Hey Rundquist - you didn't happen to buy that from Brody did you?

Posted by Patterson from 63.201.103.106 on June 29, 2001 at 13:00:02:

In Reply to: Thanks. The reason I ask is......... posted by Rundquist on June 28, 2001 at 21:55:56:

: That I got one second hand (the deerskin). I was unprepared for how much I liked it. I really was not expecting to buy another jacket, at least not at the time. When I put it on, it felt like a second skin. It does have the snaking zipper (I don't care), as it is an early FS jacket. I never hear anything about the deerskin and wondered if I was the only one that liked it. You'll never hear me say anything bad against goatskin (I have had 3 G-1's in my life) but I liked this just as much. Somewhere down the line I am planning on getting another FS, but I haven't decided between the goat and the lamb. The goat that I saw was somewhere in-between the lamb and deer for weight. The deer was in-between the other two for softness. I know that goat wears like iron, but the deer seems to be real sturdy, especially for such a luxurious leather. I'm getting carried away here. The point of my post was that I wondered why I never hear about the deerskin. Does anyone else out there have one? Regards

: xxxxxxxx

: : Actually I had the deerskin first, then sent it back to have a goat skin made instead. The deerskin was VERY soft and well made, but the darn stuff kept "relaxing", and I had to have the sleeves shortened as they kept getting longer. The same with the lenth of the coat. I experienced the "snakey" zipper problem, but that didn't really bother all that much. I really liked the material otherwise, but really wanted the goatskin in the first place. At the time I ordered, he didn't have what we were after, but with the iron clad guarantee, Dave Marshall took my deerskin back and made me a chrome goatskin. I can't add anymore to the discussion than has already been said here. It's first class, well made, I opted for a brass zipper instead of the nickel plate this time and am very pleased. The temps went through the roof here since I got it, so I havent' really had the chance to give it a good "road test" yet, but hope to as soon as the weather cools down. Regards. Michaelson

: :
: : : Would you care to talk about their differences and which you like
: : : better. Also to those interested, I've decided to hold off on the
: : : different jacket pics until this weekend when I can shoot them in the
: : : day under natural light. Regards

: : : xxxx

If it is a 48 made to measure, then it is my old deerskin. Very nice jacket - you'll find you can wear that when it's in the mid-upper 70's as well as when it dip into the teens. I was really tempted to keep that one, but it had about 4 extra inches around the middle.

Cheers!

Patterson

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It's got your name stenciled on the inside. Rundquist 13:48:43 6/29/2001 (1)
- Glad to hear it found a good home! Patterson 14:05:38 6/29/2001 (0)

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: : That I got one second hand (the deerskin). I was unprepared for how much I liked it. I really was not expecting to buy another jacket, at least not at the time. When I put it on, it felt like a second skin. It does have the snaking zipper (I don't care), as it is an early FS jacket. I never hear anything about the deerskin and wondered if I was the only one that liked it. You'll never hear me say anything bad against goatskin (I have had 3 G-1's in my life) but I liked this just as much. Somewhere down the line I am planning on getting another FS, but I haven't decided between the goat and the lamb. The goat that I saw was somewhere in-between the lamb and deer for weight. The deer was in-between the other two for softness. I know that goat wears like iron, but the deer seems to be real sturdy, especially for such a luxurious leather. I'm getting carried away here. The point of my post was that I wondered why I never hear about the deerskin. Does anyone else out there have one? Regards

: : xxxxxxxx

: : : Actually I had the deerskin first, then sent it back to have a goat skin made instead. The deerskin was VERY soft and well made, but the darn stuff kept "relaxing", and I had to have the sleeves shortened as they kept getting longer. The same with the lenth of the coat. I experienced the "snakey" zipper problem, but that didn't really bother all that much. I really liked the material otherwise, but really wanted the goatskin in the first place. At the time I ordered, he didn't have what we were after, but with the iron clad guarantee, Dave Marshall took my deerskin back and made me a chrome goatskin. I can't add anymore to the discussion than has already been said here. It's first class, well made, I opted for a brass zipper instead of the nickel plate this time and am very pleased. The temps went through the roof here since I got it, so I havent' really had the chance to give it a good "road test" yet, but hope to as soon as the weather cools down. Regards. Michaelson

: : : 
: : : : Would you care to talk about their differences and which you like 
: : : : better. Also to those interested, I've decided to hold off on the 
: : : : different jacket pics until this weekend when I can shoot them in the 
: : : : day under natural light. Regards

: : : : xxxx

: If it is a 48 made to measure, then it is my old deerskin.  Very nice jacket - you'll find you can wear that when it's in the mid-upper 70's as well as when it dip into the teens.  I was really tempted to keep that one, but it had about 4 extra inches around the middle.

: Cheers!

: Patterson

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