Any Jawa experts out there???

[burnsy]

I've started a little focus on loose Jawa's and collected a few nice cloak variants.
Does anyone know much about the different colour stitching variants?

There's the obvious green stitch variant, however I've seen white and purple??
Are these genuine??

Cheers

 

[gustie]

i can vouch for white

todd sent me one

 

[sith jawa]

I have been a "full-time" jawa collector for roughly seven years. Though I do not focus on loose figures, I have seen the following stitch variants:

brown (found MOC)
dark orange (almost rust) (found MOC)
black (found MOC)
white
purple
green
pink

Hope this helps..

 

[burnsy]

Many thanks Jason, great looking collection mate.

 

[sith jawa]

Many thanks Jason, great looking collection mate.

You're welcome, happy I could help out.

 

[gustie]

sith jawa

would you call these different colour threads on the jawa capes a "variant" or just simply a factory finish? where the sewing machinists just grabbed what ever colour was next to their machines?

 

[tiefighterboy]

sith jawa

would you call these different colour threads on the jawa capes a "variant" or just simply a factory finish? where the sewing machinists just grabbed what ever colour was next to their machines?

White must have been rare then Gustie...as I have owned dozens of Jawas and that was the first white threaded cape I found..That is why I thought it might have been homemade.

 

[gustie]

sith jawa

would you call these different colour threads on the jawa capes a "variant" or just simply a factory finish? where the sewing machinists just grabbed what ever colour was next to their machines?

White must have been rare then Gustie...as I have owned dozens of Jawas and that was the first white threaded cape I found..That is why I thought it might have been homemade.

todd, ive only seen 3 now encluding this one here - i might give it to a jawa to wear afterall even tho its ripped to ****

 

[tiefighterboy]

sith jawa

would you call these different colour threads on the jawa capes a "variant" or just simply a factory finish? where the sewing machinists just grabbed what ever colour was next to their machines?

White must have been rare then Gustie...as I have owned dozens of Jawas and that was the first white threaded cape I found..That is why I thought it might have been homemade.

todd, ive only seen 3 now encluding this one here - i might give it to a jawa to wear afterall even tho its ripped to ****

You could repair it with a little dark brown thread.

 

[gustie]

jawa's were hardly fashion gurus lol so i think a ripped one might look apt lol

 

[tiefighterboy]

jawa's were hardly fashion gurus lol so i think a ripped one might look apt lol

I guess...Kinda like Uncle Owen....He looked like he never seen a razor in his life. :wink:

 

[gustie]

yes much like your yoda

 

[sith jawa]

sith jawa

would you call these different colour threads on the jawa capes a "variant" or just simply a factory finish? where the sewing machinists just grabbed what ever colour was next to their machines?

Interesting perspective.. Personally, I would call them a variation. Since jawas were produced in different factories, I would understand the machinists using whatever thread was available at the time.

Thinking about this thread a little more, I really wonder which cardback's would have the pink or white thread. Looking over my carded jawas, I have one with dark purple thread. I am fairly sure a green stitch would be seen on either Meccano or another foreign cardback.