Himel Brothers TV The Imperial

[Peter Bowden]

https://himelbros.com/blogs/news/hbtv-deep-dive-the-imperial

 

[Carlos840]

So you are telling me i can get an Imperial without waiting 5 years!
Interesting...

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Most interesting one yet.

 

[Tom71]

Hmm, could well be, this is my jacket. Leather, Liner and Size are as specced. Ordered early this year after being so pleased with my Ni****ing Rider jacket from Himmel.

Now the wait gets even more unbearable...

 

[ProteinNerd]

So you are telling me i can get an Imperial without waiting 5 years!
Interesting...

Considering its approaching 5 1/2 years now for me, with no return correspondence in 2 years...I'm guessing it might be time to consider this as an alternative...

 

[Carlos840]

Considering its approaching 5 1/2 years now for me, with no return correspondence in 2 years...I'm guessing it might be time to consider this as an alternative...

At 6 years you get your jacket for free, might be worth waiting a bit longer...

 

[Grayland]

I'm guessing the Himel is twice the price of the Good Wear?

 

[willyto]

I'm guessing the Himel is twice the price of the Good Wear?

Probably but you get to actually wear it.

A good trade off if you ask me.

 

[lina]

@michaelagraham I think this is probably the jacket that resulted from the initial collab between Himel and Good Wear that your jacket represents. That is, I bet your jacket was the prototype. Think I like yours better, and certainly that leather is hard to beat and I think a one-off Shinki that John had.

 

[nick123]

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

 

[sweetfights]

Impossibly expensive and impossibly well done.

 

[hondurasdave47]

My all-time favorite pattern!

 

[willyto]

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

I love thee kind of videos. They end up being short.

The work behind the zipppers was great to watch.

 

[handymike]

If you like his videos, try reading his Blog:
http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
Go into the Archive!
The early posts are interesting (2007-2008)...all before he was a well known maker.
The posts were taken over in 2014 by our own @Dinerman and have great photos of old jackets.

 

[Robbie79]

I like Dave's video and the Imperial he made from beautiful Shinki. 1000 bucks more than John's Imperial minus 5-6 years waiting time...

 

[tmitchell59]

If you like his videos, try reading his Blog:
http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
Go into the Archive!
The early posts are interesting (2007-2008)...all before he was a well known maker.
The posts were taken over in 2014 by our own @Dinerman and have great photos of old jackets.

Thanks for the link of Dave's early blog. I was familiar with dinnermans, but don't remember reading his early blog.

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

In one of the videos he talks about his early days going through bales of clothes picking Vintage.

I wish he had talked about the differences between JC's Imperial and the original Hercules side adjustments. It makes for a completely different jacket.

I would really like to ask him a ton of questions. He has seen and handled a lot of vintage clothing.

Is this an old video? I had a Himel made Ventura some time back. Did not know he made Imperials.

 

[willyto]

@tmitchell59 these videos are all new

 

[nick123]

That one where he discusses going through bundles of old jackets is maybe a year ago?

Thanks for the link of Dave's early blog. I was familiar with dinnermans, but don't remember reading his early blog.



In one of the videos he talks about his early days going through bales of clothes picking Vintage.

I wish he had talked about the differences between JC's Imperial and the original Hercules side adjustments. It makes for a completely different jacket.

I would really like to ask him a ton of questions. He has seen and handled a lot of vintage clothing.

Is this an old video? I had a Himel made Ventura some time back. Did not know he made Imperials.

 

[tmitchell59]

That one where he discusses going through bundles of old jackets is maybe a year ago?

I don't remember. I think I got linked to it through a thread here.

 

[Peter Bowden]

I don't remember. I think I got linked to it through a thread here.

He talks about vintage clothing in this podcast but I don't know of any video
https://www.heddels.com/2016/03/podcast-5-dave-himel-himel-bros/