Club Obi Wan

Most of you know that the jacket is my favorite topic. However, you might have noticed that I have been silent during the past few weeks.

Yeah, I think I have nothing more to say about the Rotla jacket. Covered all the areas I guess....

Made an order on 14 Feb, which was the outcome of all what has been discussed here lately. Still no news from Wested.

There's one thing I still need to check when the jacket gets here and that's whether the 80s fit corresponds to what we see on screen or the standard fit is better... (The 80s fit I used to have was a pred cow and was very stiff I guess, so comparison wasn't really possible).

What do you think?

I say skip the Indy jacket and just get your self a Fonz jacket instead.

Be cool.

Oh, I have two already. Perfecto replicas make by 'Nice' leather of UK.
Great jackets but I 'm too old for that.

To be honest, I say unless you have the same physique as Harrison Ford (and I have no idea if you do or not), then the jacket won’t look like the movie jacket regardless of how it’s made. I think guys should work on “screen accurate” builds first and then screen accurate jackets second. Cheers

Ya know, I've always said that the one thing we all lack is the ability to look like Ford. That helps.

Oh, I have two already. Perfecto replicas make by 'Nice' leather of UK.
Great jackets but I 'm too old for that.

don't you mean "perfectamundo.........ayyyyyyyy!!!!"

sorry couldn't resist.

platon, i'm in the same boat. i fired off the agent 5 specs along with my measurements to wested and enquirred if this would be a custom order or a standard order. i received a message from gemma that they are considering it but i have yet to hear from them. this was 2 weeks after you made your order.

i guess they are putting together an undisputable raiders jacket for us diehard gearheads....can't wait to see what comes out of the woodworks!

I wear a 40R like Ford in Rotla.
One year ago I had Ford's built in Rotla, now I am more like LC.

My question still stands.

sorry platon.....in regards to your question:

i have 3 westeds. i have asked for the 80's fit on the last 2 and i cannot confirm if the first 2 were 80's fit or not (the 2nd being a size larger and too big for me to really discern the cut). the last one i received has to be an 80's fit as i cannot see it getting more of a millitary/tighter cut than what it is. though its a tod length, it looks very close to the raiders hawaii jacket in cut and length (making me believe that the raiders jacket is not as short as what everyone thinks). i would have to say that 80's cut is SA.

Platon, I'm in about the same boat with gear in general. Naturally, I still enjoy the hobby, but to be honest, with a few exceptions I've gone just about as far as I can go with it. I still check in about everyday, but I don't post as much. I guess I've said about all I have to say.

There are still a few pieces of gear I want , like an Indy jacket that fits me like my vintage A-2, (i.e. slim and more Raiders like) but other hobbies have been getting the bulk of my interest and all of my money lately.

I am taking a pause before starting to analyse the TOD and LC jacket.

ooooh.....keep me in the loop with the tod analysis!

HIGH regards!

Michaelson

That's an awesome little story _. I would have flipped! Did you recognize him right away, what was your reply ?

Doug C

nice story _! you're jacket has been blessed by the fonz!!! way cooool

after that event, did you try pounding on a juke box to make it automatically play "blueberry hill"?

That's him?

That's him!

Regards! Michaelson

you betcha! i've seen him in alot of adam sandler movies as of late....little nicky had him attacked by a swarm of bees, he was the coach in waterboy (i believe).

i think he's done very well in his career. i also recall that he was one of the producers for macguyver as well (correct me if i'm wrong).

he's done alot to earn my respect in the entertainment industry......(my personal favourate was him playing a scroogish character in an americanized story of 'a christmas carol'....can't remember the title though).

He's a very nice guy - very personable...

I've never heard anything other than that about him. If I'm not mistaken, he's a Harvard graduate too. A very smart man who's most well known for playing a high school drop out. Cool.