Bingo!!!

[Moosehead]

Allrighty then...

approx. 14 hours work and just about done. Only the straps and lining to go. Geez, this PV is nice stuff to work with! I've worked with just about every type of material, from tooling leather to Nomex to birchbark, and this stuff is excellent. Very happy with it.

Only problem I encountered was with the first few pleats. Started using a "normal" blind stitch, but noticed after the first couple of pleats that it was pulling the material enough to misalign my horizontals by about 1/8". Not alot, but enough to bug me. So I changed to doing a blind the way I would normally do one and the results are excellent, everything beautifully lined up. The only other change I would make, would be to add another layer of material to the waistband to stiffen it somewhat. Even though it covers 6 or so layers at the turn, I think a little stiffer material underneath would be good for me. I did not trim the pleats at the waist, simply because with this weight of material I did not feel it necessary and it is not at all bulky. Very nice, indeed.

The fit is excellent, with a 3" rise. Figured if I was going military-style, might as well go all the way.

Measurements: I'm 6'2" tall, 35 at the navel, 33 at the belt line, 40 at the butt. I used just under the full 7 metres purchased, so probably 7 yards. If memory serves, 3.5" back pleats(is that the correct term?), 0.5" reveal. 24" drop with 7.5" to hip line as I'm shortwaisted.

Now, I did the whole thing "blind": no markings, just the old Mark 1 Eyeball. I'm pretty intuitive with this kind of thing. For someone else, obviously, I would have to do some marking no doubt, unless they were standing at my side the entire time.

Not sure how much it weighs, but must be in the 3 lb range. Has an excellent swing according to the Mrs. Now, all I need is to find a digital so that I can post some pics once I finish up today.

Well, BUGGER IT!!! :-x Having been so pleased with my new Farquharson, I've just found that it is NOT a Farquharson sett! Colours are the same, but not the sett. They had it listed as Farquharson. And I haven't a clue as to what it is?!

Here's a little graphic of the set I just did up:sett The blue is actually darker and very hard to pick out, but this is basically it. Any ideas who it belongs to??