Wested Custom ROLA Jacket

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Ok, I thought it may raise the price some. Doesn't sound TOO bad though.

Thanks!

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VP wrote:I meant regarding the pocket size, overall the measurements are completely different. My next jacket is probably going to be a DB Lamb Raiders, I'm thinking of these specs:
  • All Cotton lining
  • Black/gunmetal sliders with X-box stitching
  • 80's cut
  • No leather facing on the zipper
  • 5 gauge silver color zipper with small zipper pull extending as low as possible without the zipper pull showing
  • Slit inside pocket, NOT piped (see http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd31 ... CN0601.jpg)
  • Tapered sleeves and back panel, backpanel extending all the way to the arm seam
  • Extra reinforced handwarmer/side entry pocket entry stitchings
  • Action pleat depth 3.2cm (~1.25")
  • Collar ending in the middle of the storm flap, rounded top corner on the storm flap
  • Side strap length 22.2cm (~8.75")
  • Arm seam located one inch below the yoke seam
  • Silver colored snaps on pockets, scalloped pocket flaps, pocket size same as my current jacket (width 16.3cm (~6.42"), height 19.5cm (~7.68"), pocket flap height 7cm (~2.76")), located 5.1cm (~2") from the bottom, right pocket 4cm (~1.57") from the zipper seam and left pocket 2.8cm (~1.1") from the storm flap
Received. Didn't pay any extra and got everything I asked for. Pics following later today.
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GOOD TO hear VP :D that really is good to hear :)

I hope to receive my TOD soon too. can't wait to see the pictures.
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Looks good ! congratulations
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VP it Looks good! :tup:
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It looks good VP.
That's their authentic or dark lamb?
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Dark Brown. Here's a color comparison shot with an Authentic Brown: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... G_9759.jpg
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Nice looking jacket VP,......looks like they got your specs........ know you got a 44 long....would you mind posting pit to pit , back and front length, and sleeve length along with your heigth and weight ......thanks...
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Not including the collar stand or the shoulder seam.

Pit to pit: 65 cm
Back: 68 cm
Front: 60.5 cm
Sleeve: 66 cm
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 95 kg

Divide the centimeters by 2.54 to get the measurement in inches. 95 kilos is 209 pounds.
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thanks, fits you well..now get some wear time in it ..... ;)
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Looks like a great fit. Still too new though, get wearing it constantly for a while now.
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VP....look'n good buddy. congrats on that jacket and enjoy in good health. good to see that they nailed all your specs :)
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Great jacket VP! Looks really nice! :tup:

Did you mention the nickel silver zipper in the request box or in an email? The silver looks so much nicer than the brass I received and I had asked for silver. I've been getting the run-around with Gemma about where to put it (for next time, if there is one) to ensure you get what you asked for. First she says to put in the request box. Then when I asked her, what if the request box is not enough room, she says to put it in a confirmed email. Which then I tell her I did so, so then she comes back with this.

Dear Jim,
All the request that are used are only the request that are entered on the website request box
Thanks Gemma


What does that mean? It seems she loves to confuse people.
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GREAT JACKET 8) :clap:
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VP wrote:
  • 5 gauge silver color zipper with small zipper pull extending as low as possible without the zipper pull showing
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Me like :tup:

it looks a tad to wide around the chest though. is it?

anyways. congrats!
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A bit perhaps, but as I'm between sizes (43) and will usually wear it with a sweatshirt it should be OK. Better a bit loose than a bit tight. At least it doesn't have the facings and has a tapered waist.
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JC1972 wrote:Great jacket VP! Looks really nice! :tup:

Did you mention the nickel silver zipper in the request box or in an email? The silver looks so much nicer than the brass I received and I had asked for silver. I've been getting the run-around with Gemma about where to put it (for next time, if there is one) to ensure you get what you asked for. First she says to put in the request box. Then when I asked her, what if the request box is not enough room, she says to put it in a confirmed email. Which then I tell her I did so, so then she comes back with this.

Dear Jim,
All the request that are used are only the request that are entered on the website request box
Thanks Gemma


What does that mean? It seems she loves to confuse people.
That means if it isn't in the initial order request it may not make it to the jacket.
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RCSignals wrote:
JC1972 wrote:Great jacket VP! Looks really nice! :tup:

Did you mention the nickel silver zipper in the request box or in an email? The silver looks so much nicer than the brass I received and I had asked for silver. I've been getting the run-around with Gemma about where to put it (for next time, if there is one) to ensure you get what you asked for. First she says to put in the request box. Then when I asked her, what if the request box is not enough room, she says to put it in a confirmed email. Which then I tell her I did so, so then she comes back with this.

Dear Jim,
All the request that are used are only the request that are entered on the website request box
Thanks Gemma


What does that mean? It seems she loves to confuse people.
That means if it isn't in the initial order request it may not make it to the jacket.
My requests were in the initial order request which both Peter and Gemma told me they received. She never seems to answer the question. Just like when I showed her how for the custom ROLA jacket on the site, it says silver zipper. And for the stock jacket, it says brass zipper. But she told me its the other way around.
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Here's the jacket 23 hours after having a shower in it.

Natural lighting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... G_9762.jpg

Incandescent lighting, front
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... G_9765.jpg

Incandescent lighting, back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... G_9766.jpg

Still a bit shiny but nicely wrinkled.
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That is a FINE looking jacket, VP!! :clap:

Regards! Michaelson
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talk about extreme makeover.

this looks exactly like some of the ''srhunken lamb'' parts on the original screen used jacket.

very nice!!
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Yep, like a creased, wrinkled plastic garbage bag. :-0
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as soon as it flattens out more and have alittle break in time Im sure it will look very nice and SA. :tup:
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My Authentic Lamb looked the same post-shower but now it looks like this (behind the new one): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/I ... G_9759.jpg

I noticed that there was some rust on the side strap buckles after waterboarding the jacket, but it came off easily with some steel wool.
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Indiana Holt wrote:
talk about extreme makeover.

this looks exactly like some of the ''srhunken lamb'' parts on the original screen used jacket.

very nice!!
It looks wrinkled, but nothing like the "shrunken lamb". I hope for VP now that it's started on the path to texture it just keeps getting better.

VP if you wear it constantly now for a while maybe the wrinkling and texture will become more permanent than your other jacket did after the shower
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whatever,

for YIF I didnt say Tony's shrunken lamb. I said parts of it looks like the skin I see on the screen jacket.
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Indiana Holt wrote:whatever,

for YIF I didnt say Tony's shrunken lamb. I said parts of it looks like the skin I see on the screen jacket.
for YIF I didn't say you said Tony's shrunken lamb :-k :)
this looks exactly like some of the ''srhunken lamb'' parts on the original screen used jacket.
not that it matters for WIW ;)

(I just hope no one else picks up on your statement of the original screen used jacket having "Shrunken lamb" parts :-$ )

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well I STATE that the screen used jacket had shrunken/stretchy parts. :lol:


but what do I know. Im just an observer like the rest of us.
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Indiana Holt wrote:well I STATE that the screen used jacket had shrunken/stretchy parts. :lol:


but what do I know. Im just an observer like the rest of us.
AMEN Brother Holt ! :H:
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