arguscanis
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I was at the factory a few time since Christmas. I found several examples of the same size jackets that fit just a bit differently from each other. Left with the impression that the QC is typical for the times.
Haha, to each their own, because this is how I dream of my sleeves fitting.Here’s some fit pics of my second attempt at the Gambler. You can see the sleeves are comically narrow. Like a shirt. I hate huge baggy sleeves but this is absurd.
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Here’s some fit pics of my second attempt at the Gambler. You can see the sleeves are comically narrow. Like a shirt. I hate huge baggy sleeves but this is absurd.
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Too much? Never enough and I’m still small. But in all honesty, the stock Vanson patterns are just better proportioned than the Thurston version IMO. Thurston really and quite drastically narrowed the sleeves and shoulders on what otherwise is a great pattern!You lifted too much weights. Athletic guys often find it harder to fit themselves properly into clothing designed for the average physique. It's a downside of being extraordinary. I bet if you gave them measuremnts for your chest, shoulders, biceps, forearms, and waist, they could fit you a lot better. Of course that would be a custom build and cost more, but I'm sure it would be worth it to nail the fit exactly how it needs to be for your form.
There’s definitely a happy place between stove pipe and vermicelli! This was too much the latter.Haha, to each their own, because this is how I dream of my sleeves fitting.
Maybe you’d like the one I bought. The arms are definitely stove pipe, maybe heavy crude pipe. I keep measuring the jacket hoping it shrinks, but it doesn’t.There’s definitely a happy place between stove pipe and vermicelli! This was too much the latter.
I had one in a 40” and it fit like a 42. The Raid and Arrow are different cuts. Thurston’s 44” Arrow (Gambler) fits like a tight 42”.Maybe you’d like the one I bought. The arms are definitely stove pipe, maybe heavy crude pipe. I keep measuring the jacket hoping it shrinks, but it doesn’t.
It’s too bad because it’s a beaut and what I believe to be old school comp weight.
This is a Raid alright, and cut big. P2P at 24.25, and sleeves too wide. I called Vanson and they said it can be altered. I’m nervous about that but I suppose they’d do a good job. The jacket is like new, never been worn.I had one in a 40” and it fit like a 42. The Raid and Arrow are different cuts. Thurston’s 44” Arrow (Gambler) fits like a tight 42”.
But yeah there’s a fine line with sleeves. Too bulbous and not bulbous enough are both bad!
This is a Raid alright, and cut big. P2P at 24.25, and sleeves too wide. I called Vanson and they said it can be altered. I’m nervous about that but I suppose they’d do a good job. The jacket is like new, never been worn.
Thanks for that. Exactly what my wife said.I know all of us have preferences, but I for one thing your Raider you purchased looks great, and I would wear it as-is without a second thought. I'd keep it...