pawineguy
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I'm on Carlos on this.
And I don't think it has anything to do with the unprecedented levels of expectations, really, and the fact that there's so much justification and convincing going on in this thread is a very clear indication something's not right.
You don't have to be a perfectionist, know anything about vintage leather jackets, or have OCD, the deal is simple - if you buy three leather jackets that all have even pockets and zippers, and the fourth one is having an issues Carlos described with his J100, I'd say you're entitled to question it. Whether you should be bothered by it or not simply doesn't really matter because, having a comparison to draw from, these are imperfections and something that the jacket could do without - if for no other reason than just because there are people who notice and are bothered by this sort of thing. And that's perfectly normal.
I've said it before, but imagine having two of these Buco J100's hanging in a store, and you inspect them and discovered that one had crooked zipper and a smaller pocket flap while the other one is perfect; which one would you spend a grand on? Maybe you'll take one with the issues to the counter and ask for a discount? Or you'd just pick up whatever jacket without noticing the difference, it doesn't really matter but the point is, if both jackets had no issues whatsoever, we wouldn't be having this conversation nor would we have this many people convincing someone that they should ignore what they perceives as faults because pros outweigh the cons - something I personally agree with when it comes to this jacket but that is beside the point.
I'm talking in general now, this has nothing to do with DD or this J-100, which I think is wonderful.
EDIT: And another thing, I believe one of the main reasons we go to these manufacturers, paying the kind of money they're asking, is because we don't want to compromise. And yet, seems to me there's awful lot of talk about compromising in this thread...
Agree, and a few points. (Not picking on DD, because I love his work when he gets it right, but...)
1. Since this was jacket number 2 and number 1 was far off the mark, (and there was a "weird" conversation somewhere in there) Dave should have made sure #2 was absolutely perfect, especially with this being an overseas customer.
2. This is the third member of TFL that's had issues with a J-100 jacket from DD that I can remember off the top of my head, all overseas customers.
3. When you are just starting out, and given that Shinki probably costs him dearly, I can imagine that he can't just scrap a jacket and then start over. (but that's his problem, not the customer's)
4. The zipper tape color dye job is just weird.
At the end of the day it's up to each individual, and the jacket, despite its flaws is undoubtably gorgeous and fits very well. I respect Carlos' decision to hold onto it and certainly no one is going to notice it when he's wearing it. For me, it would grate on me every time I wore the jacket and I would just end up selling it because it would annoy me.