TN Raiders Pleat Gap from "Wings Raiders w/Pics thread"
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:50 pm
So as requested here is my TN Raiders jacket's back pleats with little to no gap between the seams. The question arose when the new Wings Raiders jacket had a small gap between the shoulder and the pleated back panel. I had mentioned there was no gap on my TN jacket like the Cooper pattern Wings jacket.
Right side
Left side
You can see that there is a fold in the pleat towards the top of the yoke, that is where the pleat is always open and it creates a weird fold. So that part is open, but the rest is usually pretty flush and how it should be. Now, this isn't a major issue or anything, or any means of a knock against the TN jackets, its just part of the custom jacket, little one offs. When the jacket is off the shoulders, you can't notice at all, but for the time its worn on the shoulders it bulges out. It definitely doesn't look like the film jacket's behavior on screen or the Wings Raiders pleat action. I always thought it was just my body as I have quite the arch in my spine (not a normal arch) and the way it hung of me if I was trying to stand completely straight and with proper posture would make it do that.
Am I unhappy with this, heck no! It could get fixed when my jacket is sent in for some adjustments, so we'll see what Riley can do for it. If nothing really could be done, I'm not too concerned at all with it. Its been like that for almost a year, with no problem. My problem is that I'm a SA nut, and now with this little detail (That shouldn't really matter) is known to me, I'll probably go insane until its adjusted
I have the same feeling when I see YJ's latest TN Raiders (really had to hold back in ordering one in that leather with some small adjustments to my sizing), and now with the calf skin as THE leather on the hero jacket (that's why I'm down for a calf in the wings with the special COW Raiders jacket). I'm not unhappy, just an itch to make the adjustment to make it more accurate. Does that even make sense? 
Right side
Left side
You can see that there is a fold in the pleat towards the top of the yoke, that is where the pleat is always open and it creates a weird fold. So that part is open, but the rest is usually pretty flush and how it should be. Now, this isn't a major issue or anything, or any means of a knock against the TN jackets, its just part of the custom jacket, little one offs. When the jacket is off the shoulders, you can't notice at all, but for the time its worn on the shoulders it bulges out. It definitely doesn't look like the film jacket's behavior on screen or the Wings Raiders pleat action. I always thought it was just my body as I have quite the arch in my spine (not a normal arch) and the way it hung of me if I was trying to stand completely straight and with proper posture would make it do that.
Am I unhappy with this, heck no! It could get fixed when my jacket is sent in for some adjustments, so we'll see what Riley can do for it. If nothing really could be done, I'm not too concerned at all with it. Its been like that for almost a year, with no problem. My problem is that I'm a SA nut, and now with this little detail (That shouldn't really matter) is known to me, I'll probably go insane until its adjusted
I have the same feeling when I see YJ's latest TN Raiders (really had to hold back in ordering one in that leather with some small adjustments to my sizing), and now with the calf skin as THE leather on the hero jacket (that's why I'm down for a calf in the wings with the special COW Raiders jacket). I'm not unhappy, just an itch to make the adjustment to make it more accurate. Does that even make sense? 
