Ship John
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@Mizmazzle heh I had a head of dreads a long time ago
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@Mizmazzle hah, it's actually just a very unkempt bun. I gotta get the sides/back buzzed back down.
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Just pulled my old Cone Mills Wills Jacket out of storage and washed it. I think I'm going to sell it because I replaced it with a larger size. Thought y'all might appreciate the fades.
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@Jett129 XL Long
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Welp, just made my final payment — should be getting my Willis in the next week or so, I guess. Stoked.
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@popvulture said in Ship John:
Welp, just made my final payment — should be getting my Willis in the next week or so, I guess. Stoked.
Awesome! Did you get it earlier than expected?
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@Oaktavia yep it'll be earlier. I think my original date to expect it was June or July. I got a notice a lot earlier than expected in like January or Feb, I believe... doing a final size confirmation. They said it'd be like 4 weeks at that point, but then it took a while and I decided to check back and see what was up. They were delayed due to some kind of zipper shortage.
So, TLDR — not as early as initially expected, but still earlier than my original group.
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Man. This is hilarious and weird but I've been thinking all this time that the jacket is WILLIS, as in "what you talkin' bout, Willis?" It's like my brain kept seeing Wills and added the i in there.
I feel sort of stupid but more disappointed, to be honest. I'm gonna keep calling it a Willis.
Anyway, mine arrives tomorrow!
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@popvulture hahahahahahahaha awesome WILLIS!!!
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@popvulture said in Ship John:
Man. This is hilarious and weird but I've been thinking all this time that the jacket is WILLIS, as in "what you talkin' bout, Willis?"
This is the best.
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I mean, “Waitin’ on a Willis” sounds undeniably better
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Received the jacket, and gotta say it's pretty wild how heavy duty it is. When I picked up the box on my porch I was like goddamn, this thing is a chonk.
Initial impressions: size L is good, almost a little big but I'm only wearing a tee at the moment. Nice to know I've got plenty of room for wearing a sweatshirt or sweater underneath. Getting a long seems like the right move — the sleeves are a bit long for my taste, but per responses to my previous query in this thread, that should shrink up as some creases start to form at the elbows. It feels like it's got so much wax in it, it's almost damp. I know that'll diminish, too.
Will post some pics at some point. Nice to have it arrive right when TX is getting hot, hehe.
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@popvulture said in Ship John:
Received the jacket, and gotta say it's pretty wild how heavy duty it is. When I picked up the box on my porch I was like goddamn, this thing is a chonk.
Initial impressions: size L is good, almost a little big but I'm only wearing a tee at the moment. Nice to know I've got plenty of room for wearing a sweatshirt or sweater underneath. Getting a long seems like the right move — the sleeves are a bit long for my taste, but per responses to my previous query in this thread, that should shrink up as some creases start to form at the elbows. It feels like it's got so much wax in it, it's almost damp. I know that'll diminish, too.
Will post some pics at some point. Nice to have it arrive right when TX is getting hot, hehe.
How did you chose to size yours again? TTS or down?
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L is the size I wear in 90% of tops, whether shirts or jackets. In IH I generally tend to go up a size to XL, but there have been lots of exceptions to that. IH jacket wise I've got a IHJ-35 and IH-526LOD in XL, and N1 deck vest in L. Usually I aim for between 22-23 in the chest and 18-19 in the shoulders.
When I initially saw the measurements of the Wills, I thought I might opt for a medium. I decided to email them though, and since Mike is generally the person you see in the pics, I asked what his height and size was — they said he's 5'10" and typically gets a medium in everything SJ. So with that new info, I figured a L was definitely the way to go, as I'm 6'2", similar build to Mike but maybe a tad beefier.