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Kentucky Blues
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by Kentucky Blues Thu May 09, 2019 7:56 pm
Okay, so as far as I know, Wested hasn’t gotten into the journal making business so I haven’t actually bought one from them. I have, however, purchased a journal online that was practically BEGGING to be rebound, and I had a 15+ year old Wested in more or less unwearable condition (lot of tears, half the collar chewed off by a rat). So I got to work! I figured if an Indy jacket can no longer be worn on my back through my adventures, then wrapping it around the journal I chronicle them in is a fitting life for it. Anyway, here’s the pics!
Here’s the jacket before the operation:
And here’s the journal:
Here it is open. The hat may be garbage, but the tags that came with the dorfmans is beautiful and makes a great bookmark:
And here are other pics:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/2gatlvmds/
-KB
Indy Magnoli
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by Indy Magnoli Thu May 09, 2019 9:24 pm
IndyGear Recycling. Well done!
Kentucky Blues
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by Kentucky Blues Thu May 09, 2019 10:27 pm
Thank you, sir!
-KB
Hunter Jones
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by Hunter Jones Fri May 10, 2019 9:59 am
What a great idea! And top notch work. Congratulations!
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by Indiana Jeff Fri May 10, 2019 10:08 am
Kentucky Blues wrote: half the collar chewed off by a rat -KB
So that's a story I'm interested in.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Kentucky Blues
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by Kentucky Blues Fri May 10, 2019 11:30 am
Hunter Jones wrote: What a great idea! And top notch work. Congratulations!
Thank you! It’s not as good as something from Magnoli, I’m sure, but it’s I’m 90-95% happy with how it turned out.
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by Kentucky Blues Fri May 10, 2019 11:32 am
Indiana Jeff wrote: Kentucky Blues wrote: half the collar chewed off by a rat -KB
So that's a story I'm interested in.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Jeff, I wish it were an exciting story. Truth is, I had a pet rat at one point and laid the jacket too close to the cage
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by Indiana Jeff Fri May 10, 2019 11:47 am
Here I was hoping for a story about being in the catacombs of Venice!
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Indiana Jeff
Kentucky Blues
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by Kentucky Blues Fri May 10, 2019 12:07 pm
Indiana Jeff wrote: Here I was hoping for a story about being in the catacombs of Venice!
Nope, but if I post pictures of my now backless jacket, I can share the boring story of how I didn’t actually get dragged behind a truck
-KB
Canyon
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by Canyon Fri May 10, 2019 1:47 pm
Kentucky Blues wrote: Indiana Jeff wrote: Kentucky Blues wrote: half the collar chewed off by a rat -KB
So that's a story I'm interested in.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Jeff, I wish it were an exciting story. Truth is, I had a pet rat at one point and laid the jacket too close to the cage
Ooh. I used to have pet rats too.
Nosirrah
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by Nosirrah Fri May 10, 2019 3:29 pm
Canyon wrote: Kentucky Blues wrote: Indiana Jeff wrote: Kentucky Blues wrote: half the collar chewed off by a rat -KB
So that's a story I'm interested in.
Regards,
Indiana Jeff
Jeff, I wish it were an exciting story. Truth is, I had a pet rat at one point and laid the jacket too close to the cage
Ooh. I used to have pet rats too.
Something we have in common with HF, then. I believe he enjoyed the sewer scene in LC-- just like old times.
Lovely pets, rats-- clean, intelligent and affectionate. OTOH, my golden retriever once ate a leather-bound journal.
Apparently leather is one of the basic food groups for pets, and everything smells like a chew toy.
InexorableTash
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by InexorableTash Fri May 10, 2019 9:25 pm
Kentucky Blues wrote: The hat may be garbage, but the tags that came with the dorfmans is beautiful and makes a great bookmark:
Agreed! I have a couple of those laminated. High res scan:
Michaelson
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by Michaelson Mon May 13, 2019 1:18 pm
I a few of those 'buried' in my collection. That was the same label they put on jackets sold at J. C. Penney's 'back in the day'.
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by Kentucky Blues Mon May 13, 2019 2:36 pm
Did any of those jackets look more or less like Indy’s? I have an officially licensed jacket that I got second hand and I’ve never fully identified it...
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by Michaelson Mon May 13, 2019 2:40 pm
They were essentially 'G-2' style flight jackets with faux fur collars and snap pockets.
Regards! M
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