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CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:52 pm
by CRB
Here's some photos of my recent acquisition from Wested - shrunken lamb hero jacket.

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Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:04 pm
by whiskyman
Nice! Looking forward to mine now! Would you say it is very much darker than it was, or just a bit darker? And is it softening with wear?

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:41 pm
by CRB
It certainly has softened - not sure how much of that is due to neatsfoot or how much is due to wear - I would guess more to wear. It is draping very nicely and behaving more like lamb, which is welcome.

It is definitely darker than when I received it - by how much is hard to tell, as those photos had flash on. Its not massively darker, no. But a shade darker, yes. Apologies if that's a clear as mud !

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:47 pm
by whiskyman
Definitely has a serious Raiders vibe going on!! If mine looks half as good as that I'll be well pleased. :TOH:

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:15 pm
by tomek9210
Just awesome. What size is it? Could you take some measurements? Collarstand length, collar wide and pockets size?

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:18 pm
by jkeene71
Great looking jacket CRB...perfect fit ! :clap:

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:34 pm
by wwtwo
Very nice, CRB! :tup:

Concur that the fit is spot on and fits you perfectly. Hope you enjoy it.

Regards,
- W

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:34 pm
by Mitch LaRue
Yep.

VERY nice!

:) :tup:

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:39 pm
by wwtwo
and I even like the color...!

:Plymouth:

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:45 pm
by jnicktem
Awesome awesome jacket! I wish I could get a side-by-side comparison of my Wested Hero in shrunken lamb (first batch).

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:17 am
by CRB
Hi thanks for all the kind comments, I am happy now with the fit myself too.
tomek9210 wrote:Just awesome. What size is it? Could you take some measurements? Collarstand length, collar wide and pockets size?
Ok - I ordered a size 42 and went custom on the back length (25") and sleeve length (26.5") but since took an inch off the sleeves. The collarstand length is 3cm.
The collar is 8cm at the tip and 7.5cm at the shortest part (behind the neck). The pocket is 18cm high and 17.4cm wide. Hope that all helps !

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:45 am
by whiskyman
I ordered mine with a 24.5" back. My dark goat is 23" which I feel is a little short on me (I'm 6') - I hope the little extra length with look and feel about right. I also reduced the sleeve length to 24" as opposed to the 25" on my current jacket.

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:45 am
by CRB
I think you should be fine with those measurements. I'm 5ft11 and my back length is 25 and it fits perfectly (I originally thought it was too long but it isn't)

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:53 am
by tomek9210
Thanks CRB! Is front and back length the same? How long is the collarstand ( I mean length, not width )?

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:22 pm
by CRB
Oh I see - the collarstand length is 21.5" (hard to measure as I'm measuring a curve).
The back length is 25" and the length of the stormflap is 23"

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:30 pm
by tomek9210
Was the stormflap lengt measured with collarstand?

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:39 pm
by CRB
No, without collarstand.

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:49 pm
by tomek9210
So it's still 1 inch of difference with Nowak's pattern :-k And it was copied from it.

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:53 pm
by CRB
I'm no expert on the design or who designed what, but those are the measurements of the one I'm wearing. I went for a custom back length if that makes any difference ?

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:50 am
by theman
very nice CRB - Wested has finally come along to a great Raiders look with this one.... I should think folks will no longer need to send all these custom changes to every piece of the jacket pattern to get the look they want out of Wested, and Peter should be seeing much easier orders coming in from now on.

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:27 pm
by CRB
Have to agree with you there. I've had a couple of other Westeds along the way and although nice jackets in their own right, just didn't have a Raiders feel about them, so sold them on. This hero does. Originally I wasn't overkeen on first receiving it (as mention, it wasn't what I was expecting at all) but I've since worn it a lot and it has grown on me immensely. Mainly for the fact it's a very very comfortable jacket ! Plus all the crumply effect is starting to drop out, simply through wear. I'll be interested to see it in a year's time. I like the Hero design so much that I'm going to pop down to the Wested barn next week I think and see what other leathers Peter has to do the Hero in. This shrunken lamb is pretty heavy actually, so I'm after something very lightweight that I could wear on sunny days (or in Petra for example!).

Re: CRB's Raiders jacket - Wested 'Hero' in Shrunken lamb

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:13 pm
by whiskyman
I hope the crumply effect doesn't wear out!