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Wow. I ordered my jacket on the 16th of January and production wont even begin until after atleast the 21st of February. By the time we factor in build time and shipping to US, it will have been 2 MONTHS.

This is not cool Gemma offered to change material and have it cut now, but I really want the dark brown!

I know that seems like an eternity but hang in there for what you really want. You'll be happier in the end. Remember Peter can only make them once he and Gemma have caught enough goats.

Sometimes, you have to be patient for what you want. Peter will not accept inferior hides. He is a stickler for quality. You will not be disappointed!
Personally, I would have asked you to consider the Horsehide. It is dark as the dark brown goat and certainly strong enough, but that is a discussion for another day.
We jacket-aficionados sympathize!

NOOOOOO!!!!! Im waiting for the dark goat too. I know waiting will be better because i will get what i want. Is the authentic goat as strong as the dark goat? Is it just the color thats different?

Yes, there is only one type of goatskin, be it either authentic or dark brown, it is the same strength/thickness. The label "Durable Goatskin" on the Wested site is meant to indicate that it is stronger than the lambskin. It doesn't mean there is a "regular" goatskin and a "Hardnut" goatskin.

What can we do to help? You seem to know the situation, AND be willing to wait for what you want. Tells us, what can we do??

Oh, and what in the world does

ZOMG NOES!!11! mean? Seriously?? I think I caught the Oh My God, but enlighten us.
'Blues

i didnt even realize that part lol Im jealous, i was jsut looking at a post by ragingblues, and ken got his jacket in 2 weeks after his order . Man i dont know how ill be able to handle waiting till end of the month, beginning of the next.

yea i did just miss it. As long as my hat comes this week ill be ok.

As Yoda would tell you. " Patience you must have young Morgon, use the force."

your right, but im anakin and he had no paitience. Speaking of SW, i wonder what a Wested would be like made from a tauntan....or a dewback.

MorgonKenbur wrote:your right, but im anakin and he had no paitience. Speaking of SW, i wonder what a Wested would be like made from a tauntan....or a dewback.

Speaking of Star Wars, Wested (Well Peter at least) had a hand in the original trilogy, holsters and belts and stuff, and prequel trilogy too, there is a Naboo Guard uniform jacket knocking about the shop.

IndyBlues wrote:What can we do to help? You seem to know the situation, AND be willing to wait for what you want. Tells us, what can we do??

Oh, and what in the world does

ZOMG NOES!!11! mean? Seriously?? I think I caught the Oh My God, but enlighten us.
'Blues

ZOMG
Exclamation; a sarcastic variant of OMG.

Noes!
An exaggerated expression of despair, often used for humorous effect. Sometimes coupled with teh (oh teh noes).

Usually they are sarcastic, but in this case I really mean it to the degree of insanity.

If you want more info, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zomg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_noes

Thanks for clearing that up,...man I'm getting old.
'Blues

IndyBlues wrote:Thanks for clearing that up,...man I'm getting old.
'Blues

You're not getting old, my friend. You're just immune from "Newspeak." Soon, our younger generations will be clucking like ducks.

im almost 21, i didnt even get that lol Does anyone have any good pics of authentic goat or any opinions of it, besides striders pics, i already saw them, and his comparison to his distressed lamb looked great.

This link has the Authentic goat

viewtopic.php?t=15869

thanks GMANN it looks really good, Im almost 90% sure im gonna switch to authentic, I'll write Gemma now and if she says they have it ill get it.

haahhha .... son of a #####.... Well from my short time in the forums i have usually made up my mind and stuck with it, but its not jsut the time, i kind of want my jacket a bit lighter...and its also the wait lol Im going to get the authentic goat if they ahve it though, i wrote gemma and told her that. The samples i saw of the leather comparisons didnt look so great, but full jackets ive seen look just fine. Your pics look great too thanks for posting them, too bad thats authentic lamb not goat.

if it matches closely to the authentic lamb then thats even better. My real reason for going with the dark was it seemed like it would be easier to distress and show distress than an authentic would, plus like Rangingblues said, he got the dark since it is what he sees on screen, and i do agree. But i understand the issue with dark brown showing up so dark on screen, its a big issue with my anakin costume, and was a debated issue in theforce.net forums for a while. I would rather have the true color vs the onscreen one. I would have def bought the A.L. if it wasnt damaged so easily. Hopefully i hear from Gemma tomorrow. Thanks again. And Tone, you pull off a great looking indy

ok gemma wrote me back and changed my dark brown to authentic. She said it should speed up more order, and she will keep me posted. I hope it speeds up alot fast and not only just by a few days.

Just wanted to let you know! Just got off the phone with Peter at Wested. Earlier, I ordered a Wested Durable Dark Brown Goatskin Temple Jacket. They have not as yet recieved the Dark Brown Goat. Peter said ,that what he recieved eariler were skins that were too small to even make a back. The bigger Dark Brown Goatskins are on order. I asked him, if he had the Authenic Goatskin. He said, yes. So I changed my order to the Authentic Goatskin. He said, They would cut it tomorrow. That is pretty quick. He was very pleasant,but when it comes to the skins, he is very peticular. I thanked him, and said, it was great to be able to talk to someone, that is well known to us at Club OBI WAN.

Thought I would let you know.

Have a Great Day!!

IndianaWill

Will how long ago did you place your order? I hope they cut mine tomorrow too, or today! I think we will both be happy with the authentic, it doesnt look at all as bad as i origionally thought. You better not use up all the authentic GoaT ....or else....

Wait...Two months is LONG? Man, Peter spoiled us with these new, quick, turn-arounds! I remember back in the day (2000 to be exact) a jacket could run four months or more! I ordered my first Wested on Thanksgiving Day and didn't recieve it until March! Oh well, I guess with something as awesome as a new Wested even two DAYS seems too long!

Regards, Dr. J

I hope you are happy when you get you authentic instead of the dark. If you decide to return it you will be spending quite a bit for shipping back and forth. And by that time they will be out of Dark Brown a second time

I have opted to wait it out and get what I know I will be happy with.

yea Gmann from photos ive seen, the authentic goat looks dark still in alot of lighting, but gives off the more chocolate brown in direct light. I would ahve liked the authentic lamb but just too soft sounding for me.

Authentic Brown Goatskin in bright Mongolian sunlight:



All my pics of the Authentic jackets look dark, but in person the jacket is a chocolate colour

BTW, doing research on WWII flight jackets, it turns out that although most A2 were made for the AAF from horsehide; but when the US Navy were designing their flight jacket they spent more time & money on the design, going for goatskin, one reason being it's natural water resistance, but also despite some information, it is supposed to be a stronger leather overall to horsehide (just repeating what I've read! [DUCKS] Hence IMO opt for goatskin as an accurate leather for a real-world Indy jacket

Oh...& that jacket was ready 7 days after I was measured at the shop

thanks for the pick skippy, makes me feel even better that i switched to the Authentic Goat. Hope i hear soon from Wested.

I Wrote to Gemma last night telling her to add 2 things i wanted from reading the Ultimate screen raiders post, but mostly i wanted to see how my jacket was coming. She wrote back this morning and told me my jackt was mailed out this morning!!! Although i didnt get teh 2 new additions, i realy dont care, they arent that big a deal. Cant wait to get some pics to post!

Skippy wrote:Authentic Brown Goatskin in bright Mongolian sunlight:

Looks like you messed up the settings of the digicam, the pic is way too grainy.

Unfortunately I hadn't invested in a digicam by the time I went on this trip *sigh* so that's a standard camer pic off of a CD-ROM from the developers, which I have sized up a bit, hence the grain

I see. Cool pic tho.