. went something like this (i'm paraphrasing of course):g: todd, i want a custom jacket but the collar has to be extra long
todd: no, it's an illusion. my patterns stand
g: fine. i read one of _'s posts saying that all the movie jackets had the leather prewashed before constructing. do you think you can do that for me? {indiana g snickers because he knows todd won't do this either}
todd: already did. gotta whole role of prewashed lamb ready to make a jacket out of
g: curse you todd! all right, lets see what you got
todd quoted me 4 weeks delivery. it showed up today almost at the end of the second week after i placed the order
firstly, i was expecting a mangled looking jacket, just like the film jacket. i pulled it out of the box and it looked quite new. but upon closer examination, the hide was EXTREMELY soft....it had an extra dull, matte finish...moreso than the posts that i've seen on his custom lamb. i'd say it was along the same lines as the standard offering (the standard still being more 'shiney') but the kicker was all of the nice grains of the hide has come out. i don't know if it was due to the wash or if this is what todd's lamb currently looks like. this jacket is the closest match to the screen jacket's colour and finish that i've ever seen...deadly close. the cut is an obvious raiders cut....nothing LC about it...it even has the nice barrel cuffs that aries likes {in the scene where indy says,"....i'm looking for one of the pieces your father collected....bronze medallion...about....etc"}....all these aspects make this a great SA jacket.
now, this prewashed lamb is very, very soft.....so soft that there is not enough rigidity to keep the action pleats straight up and down. they seem to buckle on themselves when in a prone position. however, they do spring to life when you move your arms. also, it seems that todd upsized his strap buckles. this along with the extra soft leather, i had to double back the strap into the buckle to lock it in. both of these i can live with for sure. the only thing that is an obvious mistake is that the inside pocket is on the right hand side......again, no biggie at all.
all in all, i love the jacket. very SA. after about 3 months of wearing a red indy jacket, it's quite refreshing to get back in the screen accurate realm
and onto the pics:
and the back:
you'll see that there is some discoloration in the hide in the panels used beneath the arms and in between the back and front panels. this is quite exaggerated by the camera as it is not that noticeable up close and personal. if you were to distress the jacket, you would never notice.
oh, and one more thing........i totally lost the arguement about the collar
if i had a slimmer chest with the same shoulders, the collar would fall quite close to where ford's did....no?
Looks good on you.
......i use to be a 42 jacket size and i have a wested tod cut in a 42. it still fits ok but my shoulders fill up the entire space of the jacket....something that i didn't want in a raiders jacket.
