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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    It is very ambiguous, but why go for such ambiguous wording in the first place?
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    Yes, it never hurts to be precise, if anything you flag with the manufacturer that they need to take you seriously. But then again you are not a real customer but an annoying one? That's the take-away I have from @himelator 's message... One of the reason I pay more for jackets, is the fact...
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    It is a shame that I was taken all day and could only catch up today. There is nothing much to add as this resumes it perfectly.
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    Claiming back custom charges is a lenthy and complicated affair unfortunately...
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    The main point is more the fact that Himel failed to stand behind his product. I would suggest you read this post: Agreed
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    I am sorry, but you can not reproach @jeo 's action. He was very retrained and thoughtful in everything, from his order, to his communication, to the way he started this thread and answered questions. Whether your way would have been better is anyone's guess You think it is ok for him to make...
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    To keep the thread balanced, it would seem that with Himel you get: - A great fit, his strongest point - Good "ingredients", as in good leather and hardware - A range of construction from badly put together to a good level. Nothing at the level of top makers - Brand recognition or what he calls...
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    Yes, I remember that was said somewhere... Yet Himel will also tell you that the stitching on a bespoke jacket can't be as good as on a stock jacket becuase each pattern is unique
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    I would hope by now that this very clear for anyone reading through this thread
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    Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

    Tempted to ask if he would be up to making something else in this vein, I certainly wouldn't mind having as a display piece either :)
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    The way I have seen some other makers act is say very quickly "send it back", not even asking if the owner is happy or not. Himel didn't.
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    Yeah, that exactly. I had been on the fence about getting one of his jackets, and the white deer skin jacket I mentionned earlier was one of the major turn off for me. If you talk the talk, you should walk the walk. Edit: typo
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    This Isn't the fact that he's happy to have work of this level out there for all to see very telling?
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    With jackets that are as understated as the frobisher, every flaw will show more. Not dissimilar to oriental calligraphy where painitng a simple sign is considered more difficult than a complicated sign. In the latter you can hide the less ideal strokes in the whole while in the former, you see...
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    My Himel Experience (v2)

    Glad to see this thread, it needed to be shown. There is a consensus, if I read this right, that this is not an acceptable product from any of the makers here. The response is disappointing to put it mildly, but maybe not so surprising. There was a white deerskin jacket that had the wonky...
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    Lost Worlds Cow hair panel grizzly

    My straightforward was written as in "straightforward to reproduce". I should have been clearer :oops: I am just wondering if we could get it made out of pictures only or would need an original no matter what. The later model you posted looks completele different!
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    Lost Worlds Cow hair panel grizzly

    I looked at the Herc, seems like a pretty straightforward cross zip or am I missing something?
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    Lost Worlds Cow hair panel grizzly

    We have quite a few months to think about it, a LT A with d pocket as in similar to this one? We have to wait for the new batch, there will be more than enough for a good number of orders lol Which one exactly? Do you have pics?
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    Lost Worlds Cow hair panel grizzly

    You have just read my next move lol When I mentioned having another grizzly in mind, it was for a navy HH with black cow-hair version. And yes it will be feasible as soon as Stuart restocks navy HH... I already asked :D My idea was for a D pocket with the Trojan being the one I am currently...
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    Lost Worlds Cow hair panel grizzly

    The cow hair panel version is a good stepping stone indeed :) Do you already have an idea of which one you would get?

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