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Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition
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I agree. Seems suspicious.
Marc mndt
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Maby that's exactly what they do at Scott with their 'vintaged' jackets, hang them in their closet for 30 years
Not even likely that Aero actually said that. I'm pretty sure it's generally accepted knowledge that leather regains some of its inherent stiffness when not in use. Something to do with the collagen. For example, boots that have not been fully broken in (just worn for a couple days) will be nearly as stiff as new if the break-in is interrupted, so you'd have to start all over again. A fully broken in jacket/boot is another story.
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Claybertrand
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"Fallllllll innnnntooooo thaaaaa GAP....." (old Gap commercial catch phrase)
Gap Trucker -- looks to be pull up leather......
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Mens-G...ee04:g:oPoAAOSwy-lex9AP&LH_ItemCondition=4|10
Gap Trucker -- looks to be pull up leather......
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Mens-G...ee04:g:oPoAAOSwy-lex9AP&LH_ItemCondition=4|10
Marc mndt
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I have four of these (plus one in brown suede). I dyed three of them different colors (black, cordovan, green) and left one brown. GAP leather, at least that of older pieces (and all of these truckers I've seen were made in 1999 and 2000), punches well above its price point."Fallllllll innnnntooooo thaaaaa GAP....." (old Gap commercial catch phrase)
Gap Trucker -- looks to be pull up leather......
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Mens-GAP-LEATHER-Trucker-Western-Sherpa-Biker-Flight-Jacket-Coat-Jeans-Med/202998672900?hash=item2f43a9ee04:g
By the way, while it looks like pull up leather, it isn't. Each of mine showed slightly different color variations and mottling—and this one is more varied than any of mine were. Also by the way, the measurements listed seem to be for a size small. My mediums are more like 22" pit to pit, and larger in the other dimensions as well.
For a while (and I mean just last year) these were popping up fairly often for 50 USD or usually less (thus my little collection) but now I rarely see one for less than twice that, and often see them for four or five times that (which, at that point, not a good deal, no surprise). I have only two gripes about these turn-of-the-millennia jackets, which is that I wish they were shorter in the body and that the collars were just a bit larger and shapelier.
Occasionally you'll see one in a much lighter brown, but those are usually priced much higher. Ditto the black version with white contrast stitching, but I had one of those for about five minutes and, though it's shorter in body length, which is nice, the armholes are huge and the upper sleeves are almost cartoonishly wide.
Back to the brown ones. Stitching's about like you'd expect, and the jacket's not for hard wear, certainly. But I think the patina and arm wrinkles you're seeing in this photo aren't artificial distress (well, for the most part); I bet they've come more or less honestly. These jackets can be a great deal. And despite my reservations about the collar and length, I've had an eye half-open for another in my size because obviously I really should have one in navy, too, right?
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Robbie79
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Freewheelers Sunset Deerskin jacket - looks almost new except the stains on the cuff and very pale compared to mine which got a lot of sun tanning already. I usually wear size 40 bit this one turns out a bit larger and therefore size 38 fits me perfectly.
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r406337193
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r406337193
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Downunder G Man
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Well spotted sir ! "God loves a trier" as they used to say !
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