TB maple syrup! Not sure how I feel about the leather. If it’s NFG I’ll send it back for a custom. I do love this pattern though. It’s like a straight zip model E. I forgot just how good Vanson is.
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How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?
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Cornelius
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Curious to hear your report on the Maple. Have yet to see any pics of it in the wild / after some miles. Also, of course, my normal boring inquiry regarding water resistance.
Also curious about the Maple. Despite my earlier comment that Vanson IS Comp Weight, this looks mighty nice. Hope it is too.
Robbie79
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I'm definitely done after receipt of my absolute grail jacket (FW Mulholland) which has been sold by fellow member @Knakorn Piulueangsawat to me today - hopefully shipping from Bangkok to Germany is swift and smooth:
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Hell yeah. I'd love to see how this turns out for you. Was just in touch with TB about these...
I’ll post my thoughts! Initially I wasn’t too fond of this leather. Recent batches look a bit darker, and I prefer that!
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Please do! I'm curious, did you go with the smaller size(40 as opposed to 42 I think?) on the TB maple leather? Carrie mentioned that it's medium weight, so the jacket could fit snugger but still be comfortable.
I confirmed the numbers on the 40”
23” chest
19” shoulder
It’s an inch longer in the body of my comp weight but otherwise measures exactly the same!
I'm definitely done after receipt of my absolute grail jacket (FW Mulholland) which has been sold by fellow member @Knakorn Piulueangsawat to me today - hopefully shipping from Bangkok to Germany is swift and smooth:
Congrats Robbie! Hope it arrives safely and fits the way you want it.
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When was the last time you ordered something from a printed mail catalogue?
And the catalogue came with actual stamps. Actual stamps. Well done Langlitz.
And the catalogue came with actual stamps. Actual stamps. Well done Langlitz.
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This fringed Kehoe on its way to me…been looking ever since @handymike picked up the one that showed up in classifieds and (horror!) chopped off the fringe.
No tagged size but sellers measurements have it at 40ish. Took the chance.
No tagged size but sellers measurements have it at 40ish. Took the chance.
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I'd rather look at this piece of paper than at their appalling website lol.
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Hope so heh
While I’m really excited about this particular jacket, I also see it as testing the waters for a potential Tex from Electric Leather Studio.
I have been also looking for this Kehoe. The reason is that it seems that only the fringed version does not have the high kidney panel most Kehoes have, and which is not my cup of tea. If this Kehoe is too small for you, @Mrfrown, please let me know.
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finally got your jacket, congrats brotherI'm definitely done after receipt of my absolute grail jacket (FW Mulholland) which has been sold by fellow member @Knakorn Piulueangsawat to me today - hopefully shipping from Bangkok to Germany is swift and smooth:
that's so neat, love how every thing is listed and transparent for all to see!
And you should!
The only leather experts are the people working at the tannery. Leather jacket makers are tailors & designers and they certainly ain't tanning experts. They'd be waaay better off just saying "This is our brown leather and this is our black leather. They're all pretty cool!" 'cause frankly, at this point, that's all I wanna know.
Believe me, the only thing that makes sense is to forget 90% of "terminology" you hear getting thrown around out and just focus on color, texture and thickness (though even that part is filled with bs).
What @Jin431 says, it's just marketing techno-babble. Process of tanning is very complicated & by the time any information on how a batch of leather that some specific maker sourced has been tanned, gets transformed into a blurb on some retail platform, it went through so many levels of misunderstanding that it's best to simply ignore it.
I mean, retail websites can't even tell the difference between leather that's been split into layers & leather that a machinist flips upside-down before starting working on a jacket. Most of the internet believes Shinki is a type of leather!
What's happening is that you're hearing all of these terms from people who've never set foot into a tannery. For instance, read the descriptions on Himel's "about our leathers" page - You'll notice that all "descriptions" consist of the exact same terms that have been slightly rearranged. They can't even get the suede bit right!
But that is okay!
Because leather jacket makers themselves aren't even sure what they're buying and will for the most part just source leather that's got all the characteristics their product is known for; ie. what they're used to working with and ultimately, what the consumer expects from them.
It often happens to the tannery that they run out of a certain type of leather, which then forces makers to look for the closest match. I mean, that won't happen to Fine Creek or Real McCoy but it happens. It happened to Schott and Vanson. But what I'm getting at, not even the machinists will notice something's changed, let alone people who talk about tanning on social platforms.
People who have been in the industry for decades will happily tell you they don't care how the leather has been tanned as long as it checks all the boxes they require and I do believe that's actually a very healthy approach to all of this.
