Nowak Jacket Owners Thread

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:58 pm

Just goes to show the man knows what he's doing.

DarenHenryW · Post by **DarenHenryW** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:05 pm

RCSignals wrote:My new Raiders just out of the bag

front

back

front 2

Which leather is this? The 747 or the Shrunken lamb?

DHW

Post by **Holt** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:08 pm

beautifull lambksin, beautifull jacket.

congrats

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:11 pm

DarenHenryW wrote:

Which leather is this? The 747 or the Shrunken lamb?

DHW

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It's the shrunken lamb. One of the shrunken lamb skins available.

Tyderium · Post by **Tyderium** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:53 pm

Beautiful jacket RC.
Looks to be the same SL as Tony first offered.

Raider S · Post by **Raider S** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:38 pm

RC, Tony told me he couldn't wait to get that jacket out of his shop because it was so ugly!

As it stands for me, Crismans has the premier LC copy and now RC has the premier Raider's copy - good work guys!

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:07 pm

That jacket is just beautiful, RC. In fact, it makes me want one out of that hide! But I can't get another shrunken lamb Raiders. I just can't...

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:23 am

Tyderium wrote:Beautiful jacket RC.
Looks to be the same SL as Tony first offered.

It's not the same as he first offered. This is striated. See the bubbly lines on the upper right chest panel and in few other areas?

The first shrunken lamb matched the jacket he copied. Whiskyman and Chris King's jackets were great matches to it.

The second shrunken lamb has less texture and was in response to a few people's request for less texture.

Interestingly since that came out Tony has had many requests for more texture, so he has sourced the 'original' again and this striated SL. Two different skin types.

All of the SL for the Raiders jacket was developed by Tony for colour match, texture etc, the first generation specifically to match the original jacket.

upper left panel

Tyderium · Post by **Tyderium** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:39 am

Yep, I noticed the striations straight away.
Sorry, I should have been more specific.
I was referring to the overall texturing being a closer match to Tony's original shrunken lamb offering.
It's interesting to see the striations in relation to this. I was waiting to see a jacket requested in this way (with the striations) and yours certainly does this and looks great.

Yojimbo Jones · Post by **Yojimbo Jones** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:55 am

Awesome! Good to see Tony is even able to source DNA-appropriate Merino shrunken lamb hides.

gwyddion · Post by **gwyddion** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:32 am

Awwww, dang! Now I feel the need for another TN Raiders

But I just simply can't afford one right now without going back on promises.

(well, that and I have a need for a TN CS and a Penman

)

Great jacket RC! Love how the graining and striation is placed!

Regards, Geert

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:56 am

Awesome jacket, RC

When the ark gets loaded you're already gonna be on the plane

Yojimbo Jones · Post by **Yojimbo Jones** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:22 am

Raskolnikov wrote:When the ark gets loaded you're already gonna be on the plane

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:48 am

RC, if I didn't know better I'd say 'Frank' delivered that to you straight from the vault......

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:05 am

Yojimbo Jones wrote:Awesome! Good to see Tony is even able to source DNA-appropriate Merino shrunken lamb hides.

Yohimbo , did you help him round them up down in New Zealand ?..........

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:20 am

Great jacket! Looks really nice.

Lets see some pics of it worn.
How long did it take from ordering the jacket to receiving it?

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:00 pm

I can't get over how nice that looks, RC. Dead on to the movie jacket in so many ways. I might have to start saving toward one like it.

By the way, as a point of clarification, this is shrunken lamb and not adult sheepskin?

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:46 pm

crismans wrote:I can't get over how nice that looks, RC. Dead on to the movie jacket in so many ways. I might have to start saving toward one like it.

By the way, as a point of clarification, this is shrunken lamb and not adult sheepskin?

Definitely 'shrunken lamb'

Yojimbo Jones · Post by **Yojimbo Jones** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:02 am

Hatch wrote:
Yojimbo Jones wrote:Awesome! Good to see Tony is even able to source DNA-appropriate Merino shrunken lamb hides.
Yohimbo , did you help him round them up down in New Zealand ?..........

Just let me get one thing straight - I'm Australian. NEVER even INFER to an Australian that he may be a New Zealander! Ask any Aussie who would be "chasing sheep" and the answer would be "A kiwi!"

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:10 am

Yohimbo, just meant that you're the closest one of us to New Zealand I know, at least ......at least 18 hours closer than me........

Yojimbo Jones · Post by **Yojimbo Jones** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:13 am

Yeah, yeah!

Treadwell · Post by **Treadwell** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:29 pm

Here's mine, which I got second-hand recently from ReturningSon:

It was a bit big on me so I did what I've done to two other jackets: washing machine on hot, dryer on hot (removed before completely dry).
Shrunk just enough, with some raised grain to boot.
Then I liberally applied Lexol. (No Pecards available locally)
I prefer a smoother feel than the dry-to-the-touch aspect of the predistressed cowhide, and this conditioning did much to improve that for me.
(apologies to those who would feel that ruins the SA aspect of the jacket. To me, the pedigree is unaffected.)

Nice jacket.

Now, has anyone ever successfully removed lining embroidery to no ill effects? That ain't my name in there.

Thanks, ReturningSon, for this opportunity at a TN original!

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:18 pm

Treadwell wrote:Then I liberally applied Lexol. (No Pecards available locally)

Lexol is good stuff. It's what we used before finding Pecards, and Lexol is still recommended by this writer.

Regards! Michaelson

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:22 pm

Treadwell wrote:
Now, has anyone ever successfully removed lining embroidery to no ill effects? That ain't my name in there.

Treadwell, there was a post a while back in which someone showed they had removed the name embroidery. It can be done with a seam ripper if you are very careful and pick at the threads only. Don't hook the lining.
Then after carefully 'massage the lining where the embroidery went through to close up stitch holes.

The other option is to contact Tony and see if he will make a new lining panel and what the cost would be.

a final option would be black duct tape...........joking

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:30 pm

RCSignals wrote:...a final option would be black duct tape...........joking

...that, or just keep your jacket zipped up....

Regards! Michaelson

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:09 pm

I'd try tailor, seamstress etc and get their opinion......not sure you'd want to try yourself....

Tibor · Post by **Tibor** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:25 pm

I agree. Go with a tailor. I used a tailor/dry cleaner to remove only the name, but you could see that there were a few imperfections in the lining left. Not bad, but not the same as new. I think tailoring was more her hobby than her profession.

Go with somebody whose specialty is tailoring.

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:38 pm

Here my Mutt jacket !!

Be aware I wear low rise jeans... So the jacket seems really short

I love this leather !

orb · Post by **orb** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:57 pm

Looks great.
Does have alot more Indy vibe then the plain black version!
Is this also a very heavy leather? I don't know if you know the original Mutt leather.
It's my heaviest Nowak of 6.

Regards

Gerald

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:01 pm

That's a very nice jacket. Did you choose the colour?

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:02 pm

I have back problems, so with Tony we search to make the most lightly Mutt jacket possible.

We decided on this lambskin (I loved this color when I saw it), Tony calls it the Burgundy leather and the jacket weighs only 3.5 lbs (1,5 kg)

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:09 pm

Very, very nice. Congratulations. Enjoy it as much as you can (and, as it is a TN jacket, that means enjoy it for the rest of your life!)

PSBIndy · Post by **PSBIndy** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:21 pm

Cool jacket, Speed! You need to pose next to a motorcycle to complete the look.

BTW, why the blurred-out face?....Is the police after you?

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:34 pm

I have to search for a Harley then

Is the police after you?

Last time I check over my shoulder the police wasn't there

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:37 pm

PSBIndy wrote:Cool jacket, Speed! You need to pose next to a motorcycle to complete the look.

BTW, why the blurred-out face?....Is the police after you?

Naaah, Speed is with the French Secret Police and they don't want their undercover agents pics on the net.......

orb · Post by **orb** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:38 pm

Ah burgundy. So another leather on the endless Nowak leather list!
Seems like a great leather. I never thought this could be lamb.
Hey speed! Familiy is there.. http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/7426-3q.jpg

Regards

Gerald

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:41 pm

SpeedRcrX, that is cool!!! I'm tired of black leather motorcycle jackets! The burgandy is really nice. I'd love one in russet, like the Rocketeer's jacket!

I wore my Indy jacket on the motorcycle yesterday, and it just isn't a motorcycle jacket. Rides up in the back, collar flaps around, had to switch to a normal bike jacket today. Wish I could trade in all my jackets for ones built by Tony!

Here's me in one of the stunt-man sized jackets at Tony's.

SpeedRcrX · Post by **SpeedRcrX** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:44 pm

Look better with the t-shirt tuck in your jeans, Gerald !

Naaah, Speed is with the French Secret Police and they don't want their undercover agents pics on the net.......

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:54 pm

Baldwyn wrote: Here's me in one of the stunt-man sized jackets at Tony's.

You need one of those for yourself, Baldwyn! Looks like a natural!

Regards! Michaelson

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:45 pm

Michaelson wrote: You need one of those for yourself, Baldwyn! Looks like a natural!

Regards! Michaelson

Why can't my wife be more like you!

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:55 pm

I guarantee she's better looking!

Regards! Michaelson

DetectiveJones · Post by **DetectiveJones** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:17 pm

I don't know how this thread escaped my attention. I just received my TN CS jacket a few days ago. I started a thread in the jacket section, mine is the TN CS 005/777. Hi to you all.

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:25 pm

SpeedRcrX wrote:Here my Mutt jacket !!

Be aware I wear low rise jeans... So the jacket seems really short

I love this leather !

Wow there it is! That jacket looks fantastic on you RcrX !

Raider S · Post by **Raider S** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:19 pm

A pair of aces - #003 and #004:

The vintage goat (left) has been worn for several months and the 747 cow is new in that photo

Inside of the new one

Hollowpond · Post by **Hollowpond** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:23 pm

I love the American flag tag on the inside! Did you ask for that, or is that an option?

Travis

Raider S · Post by **Raider S** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:39 pm

Hollowpond wrote:I love the American flag tag on the inside! Did you ask for that, or is that an option?

Travis

Thanks Travis. The flag is something I came up with for my Indy and inspired by the blood chits seen on WWII flyers jackets.

The goat was my first jacket and my request was to have the embroidery and Nowak logo on the inside of the inside pockets and to have a flag where the logo usually sits. I wanted black thread on a black lining and repeated this with my new cowhide.

I may have been the first to put the stitching inside the pocket and people have since asked for similar and gotten the flag as well.

Remember, Tony is all about true custom and will do it just about anyway you want. And no extra charge for something like this.

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:22 pm

Oh my! Both are simply perfect. And that goat looks astounding now that it is being worn during these months.
One never gets bored of seen Tony's jackets.

nephilo · Post by **nephilo** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:41 pm

YEAH! Tony called me and he said my second jacket is on they way!!! $\:D/$

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:57 pm

nephilo wrote:YEAH! Tony called me and he said my second jacket is on they way!!! $\:D/$

You're hooked, nephilo! What style is this one (I must have missed your post if you've told before).

And that jacket is beautiful, RcrX, and looks very good on you!

nephilo · Post by **nephilo** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:51 pm

Hey crismans! It`s the Indy IV with the CS cow leather and SA distressing...