocket.

Indiana Williams · Post by **Indiana Williams** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:19 pm

Indiana G wrote:
Indiana Williams wrote:My Nowak reincarnation should be at the shop today. I cant wait to get it. Ive decided on what my lining will read.
Raiders(Indy font)
L.E. Jacket
Recreated Especially For
Joe Williams
#623/888
California, USA
by Tony Nowak
"This is it..."
I chose the quote from Indys first line in the movie and because to me this IS it when it comes to Raiders jackets. I also decided I want the letters to be black. something I wish I would have went with on my CS jacket.
Best Regards,
Joe
that is strangely bazar as i was thinking the EXACT SAME THING with 'This is it'. thats just too wierd.

luckily for both of us, i decided that the next jacket won't have an inscription except for #010/888 sewn inside of the pocket.

Wow

That is crazy, Gil. Great minds think alike ;-)

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:40 am

IW, what changes are you having made to# 010 ,as I recall it looked good on you......are you just getting it "recertified" and lined??.....Hatch

Rundquist · Post by **Rundquist** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:05 pm

Indiana Williams · Post by **Indiana Williams** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:13 pm

Hatch wrote:IW, what changes are you having made to# 010 ,as I recall it looked good on you......are you just getting it "recertified" and lined??.....Hatch

All Im having Tony do is a new liner for my number #623 and inscription. It did fit me quite nicely. Tony even told me when I tried it on that when I ordered mine he would make it to the same specs. One thing I asked him to do is remove the leather from the logo. So later on it wont have an outline on the back.
Best Regards,
Joe

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:05 pm

Castor, I just want you to know that I'm a nervous wreck since ordering my Indy I yesterday. I know $1000 isn't a big deal to everyone but I have never spent that much on a single garment in my whole life. I'm taking hourly looks at your jacket for solace.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:39 pm

crismans wrote:Castor, I just want you to know that I'm a nervous wreck since ordering my Indy I yesterday. I know $1000 isn't a big deal to everyone but I have never spent that much on a single garment in my whole life. I'm taking hourly looks at your jacket for solace.

i make a decent living and i still think that $1K is definitely a big deal.....so don't sell it short my freind

thank god i set a precedence long time ago when i bought a brogden track cowhide jacket for $1100......now i can justify a TN to my wife...."that's how much jackets are nowadays....i can't control the price!"

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:10 pm

crismans wrote:Castor, I just want you to know that I'm a nervous wreck since ordering my Indy I yesterday. I know $1000 isn't a big deal to everyone but I have never spent that much on a single garment in my whole life. I'm taking hourly looks at your jacket for solace.

I'm in the same state of mind!
At the moment I'm a nervous wreck and keep looking at Indy I jackets from other people

Oh, by the way I took number 777, the lucky number ;-)

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:34 pm

Well, last month I finally recived my TN #485
(nothing to do, but I liked the number cause it was the Memphis Belle's ID number -124485-)

I'd already had a Wested (Authentic Lambskin-Raiders) jacket, which I loved and I never took out, not even to sleep...but as I am much fatter now than when I ordered it, I went for a CS, which is in fact one size bigger

Well, here it is:

I like my TN a lot, specially the way it is distressed.
It reminds me a lot the Smithsonian's one:

Here is the leather/colour comparission:

Here are some pics of the fitting:

And here the main construction differences:

I think this help to avoid the FS effect...

Collar:

And the text:

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My next (I hope someday) will likely be Peter's Temple Jacket...

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:23 am

congratulations and thanks for the comparison.....so that's where the flying squirrel comes from....

enjoy the jacket....it only gets better with age.

cheers,

G

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:40 am

Great looking jacket! Thanks for sharing! You are going to love it

Nibs

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:50 am

Nice jacket, Odo! Fits you perfectly, and nice colour to it.

IndyAl · Post by **IndyAl** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:07 am

Odo, where I saw this pics?

Jaja.
Fantastic jacket!!
Regards!!

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:38 am

En otro foro, quizas?

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:03 am

Great jacket, Odo! You'll be amazed how much better this jacket gets with time.

IndyFalco · Post by **IndyFalco** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:23 am

Great Jacket. I can't wait till I can order mine. BTW, great choice of quote !!!

Odo · Post by **Odo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:16 pm

Well, thanks.
It's brand new and looks 20 yers old. I guess wath would it look like in 20 years... 40? or still 20?

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:57 pm

After taking off half a day of work, the FedEx man got here at 4:28 (of a guaranteed delivery time of 4:30). But he got here with my Indy I and I'm glad he did. First off, this jacket feels wonderful when you put it on. It's very hard to describe but it feels and moves like you think Indy's jacket should. I feel that if I landed a haymaker on a big German mechanic's nose, my jacket would be flaring out properly.

The cut and fit are just great. I asked for an exact copy of the jacket, inscription under the label, and no leather facing on the label. Tony delivered in spades. Like I told Tony, I do like the leather but it does take a little getting used to after wearing all these "smooth" leather jackets. But I'm already growing into it My wife looked at it and said, "I really like that one."

Here's some pics from my basement lair:

Ignore the alien parasitic eyes in the first shot. I was fooling around with the red eye remover and was too lazy to take another pic after I fouled up. ;-)

Post by **Holt** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:01 pm

WOW.my friend!!

that is the BEST looking jacket and fit I have EVER seen on you.

it perfect!!

congrats mr drag queen ;-)

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:05 pm

Thank you, Sir! That's high praise coming from you!

And I rather think the "eye shadow" accentuates the jacket, myself.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:08 pm

i agree with holt.......that jacket not only flatter's your frame....it just looks like an awesome indy jacket on you....bar none

i can tell that it's got that squeeky new shine to her......that fades extremely quickly. about as quick as the wear in time for wested washed goat.

congrats crismans......that's a keeper.

(btw......the first pic looks like you're wearing blue eye-shadow.....i think it's the quality of the pic.......right???......right?????)

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:13 pm

nice nice very nice

Nibs

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:35 pm

Wow. That's it. Looks like Ford took it off and handed it to you.

(I thought someone put shoe polish on your Binocular lenses ;-) but if you are into blue eye shadow I guess that's OK )

Mulceber · Post by **Mulceber** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:21 am

-M

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:25 am

RCSignals wrote:Wow. That's it. Looks like Ford took it off and handed it to you.

(I thought someone put shoe polish on your Binocular lenses ;-) but if you are into blue eye shadow I guess that's OK )

I just thought he was into that kind of stuff, but I wasn't going to judge. In the words of Seinfeld, "Not that there's anything wrong with that..."

Nibs

jacksdad · Post by **jacksdad** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:25 am

Crisman,
that is a great looking jacket, and I'm jealous,that is how a leather jacket is suppose to look like. enjoy

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:56 am

Thanks for the comments! No, I'd taken some shots and found out they were blurry, taken some more and screwed up while messing around with the red eye function and was too lazy to take more.

That or the eye shadow goes well with my sexy sleep pants.

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:19 pm

Crismans, this is a really beautiful jacket with a great fit!!!!

moses · Post by **moses** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:36 pm

SpeedRcx, did you get yours yet? I thought you said it would be arriving very soon.

Dutch_jones · Post by **Dutch_jones** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:40 pm

I can't help but notice how the pockets are noticeably smaller than on all other nowak jackets.......

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:40 pm

Tony has a lot of work at the moment but he called me yesterday to ask a few things and to apologise for the delay.
He told me that the making of my jacket is going to start today or tomorrow.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:53 pm

Dutch_jones wrote:I can't help but notice how the pockets are noticeably smaller than on all other nowak jackets.......

They don't look it to me. Could it be that maybe it's because crismans has a larger jacket compared to most of the others and the natural sizing of the rest of the jacket might come into play? Maybe it's a matter of pocket proportion to the rest of the jacket? Here's me and Tony wearing our jackets together. His is obviously a larger jacket, whereas mine is essentially a 40. Though I'll lay money down that some are going to start saying one thing or another based off of lighting, angles, wrinkles, or anything else, the pockets on both jackets are identical in size.

I made it a link so you could see it larger.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/302 ... 1965_b.jpg

crismans, what size is your jacket?

Post by **Holt** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:06 pm

Dutch_jones wrote:I can't help but notice how the pockets are noticeably smaller than on all other nowak jackets.......

huh?

small?

I dont see that at all....your just looking for something man...

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:12 pm

The pockets are 8 inches by 6 inches. Isn't that comparable to the others? It might be because I'm a robust youth (6' 1"; 240 lbs) and they appear a little smaller.

Chris_King · Post by **Chris_King** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:39 pm

6 inches? Mine are 8 x 6.5 inches. Is there any chance you could double check the measurement?

Looks great on you.

Thanks!

Chris

crismans wrote:The pockets are 8 inches by 6 inches. Isn't that comparable to the others? It might be because I'm a robust youth (6' 1"; 240 lbs) and they appear a little smaller.

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:05 pm

Chris_King wrote:6 inches? Mine are 8 x 6.5 inches. Is there any chance you could double check the measurement?

Looks great on you.

Thanks!

Chris

crismans wrote:The pockets are 8 inches by 6 inches. Isn't that comparable to the others? It might be because I'm a robust youth (6' 1"; 240 lbs) and they appear a little smaller.

I suspect his are 6.5 as well. He just had some of his eyeshadow in the way.

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:58 pm

RCSignals wrote:
Chris_King wrote:6 inches? Mine are 8 x 6.5 inches. Is there any chance you could double check the measurement?

Looks great on you.

Thanks!

Chris

crismans wrote:The pockets are 8 inches by 6 inches. Isn't that comparable to the others? It might be because I'm a robust youth (6' 1"; 240 lbs) and they appear a little smaller.

I suspect his are 6.5 as well. He just had some of his eyeshadow in the way.

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:04 pm

RCSignals wrote:

I suspect his are 6.5 as well. He just had some of his eyeshadow in the way.

Your time is coming, RC. Your time is coming.

Yeah, they're 6.5 inches. My daughter has appropriated my cloth measure so I was having to use a tape measure and read it in a hurry.

Rick, my jacket is a 50.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:15 pm

Your pockets match mine, crismans. 6.5 x 8. If your jacket is a size 50 (compared to mine at 40) with pockets the same size as mine, I think it's safe to say they may appear smaller due to the difference in jacket size. Regardless, I think it looks great on you, pockets included. I'd try a different shade of eye shadow, though. ;-)

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:16 pm

I remember making a post in the first page of this thread telling you guys, “Another jacket that I won’t own”, but now SCRATCH this...

I just got #777/888!!! And well I’m in awe in front of that jacket. The craftsmanship and the hide are truly beautiful!!!!
The fit is prefect; I never have a jacket fit me like that!!!

Tony did a true masterpiece. I can’t be more pleased with this jacket and can’t thank him enough!

It becomes my “Preeecioouus”and Holy Grail!!

It's already dark outside, but I promise I will post photos tomorrow.

So for now here just a teaser....

http://picasaweb.google.fr/SpeedRcrX/To ... directlink

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:22 pm

Oh you really are a tease!

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:30 pm

Alright, Speed! Make sure you post pics of you wearing it!

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:03 pm

binkmeisterRick wrote:Alright, Speed! Make sure you post pics of you wearing it!

I will ;-)

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