Frock Coat: Licorice Raffia Vs. Ebony Raffia?

[Jodo]

Does anyone have any comparison pics of the Licorice and Ebony Raffia coat materials? I see Scott is using Licorice for his coats now, and was wondering exactly what it looked like next to the Ebony...

[Jinkxed Jack]

Check out Shylaah's blog. She has a very in depth article about both cloth colors.

http://jackaholic.pbworks.com/w/page/37835757/About-the-Raffia-Licorice-Fabric

[ClownPrinceofCrime89]

Personally, I have the Licorice from Yordreem and I love it. Mine is a couple years old, so it's not the new Licorice that Shylaah is talking about and it DOES have the Blue/Grey threads in it. As she says, it's all a matter of personal preference and what is available. I don't think you could go wrong either way since everything looks different in the films depending on lighting. I remember in CotBP when Jack's bandanna looked like the faded pink from AWE in one scene under light and then next frame was back to bright red.

[Jodo]

I like the blue cast the ebony has though, LOL...Dang it....

One thing I'd still like to see on Scott's coat is a correct back where the pleats are. I would of bought one sooner if it he would of fixed it. I just love how the coat lays at the end of DMC, and I'm holding out for someone to offer something that looks exactly like that.

[Mojo Turbo]

Licorice Raffia http://www.lsfabrics.com/fabric_catalog.php?pid=10429

Nezumi Ebony http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=zprd_02324697a
(on sale this week at Joanne's)

Which right now at $19 a yd would be $120 for 6 yards (and you still need lining, interfacing, a pattern, thread for the buttons holes and buttons)

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

Personally, I have the Licorice from Yordreem and I love it. Mine is a couple years old, so it's not the new Licorice that Shylaah is talking about and it DOES have the Blue/Grey threads in it. As she says, it's all a matter of personal preference and what is available. I don't think you could go wrong either way since everything looks different in the films depending on lighting. I remember in CotBP when Jack's bandanna looked like the faded pink from AWE in one scene under light and then next frame was back to bright red.

can you post some pictures plz?.. cheers

[ClownPrinceofCrime89]

That's the licorice raffica.

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

sorry to bother you, can you take some close up pictures plz...Im hunting the fabric for the new OST coat, i need to be sure before buy the fabric... looks blue in some pictures but in real life is really dark.. lets say im 80% sure is not the same fabric from 2-3...
plus is really weathered.
this are close ups of the COAT .. i took them on the set.








cheers !

[Jack of All Trades]

I guess the licorice raffia is gone?

[ClownPrinceofCrime89]

That looks like the licorice to me Cristian. Unfortunately at the moment I can't take pictures, as my coat is at home and I am not. I can say thought that the only weathering I've done to my coat was using a seam-ripper to get the "moth eaten" worn down sections, haven't even begun to attempt the bleach sunning.

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

That looks like the licorice to me Cristian. Unfortunately at the moment I can't take pictures, as my coat is at home and I am not. I can say thought that the only weathering I've done to my coat was using a seam-ripper to get the "moth eaten" worn down sections, haven't even begun to attempt the bleach sunning.

cheers matey !

[pinder91]

Didn't L&S offer a "Java" color when the ebony was almost gone? I swear I saw it on their site, and it looked (from memory) really close to the pics Cristian posted.

[Captain McCool]

Oooooooh... yeah... nuts... that stuff from Joann is REEEEAAAAALY tempting... Gah, and here I thought I was settled with my coat fabric.

[iceknyght]

My mother-in-law is finishing up my jacket (should be done in a couple days) using the Licorice raffia... I only have a couple pieces on in the one pic, just to see how everything fits together. So far, I am loving the coat and can't wait to see everything together!

[pinder91]

That licorice can look really dark when not weathered or in bright light!

Cristian, any luck with finding fabric? I figured since I don't have the ebony for a 1-3 coat, I might as well work on an OST coat.

[Jodo]

Might just be me, but I like the Licorice blue/greyish look alot. If YD upgrades his back pleat placement, I'd jump on a new coat.

[pinder91]

Since we're comparing colors here...

Ebony


Licorice

[Cap.cristianSparrow]

I was talking with Simon about the fabric and, im agree about -we think It's definitely not one of the raffias . the wave is different.

[Button It]

All versions of the raffia have a distinctive brown and beige weave of polyester fibres running one way which I don't think is noticable on the new fabric, which leads me to think it's not any of the raffias

[Sparrowed]

When I look at this coat up close, I can't see the blue/gray threads, the threads look black to me.
Clearly in the pic of the pocket, the blue/gray threads arrr visible...weird.

So, this *is* EBONY...?

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