Chuffed doesn't even begin to describe it...

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:50 pm

At 4:45pm today, my new Raiders Authentic Goat jacket arrived.

This is my third Wested and the last I will need for a long while - you know what they say, third time lucky! ; These are the specs-

Authentic Brown Goatskin
Two-piece underarm gussets
Two inside pockets, right side 'Grail Diary' size
Hidden press-studs and top and bottom of storm flap
Tapered sleeves for a nice tight fit at the cuff
Smaller Collar 2" at tip
Cotton body, satin sleeves
Black D-rings, bronze zipper
43" chest (yes, not a 42 or a 44 - a 43"!)
Close fitting 80's styling (I don't like an excess of material under my arms).

And.....(drum roll).....it's absolutely PERFECT, fits like a glove...erm., jacket...

The authentic brown goat is beautiful - not stiff at all, in fact not a million miles away from my lamb when it first arrived and a lot less stiff than my dark brown cowhide. It drapes well already, it's nice and light - and it feels tough as a...well, a goat! And a ninja goat at that!

After reading so many posts regarding the shine of the goat, I was expecting something which looked like ‘pleather’ out of the bag, but on the contrary the authentic goat really isn't much more shiny than any other hide I have ordered from Wested - perhaps a tiny amount more shine if I'm being very fussy, but nothing to write home about.

Wested have really accommodated all my wishes, from the precise taper of the sleeves (I like the sleeve holes quite narrow, just think it looks better that way) to the custom length of the jacket ending .75" below the top of the back trouser pocket (for me, this is ideal).

So, a big THANK YOU to Peter, Gerry, Jerry and all at the fabulous Wested Leather Co. for coming up trumps once again and delivering what is to me, the perfect Indiana Jones jacket. Thanks guys.

I've already thanked them on the phone, but a jacket like this deserves as many thanks as I can muster!

Wish I had my digital camera handy to take some shots...

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:52 pm

Congrats on the jacket! It sounds like Peter and Co. did yet another fine job. Please post pics when you can!

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Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:04 pm

You gotta love the ABG.

And the shine will come out quite quickly with wear, at least mine did after a bit of rain and some leather dressing.
I look forward to each time I get to wear mine and break it in even more.
Congratulations on what seems to be a great and beloved jacket!

Now, where are those pics?

Regards,
Swindiana

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:27 am

Wear it well, and get some pics!!

INdy J

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:42 am

It is always a great moment when a box with Wested on it, arrives at your door.

Indianafred · Post by **Indianafred** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:32 am

indeed it is!
Congratulations on your jacket,

WE WANT PICS!!

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:42 am

They're not the best quality snaps, taken on my camera phone in fact..

But here's the link anyway:

http://uk.msnusers.com/wested123/wested ... snw?Page=1

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:05 am

Very nice, even with the small pics! Now you can be an "official" Indy stuntman with your two piece gussets! Honestly, the gussets look much better than I thought they would. Now get out there and start swinging from poles and giant statues!

IndianaJames · Post by **IndianaJames** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:13 pm

Thats nice, the color of the authentic goatskin looks great!

Indy J

schwammy · Post by **schwammy** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:33 pm

'Chuffed' doesn't describe it at all for me. I assume it means 'pleased?'

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:40 pm

Chuff -To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds

Perhaps it is a parallell to trains and a steam engine just boiled up and waiting to... GO!
That kind of happy?

Regards,
Swindiana

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:57 pm

I guess I chuff and puff up the stairs now at my age.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:59 pm

Agreed. With that description, we've been chuffed for years, haven't we Bufflehead?

Regards. Michaelson

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:09 pm

Yes, I imagined that the term 'chuffed' might tickle the fancy of my American cousins...

I've experienced this with other American friends of mine.

'Chuffed' means, simply put - very pleased. A very common expresion here in the UK, used all the time. It has nothing to do with steam engines...

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:17 pm

Or older, winded Americans? How odd.

Regards. Michaelson

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:22 pm

Whew! I'm pleased as a locomotive that I found out what it really meant... I could have made a fool of myself, you know.

*Choo, choo*

Regards,
Swindiana

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:26 pm

Well, I'm chuffed then when I finally make it to the top of the stairs.

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:31 pm

I'm chuffed that your chuffed

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:33 pm

Hey, here's a thought: next time you order a Wested or HJ, tell them how chuffed you are!

They will be chuffed!

IndyBlues · Post by **IndyBlues** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:50 pm

I tried to wear my Wested goat today, and it's so humid in the Northeast, that I got "chafed". That makes me very UN-chuffed

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:35 pm

Charred and chafed and un-chuffed, I would say.

schwammy · Post by **schwammy** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:56 pm

Enuff!

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:12 pm

Did you get som Pecard's ready for it to get buffed (with)?

Thank you, and good night folks. Great crowd. Thank you.

Regards,
Swindiana

Indiana Texas-girl · Post by **Indiana Texas-girl** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:46 am

You know...we're probably the only Alden owners that get chuffed when our boots get scuffed.

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:25 am

Hee Hee....

And just to complicate matters further, the opposite of chuffed is…

dischuffed Adj. Displeased. Cf. 'chuffed'.

This information could save your life one day.

Chipster · Post by **Chipster** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:53 pm

I had to reply to this as I role around the floor,
I didnt think I would find it so funny to hear people discuss the word
'chuffed' and think that was funny. how wrong can one be.
As ob1 said it is a well used phrase over hear.

So I am chuffed to bits that it has put a smile on my face.

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:00 pm

Chipster - just wait 'till we start on the Cockney rhyming slang, that'll REALLY get 'em. me old Mucker!

Whoops, best go - I can hear the old dog and bone in me shell-like...

Chipster · Post by **Chipster** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:13 pm

I would love to carry on but I can feel someone from above
saying - "this has gone off topic"

so I will put me plates of meat in me aldens, button up me dicky dirt,
check me whistle for creases and tilt my ### for tat as i wonder down
the frog n toad.

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:25 pm

Okay, I got all of it except for the "check me whistle for creases". I think it has to do with pants, but I can't figure out which word it rhymes with.

ob1al · Post by **ob1al** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:30 pm

Whistle & Flute = suit.

Hee Hee.....

Ok, back on topic....