Really, when it comes to long distance orders, I'd go belt and braces to make it 100 % clear: v clear, detailed instructions with illustrative photos of what you're referring to!
maybe collar is included in his measurement?
I think that's an excellent idea. BK, to their credit, did not a bad job with their 'how to measure' pics, but I think a video illustrating how to do it would be ideal. I wonder if it's concern about liability for people who still screw it up, which there would invariably be, that stops them doing this?
It boggles my mind that anyone could have that many things to say to the maker. I've ordered 3 jackets from Johnson Leathers entirely via email, no phone conversations, and I don't think I sent more than 6 emails for each jacket.
I'd fear that by the 600th email that whatever you had stipulated in the first/400th email was completely different. Or forgotten. Or just plain ignored. It's like when somebody gives you complicated directions to somewhere: you take in the first few, or perhaps the last couple of turns, but for the rest the person may as well be like the teacher in old Charlie Brown cartoons!
I've got a sizing question guys. On a jacket like this there's quite a bit of drop from shoulders down through the natural waist/abs before flaring out at the hem. My question is how much allowance over your natural waist size do you like your jacket cut at?
Yeah, three emails, and 17 trips there in person...come on man!I just checked back and, remarkably, just three emails on my first one. I guess the initial visit to the factory took away a lot of the guess work and then it was me kvetching a little over the throat clasp (thankfully I got rid of that idea!).
So, you bought a full 5 litres at a service station then ?The petrol it cost me. I must have added an extra £80 to the final price...