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A great deal on this made in Japan East West style jacket—sorely tempted at the price but suspect I wouldn’t wear it much! https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/6212955445-blutenblatt-white-contrast-stitching-leather-jacket

An inexpensive Cal on an auction listing with 24h to go: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267223336263?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=e5qayAfTR46&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=9G0TgC0oTh6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Looking at my photo album, these belt loops are in the usual Cal direction! However, I will say that there is usually 1-3cm of lining before the inner mouton cuffs, maybe to allow for the sleeves to be shortened. Since there is no space here, I wonder if it’s an alteration. Any sign of sleeve...

Cals usually have two rows of stitching where the cuff is folded inwards, whereas Al’s tend to have only one. The YKK also suggests Al’s, however I’m not quite sure about the other details, including the sleeve zippers and pocket placement. An early Al’s perhaps (I think they settled into a more...

Lots of advice here on replacing sliders so apologies of this particular issue has been dealt with but I’m really struggling to install a new slider on sleeve zips. There are two issues, one being that the frayed nature of the tape where the top stops were removed makes it hard enough to even...

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Bump, £40

This used but very rigid Skull Jeans horsehide cafe racer:

Thought I’d try a varsity jacket to wean myself off black cross-zips but it didn’t work. This is a modern long cut varsity jacket from Swedish sustainable workwear brand Uniforms for the Dedicated. Minor signs of wear and a missing pocket button. £30 plus shipping from UK Manufacturer...

Soaked once gently in lukewarm water to preshrink, and worn about 5 times. It’s a beautiful jacket, in thick, hairy denim, but I wear my more faithful type 2 homages more and I’m not going to give it the wear and fades it deserves. Let’s try £50 plus shipping from UK. Measurements (cm/in)...

Any of you Japanese Denim/Leather fans ever encountered jackets by Skull Jeans: The Alchemist? Just took delivery of a curious horsehide jacket, which my partner uncharacteristically immediately made me promise not to sell. It’s a cafe racer in a design unlike any I’ve seen before, in very...

Bump, £45

£175 as I’ve seen a jacket I want to buy!

Bump with drop to £180

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