mimesis' Non-SA Indy Jacket
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mimesis' Non-SA Indy Jacket
Well, this is something I bought from a local leather artisan, tailored to my measurements. It is not S.A. by any means, but I love it! Just wanted to share it with you:
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Re: mimesis' Non-SA Indy Jacket
Pretty cool, man....what leather?
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Nice jacket... 
Has both the vintage, and adventure look about it.
Has both the vintage, and adventure look about it.
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It looks great! Huge storm flap! 
I'm with IndyDawg, what leather? Also, what'd it set you back?
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Yeah...I thought that about the flap, too....must be a reason for it.
(Oh, LOVE the avatar, Strider! Great flick!)
(Oh, LOVE the avatar, Strider! Great flick!)
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I know what you mean about the storm flap! It's about 2 inches wider than it should be, but I like it anyways... It is made from goatskin. The price was about $180 USD.-
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Wow....smooth grain for a goatskin....nice color, too.
And, if you really wanted, I guess you COULD cut the flap down some...
But, it is a good-lookin' jacket.
And, if you really wanted, I guess you COULD cut the flap down some...
But, it is a good-lookin' jacket.
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I hope you have a hidden snap on that flap, as the first wind storm you get into, it WILL beat you to death! 
BEAUTIFUL jacket!
Regard! Michaelson
BEAUTIFUL jacket!
Regard! Michaelson
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Michaelson wrote:I hope you have a hidden snap on that flap, as the first wind storm you get into, it WILL beat you to death!
BEAUTIFUL jacket!
Regard! Michaelson
I hadn't thought about this... Maybe I should consider adding the snap. Thanks for the comment!
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"Maybe that's why they call it a 'storm flap'! In a storm, it sure does 'flap'!"
Thanks! I agree!Indydawg wrote:(Oh, LOVE the avatar, Strider! Great flick!)
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Glad to help, and I'm serious.mimesis wrote:Michaelson wrote:I hope you have a hidden snap on that flap, as the first wind storm you get into, it WILL beat you to death!
BEAUTIFUL jacket!
Regard! Michaelson
I hadn't thought about this... Maybe I should consider adding the snap. Thanks for the comment!
Unsecured storm flaps in a high wind can actually smack the stew out of you. Been there, done that, got a snap put on the errant flap!
Regards! Michaelson
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Ouch... that's gotta hurt!_ wrote:Yes - I've been birch-slapped by wearing my TNO CS on my bike. Others have said they don't have problems with the design as a riding jacket, but for whatever reason at 35mph it starts oscillating... The A2 is fine bug it has snaps on the collar and the throat latch seems to control the storm flap...
You know... Whenever you point this details like the snaps on the collar and the throat latch, makes me want to desing a "reimagining" of the indy jacket with those details... Do you have any ideas as to how to make the jacket more, ehm... functional, shall we say?
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Yeah ...don't get an Indy jacket! as much as we love this jacket, its just not the most functional design out there. You could add a throat latch to the collar. That would solve the birch slapping. Reminds me of a joke about two wood peckers arguing about whether a tree is a son of a beech or a son of a birch...
as much as we love this jacket, its just not the most functional design out there. You could add a throat latch to the collar. That would solve the birch slapping. Reminds me of a joke about two wood peckers arguing about whether a tree is a son of a beech or a son of a birch... Re: mimesis' Non-SA Indy Jacket
Hollowpond wrote:Yeah ...don't get an Indy jacket!
But If I don't have an Indy jacket, then how could I be in Indygear?
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Heck, there are MILLIONS of people out there wearing A2's thinking they're in Indygear, so it's not a problem!
Regards! Michaelson
Regards! Michaelson
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What's worse - Indy jacket wearer thinking they're military, or an A-2 wearer thinking they're Indy?Michaelson wrote:Heck, there are MILLIONS of people out there wearing A2's thinking they're in Indygear, so it's not a problem!
Regards! Michaelson
