Vintage Finnish Leather Jackets

[JanSolo]

Superb pictures, very handsome yet natural models and great jackets! Thank you very much! If possible please post some more pictures!! I really dig those!

[Flat Foot Floey]

I think it's as simple as I've just never knowingly seen a jacket of this pattern in leather pre-80s before. Not really a surprise that the Eighties version was based on something earlier - "Nothing new under the sun", and all that.

Yes, I see. But which details? The pockets, the collar? the lenght? Now that I am browsing through my pictures on the harddrive I can't find jackets with all the features at once (of course) But my knowledge in leather jackets is limeted anyway. That's why I have to ask.

Superb pictures, very handsome yet natural models

Oh thats just finland. Maybe not all of them but many.
The ladies know to walk very fast through the icy streets ...in heels. Very graceful. And I was struggling to hold my balance in normal shoes.

[Mangrove]

10. Men's hunting jacket.



11. Men's sport jacket.



12. Women's jacket no. 129.



13. Women's sport jacket.

[Aerojoe]

Nš 5 and nš6, nice "u-boat" jackets

[Mangrove]

Some winter coats from the same manufacturer for comparison.

[Graemsay]

10. Men's hunting jacket.

Is it just more, or is this a bit Tom of Finland?

[kyboots]

Is it just more, or is this a bit [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_of_Finland"]Tom of Finland[/

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LOL I think there really is a little Finland here!!! Wonder what he was pointing that gun at? It is a very good looking jacket. I think the best one.--John

[Edward]

Yes, I see. But which details? The pockets, the collar? the lenght? Now that I am browsing through my pictures on the harddrive I can't find jackets with all the features at once (of course) But my knowledge in leather jackets is limeted anyway. That's why I have to ask.

This is the kind of thing I mean:



The classic modern jean jacket design, but in leather instead of denim. Course, now I think about it, I should also have realised they were around in the Sixties too... Elvis wore one on the 68 Special....

Is it just more, or is this a bit Tom of Finland?

Ello, Joe, been anywhere lately?



It's the shiny leather britches.... Too much overall leather for me, but I'd wear those britches with a military dress jacket... Takes me right back to my pre-vintage clubbing days.... ha...

[Worf]

I'll take 3, 4 and 10 and I'll be straight. Good stuff! Thanks for posting!

Worf

[Mangrove]

I mentioned earlier that Friitala used only sheepskin on their jackets. However I found a bit of information that the Finnish Defence Forces used also horsehide jackets during the early 1930s. It is likely that these were made specially for the Army by Friitala.