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FOR SALE full aniline veg tan Italian HH Block Bilt cross zip 40

Lebowski

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The jacket looks very nice all in all at the photos as I've already noticed above, though at first I haven't noticed those poor stitching / some holes from removed stitching from one side of the main zipper.
My opinion is that poor stitching noticed by @Carlos looks not good and not corresponds with the whole cool look of the jacket and it decreases the value of the whole jacket of course.
I don't think that the maker did that poor work, I'd rather agree with @Carlos point that one side of the main zipper was removed and changed carelessly by anyone. It's common result of cheap repair working, so that repair work presumably was done by anyone else but not the maker. That's the point possibly.
If there's any tiny possibility to fix that sad result of anyone's poor cheapo working with the half of the main zipper changing left there - I'd recommend Dave Sheeley to fix that. Dave is professional top-notch maker and he's well known here and on other boards for his meticulous way of working with excellent results only.
Though it might cost a bit more - Dave's work is worth his cost. Absolutely.
P.S. I think that Block Bilt jacket is worth to fix the problem and to make this work properly.
P.P.S. It's nice that @Carlos have noticed the problem with poor stitching / holes from removed stitching on the half of the main zipper on the photos in the ad, but it would be much better if the seller would have noticed that by himself and would have initially described that problem properly in his ad.
 
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marmalademan

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In light of the recent shocking developments I'm gonna have to pull this one. Again!

Perhaps one day when I'm an old granddad.myself and I realise that in fact it's three inches too short I'll relist it ;)

But if it does resurface later that'll be after I've had those stitches remedied, which can happen easily enough, although not without costing time, which is time right now (jacket season) that I don't care to lose.

And before any more of the naysayers pop up with another potshot just consider this girls. If I had have known about that crappy stitching would I really have posted a picture of it without mentioning it?

No. Obviously not is the answer. But in the few years that I've had this jacket I honestly never noticed, as although I don't resent anyone who does closely examine stitching, I myself am not one of that number. Sorry. Hands up! Fortunately however I did post good comprehensive pics, and thus we now know what we know.

Final reminder: this is a For Sale thread not a discussion thread. In this case one that's now closed. So there really is no need for a single word more beyond this point. I thank you. And good night!
 

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