Are the pockets high?2mm Sheene Suburban has been calling my name since yesterday. I hope I can resist her siren calls...
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Are the pockets high?2mm Sheene Suburban has been calling my name since yesterday. I hope I can resist her siren calls...
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Hey, that's "my" design, submitted for the first 5* I purchased. It's a good jacket but the steerhide was too squeaky. I actually donated the jacket to the Goodwill as it was too squeaky for me to wear.2mm Sheene Suburban has been calling my name since yesterday. I hope I can resist her siren calls...
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I think Shawn has upgraded the steer since then. I have it in black and seal and they are silent and lustrous.Hey, that's "my" design, submitted for the first 5* I purchased. It's a good jacket but the steerhide was too squeaky. I actually donated the jacket to the Goodwill as it was too squeaky for me to wear.
I hope yours turns out better. I might eventually get that one again in goat or hh.
You can ask to lower them.The pocket placement is one of the reasons I've been holding back too.
Ton, what is the back length of this one? Is it the 25.6" as listed on the Half Belt chart for a 44 or did you shorten it? Also the is the shoulder 19"?Collar starting to settle and a ball chain pocket zip replacement. I love this jacket! Can’t imagine where you’d get an HH jacket built to spec at this quality level and price point anywhere else on the planet.
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25.5” and 19” on the button for the stock size 44”. Both the black cowhide (soon for sale) and the brown HH measured exactly the same in every dimension, minus sleeve diameter, which I altered between them,Ton, what is the back length of this one? Is it the 25.6" as listed on the Half Belt chart for a 44 or did you shorten it? Also the is the shoulder 19"?
The chest pockets does look high. The Sheene and the Suburban appears to have lower armholes, so the pockets looks lower? I don't know. The Tailgunner (SB) also has high armhole like the 5Star, and the pockets are placed about the same height as Shawn's pattern. The pocket placement is one of the reasons I've been holding back too.
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@Hobbes1 I had a feeling it must be a FDL creation! This is one of the most versatile and under rated pattern imo. Classic. Goat would be nice. But I've go my laser beams locked on that 2mm stuff...
Thanks for the tip. These were exactly what I thought too. Going to check out the pics in the WJAYWT thread.Yeah, in pictures here the pockets do seem a bit high. In practice, for me, I don't recall being bothered by the placement. If I still had the jacket I'd refer back....you could probably find fit pics that I posted way back in this thread and in the WJAYWT thread. I think it was about a year ago that I got it?? Something like that.
Other than a different leather, I would change the buckle to the ones with actual grommet/holes instead of a slider buckle. This one back then was cheaper. I'd also get the ring chain pulls on the pockets instead of the hanging "bar". Lastly, I'd get a heavier zipper...IIRC, I got a Talon repro #5 and I always thought it should be heavier. Just my $0.02, FWIW.
Cheers!
Ton what chest are you ? I'm wondering if your black one may find a home25.5” and 19” on the button for the stock size 44”. Both the black cowhide (soon for sale) and the brown HH measured exactly the same in every dimension, minus sleeve diameter, which I altered between them,
It’s a 44”. 22.5” p2p. Fits more like a 42”Ton what chest are you ? I'm wondering if your black one may find a home
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Just modding his basic cossack design with a larger mouton shawl collar with a throat latch, pointed western yoke in the back, and snap buttons. Nothing too crazy. Probably looking at 2 weeks or less going by your experiences@hughesovka It depends, fastest I've had was less than 2 weeks. Longest more than 6 months. It depends on his work load and how much change you want to the pattern. If it's existing pattern, existing size with a few nip and tuck, and maybe a few pocket changes, I would categorize these under the speedy lead times. If there are more then it could be a while. What are you looking at?
Good idea to change the collar. I thought I liked the shawl collar, but found that it does notI'm thinking of ordering the 5* cossack design but replace the shawl collar with split shirt like collar. I don't like the shawl style. Of course after I receive the trucker I've already ordered, which is my first encounter with 5* and will be the guiding experiment with their craftsmanship and interpretation of requirements.
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@MrProper what kind of hide is your cossack? And is it possible to get buffalo in black?Good idea to change the collar. I thought I liked the shawl collar, but found that it does not
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