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Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:28 am
by Raider Of The Lost Ark
Could someone explain the above process? I've tried with candy / chease but the trainng is not going well ;) Seriously, what / how do you do it for which of the looks?

Many thanks!

Raider

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:55 am
by Yojimbo Jones
VERY HOT tap water, run the collar underneath until it gets nice and spongy, bend and crunch and massage, mould to desired shape, bending repeatedly. I like to wear mine while doing this, letting it dry. Then develop OCD, and keep doing it. The OCD part won't be hard once you're a member here for a while! :lol:

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:08 am
by Raider Of The Lost Ark
Thanks. I'm well on my way to OCD. Is there a 'method / design' for the temple / well of the souls' look etc? Or is it all 'hit and miss'?

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:39 am
by Yojimbo Jones
Well for that look it needs to be long enough, firstly, and having a lamb jacket will help. You will have to have specced it as such to Wested, or a Nowak will do it n/p. My basic technique is right side rolls over, left side concave like a normal collar.

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:47 am
by Raider Of The Lost Ark
Yojimbo Jones wrote:Well for that look it needs to be long enough, firstly, and having a lamb jacket will help. You will have to have specced it as such to Wested, or a Nowak will do it n/p. My basic technique is right side rolls over, left side concave like a normal collar.
Thanks again! Could you post some close up pictures to demonstrate what you described?

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:50 am
by Yojimbo Jones
No problem - for pics - just trawl through my thread here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39855

but be warned - there's lots of long/short back talk!

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:02 pm
by Raider Of The Lost Ark
Yojimbo Jones wrote:No problem - for pics - just trawl through my thread here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39855

but be warned - there's lots of long/short back talk!
My god you were right with that warning! I'd forgotten. I'm still not sure exactly what you meen by some of your instructions 'make sure this is pointing this way or that' etc. I'm going to have to keep gong back and re reading I think. :D

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:54 pm
by DoubleOhSeven
Raider Of The Lost Ark wrote:Thanks. I'm well on my way to OCD. Is there a 'method / design' for the temple / well of the souls' look etc? Or is it all 'hit and miss'?
I think the OCD thing is for hats, too.

I can't tell you how many times I've messed with the crowns and brims on my Akubra and my Camptown Legend.

My fiancee says, "Just leave the stupid thing alone, already!"

And I do.

Until I pick them up the next time.

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:06 am
by Indy_Werner
Thanks to this post I finally got the info to do the collar. Just ran my older Wested lambskin under hot water from the faucet and gave the collar some curves. It's probably been discussed before and Ive been outta the loop with the jacket for awhile, but was the raiders jacket actually washed to get the effects we see in the film?

Re: Collar Training

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:06 am
by Yojimbo Jones
Apparently, depending on who you believe. But it seems to do the trick!