My First B-3 Jacket from Simmons Bilt. Fit Advice Welcome!

[savage.dragon]

Six pages to determine if a jacket should be returned or kept. Now that will go down as an all time record in the anals of the VLJ Forum for quite a while.

Digital pages are for free. Not like we had to chop down trees or anything.

 

[Micawber]

Digital pages are for free. Not like we had to chop down trees or anything.

Nice attitude

 

[B-Man2]

Digital pages are for free. Not like we had to chop down trees or anything.

Being a new member of this forum you should understand that my comment was an opinion.
You asked for opinions. When you ask for an opinion on this forum 99.9 % of the time you will get several of them . Some may be positive others may be negative. Some you may like, others you may not like. My comment was geared more towards the fact that you were indecisive over a relatively common place decision, and that we as a collective group continued work with you, for six pages of discussion to help you finalize your decision. It was not meant to be a dig at you personally.

 

[kowalski]

When I first scan read that I thought you'd typed "wife" not "life". Freudian slip my part I reckon

wife /life - it will not always work perfect

a good jacket should be like wine and a violin.; the older the better

 

[MikeyB-17]

Now that will go down as an all time record in the anals of the VLJ Forum for quite a while.

B-Man, I really hope you meant annals.

 

[B-Man2]

Ahhh.... haha!
Ya got me Mikey!!
Typo for sure.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Then again - I guess we can be a bit anal around here sometimes.

 

[B-Man2]

Then again - I guess we can be a bit anal around here sometimes.

Ya think?

 

[Jacquiblue1]

Hmmm, hi guys , Now here's a thing, i had been pondering on a B3 for a few years now, i already have an eastman Irvin which i have had for around twelve years, great jacket , but now his prices have given me double heart failure with Haggis neep and tatties in the ears, actually love haggis, but besides th epoint, i have read through this about the simmons bilt and a few things ran true, ie: the fitting and sizing and language interpretation, now before ya all shout at me , yes i just took the plunge with them but the making is not off the drawing board as yet , only a day or two0 for them to contact me, we spoke about the length, yes the dreaded question, i asked for 27" and they cam eback at me with some condumbed fandango about making the back like a shirt tail, five thousand question marks popped above my head at that point and exploded into jellyfish, so i have emai8led back saying No, i want that all round , but some mention of leavin the front at the standard length ? so standard length? i really question that point, was there a standard length? it must have been size related surely, like short regular and long, i could hardly see a three foot man in a one yard B3 or would it have castors?, as much as a seven foot man in a one and half foot B3? would that not be like a halter neck bra ? armoured for the use of scaring the enemy by flashing from the waist gun window?, so guys guys guys , i ask this , as production has not started ,should i cancel and go to ole Uncle Ken at Aero seeing as everyone praises him up with high regard? actually a friend of mine used to go there regularly, maybe i should have listened to him. Maybe Ken could help me on this one and advise me as what they can offer , i am six feet tall i have arms like a monkey and i am a tight 44 but a nice 46 , i like things that have plenty of room in them to wear wooly poolies when really cold driving the jeep etc, but there again i suffer with the cold anyway,so like to be warm . so there we are over to you guys and one last word , HHHEEEELLLLPPPPP !!!!! ,sincerely the amazing sinking woman.