Show us your vintage half-belts

[Dinerman]

Hercules

 

[Dinerman]

Some details of the jacket above

 

[davyjones007]

Trapp, That is a great looking jacket. You might try asking Aero if they will re-line it for you. I know they do work on their own jackets, not sure about other makers though.

 

[tmitchell59]

What era is this jacket? A beauty. I saw one similar on ebay recently, in a lighter finish. What size is this one?

Some details of the jacket above

 

[Sloan1874]

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This jacket is missing the maker's label but has an old label that reads 'western ranch-hide' - whatever that means.

I love the color, the leather, and the fit. I need to get it re-lined (the current coarse red lining is unbearable) - any suggestions for nice patterns appropriate for this style would be appreciated. The cooler the better. Leaning towards a cotton flannel but may end up with just a utilitarian black cotton drill.

Aero's berry cotton lining would tone nicely with this jacket, I reckon.

 

[trapp]

I live a few blocks from Johnson Leathers so they're going to do the re-lining. I just need a few ideas to bring in with me when I go look fabric options. Aero's cotton berry is a great suggestions. Thx!

 

[handymike]

Alan used brown rayon in my old Jacket! feels nice going on, and not too warm.

 

[pipvh]

Aero's berry cotton lining would tone nicely with this jacket, I reckon.

Same front panel configuration as the Aero Wayfarer.

 

[jonbuilder]

 

[jonbuilder]

 

[Dinerman]

1940s deerskin. Probably made in Denver, CO

 

[trapp]

A humble question on what defines a half-belt....

Are jackets that feature a sewn-in belt in back but then a true belt extending from the sides and clasping in front considered half-belts? Or are those considered fully-belted jackets (and thus a different species?)

 

[handymike]

My understanding is that the Half-belt has the sewn on back piece and side adjustment straps.
If there is a channel for a belt, or buttons to attach belt pieces, you've got a belted jacket with possible missing parts.

 

[Edward]

A humble question on what defines a half-belt....

Are jackets that feature a sewn-in belt in back but then a true belt extending from the sides and clasping in front considered half-belts? Or are those considered fully-belted jackets (and thus a different species?)

Interesting question... You mean something akin to that which we see on a Schott Perfecto / other, similar motorcycle styles? In point of fact, I believe those tend to be two separate pieces, not one belt - like a grat, big buckle. I've seen those referred to as 'half belts', which I suppose makes sense, though I wouldn't really consider them to be the same genre of jackets as we understand to mean "halfbelt" round here (which typically isn't a belt at all, really.... strictly speaking...). I'd agree with Handymike that a jacket with a "channel" at the back allowing a full beltg to be run through it is neither a Halfbelt, not a jacket that has half a belt on it...

 

[trapp]

I don't mean like a Schott Perfecto, where the 'belt' in back is right at the bottom of the jacket and where the style in general is more of a dedicated moto style. I feel like there is an implicit understanding that a half-belt features a rear sewn-in belt piece that is somewhere in the middle of the back (middle being very interpretive - as long as there is some panel of leather below the belt rather than the belt being right at the bottom).

I mean like the jacket I posted in this thread a few pages back (bottom of p14).

 

[trapp]

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[handymike]

I would refer to that one as a "belted" jacket

 

[tmitchell59]

 

[tmitchell59]

 

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