This is exactly what I had in mind when I started this thread! I NEED one!
Much appreciated! I have a feeling I would have to modify quite a few measurements, as nothing ever quite fits me right!Well, if you decide to buy, here are a couple tips:
- Most of the standard measurements Shawn provides are great, but I'd modify the shoulders to be reasonable for a vintage jacket: about 18" at a size 42, and expanding/decreasing half an inch each size above/below that. That's what I did, and it came out great.
- Unless you want to buy mouton on eBay and send it to Shawn (very doable), you'll have to decide which of his mouton offerings you like best.
- The jackets do have the chemical/new car smell some people have complained of. Natalie and I are currently letting them air out in the kitchen with the windows open (it's 60 F/ 16 C, so not a problem). I'm pretty confident the smell will go away though.
That is russet colored, right? How do you like the steerhide? And you said you had mouton samples from Shawn? Would you mind sharing a pic with the samples transposed on the mouton you went with for comparison?
Hi Natalie and Mulceber sorry I do not know you name .Few things I have to say on your jackets I would not of bought them with the pictures Shawn provided the color looked horrible .Now having seen yours with the pictures taken by your camera they look wonderful as does the leather and the color .I agree on the label the letters are lost on the size ,I would go for a retro look with a beige label and gold lettering with black writing underneath . The leather is the best I have seen come out of five star and it looks promising with regards to getting max character . This jacket is not usually associated with ladies but it looks great on Natalie . The Mouton you used is perfect is weight and color also the size is right on the money . Its a lot of work to put all this together you did very well because the jacket looks top tier . If you read this Shawn with the learning curve of the jackets you have now mastered have any of those features been incorporated into other designs as good ideas or better ways to make jackets . Shawn you have to do some adjustment with your camera ,the setting for incandescent is surely set wrong ? . But good job to you Shawn and I should give credit also to the men in the fore front who make these jackets for us . We also thank them would you pass that on Shawn and let them know that they are moving into the major leagues as real master craftsmen .
BIP Jeff
Hi Dear Mr. @Bombing IPShawn is the man modeling the jacket is that you Shawn nice to put a name to a face . Good work on the jacket ,also love how the Dubow came out its a mirror image of an original . Got to say well done your sincere commitment to the jackets you are making is most appreciated by all even the dissenters have gone quiet .This Five Star project series is the most interesting series of posts on the forum for me and I enjoy every post .I would like to know in the not to distant future would you be up to make me a Cycliste jacket ,I have been running a posting on the VLJ myself and have all the pieces .I just need to work on the dimensions and design details then I will send you a package and we can discuss leather options ..
Yes That is 6 ply Cognac Thread.Wow, Shawn, that's out of the park! Is that the 6-ply cognac thread?
Dear @mulceber and @Nnatalie Looks NiceWell, the DHL man dropped off a couple of jackets for us today:
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Here's a comparison shot next to Bill Kelso's Liberty Seal HH, to give a sense of the color:
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Almost all of the work in bringing this project together went into the collar. Shawn's wind breaker as it was looked all right, but we really wanted a bigger, flashier collar. Ultimately we ended up taking measurements from a B-15A, and using that as our starting point. There was another hurdle though: when Shawn sent me Mouton samples, none of us could agree on a color. So instead, we went on eBay, and almost immediately found a mouton fur coat from the '60s in the perfect shade. We were able to buy it for $40 shipped, and sent pieces of it to Shawn to make into collars.
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Here are the results:
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