Schott identity

• Sep 21, 2019

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Jrolfe

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I recently purchased a Schott leather jacket from eBay. It appears to be an 70s riders jacket, but was titled as a 'Perfecto'. (No liner, no label) It is brown. I've read that ALL schott brown leather jackets were equipped with brass hardware and that ALL black leather had the silver hardware. Is this true? Hopefully this is not a knockoff!!

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Pictures please.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Jrolfe

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• Sep 21, 2019

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• Sep 21, 2019

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• Sep 21, 2019

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Looks like a Schott to me. I don’t think it’s a Perfecto though. Did it come with the liner?

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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handymike said:

Looks like a Schott to me. I don’t think it’s a Perfecto though. Did it come with the liner?

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Thanks Mike. No liner. I just thought it would be weird if someone had all the brass zippers replaced for nickel ones. Maybe a custom order? Not sure if Schott would of done that. Hmmm

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Mine from the 60s has the aluminum zips. I think you’re safe.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Jrolfe

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handymike said:

Mine from the 60s has the aluminum zips. I think you’re safe.

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Cool. Thanks again! This is my first Schott.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Here are pics of mine:

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Jrolfe

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Very nice looking!

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Thanks, they are cool jackets.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Gamma68

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Both are great looking jackets.

@Jrolfe, to learn more about your jacket, you can create a post on the Schott NYC forum. Gail, who works for the company, is very responsive and informative.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Jrolfe

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Gamma68 said:

Both are great looking jackets.

@Jrolfe, to learn more about your jacket, you can create a post on the Schott NYC forum. Gail, who works for the company, is very responsive and informative.

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Thanks Gamma!

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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It is a cafe racer style jacket; nowhere near a perfecto. A nice jacket, though. Cafe racers are minimalist jackets. There is a lot going on with the perfecto style.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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handymike said:

Here are pics of mine:
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ThAt leather!!

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Seb Lucas

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Jrolfe said:

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That's a cafe racer style or pattern a few companies appear to have made almost identically in the 1970's. I have a Brooks version of this. I thought perfecto was a range of jackets by Schott not a style. I am sure I have seen the label in a cafe racer too.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Seb Lucas

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Yep, a cafe racer can be a Perfecto - it refers to a range.

 

• Sep 21, 2019

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Seb Lucas

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Here's the Brooks version of your Schott.

 

• Sep 22, 2019

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To me, Perfecto is not only a brand, but is also a style of jacket—the cross zip motorcycle jacket introduced in 1928 by Irving Schott who named the jacket, and the brand, after his favorite cigar. They were popularized by Brando in the Wild One in the early 50s and by the Ramones in the 1970s.