Buying Ship John jacket (and other Ship John clothing)

GW KY said:

Did you see the recent one on Ebay went for almost $4k!

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Boyo said:

I had the black goatskin wills jacket.. it was nice, but it wasn't that nice..
The waxed canvas jacket is a much better jacket.
I don't think the pattern works that great as a leather jacket, but I admit I didn't give it too much of chance to break in.

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GW KY said:

I love my denim wills, fave denim jacket.
May order the dehen wool collab this week.

Maybe 6weeks ago, a brand new leather langlitz collab hit $3800 I believe, craziness.

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GW KY said:

I love my denim wills, fave denim jacket.
May order the dehen wool collab this week.

Maybe 6weeks ago, a brand new leather langlitz collab hit $3800 I believe, craziness.

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phillyforager said:

That's odd.. I don't see it under sold items, and there are two that sold for way less than that. Are you sure about this?

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GW KY said:

Yea, I bid it up to 2k, went to bed. Got crazy while I slept and sold.
They gotta do another run

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jglf said:

I have a brown goatskin wills jacket in large and it fits pretty big. I would recommend sizing down for a slimmer fit. These coats are cut kind of boxy to begin with.

If that natural wills on eBay was a medium, I would probably have bought it.

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phillyforager said:

That makes me feel better haha. I have a wills canvas on order, I'm excited to see what it's like.

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jimmer_5 said:

I also have a canvas Wills Jacket on order - I finally got on the list 6 weeks ago, and I'm excited to finally have one. It's really impressive in both quality and thickness.

As for the goatskin Wills: it's made by Langlitz, and I'm pretty sure Ship John specified the leather for it - I know they ordered specified non-standard vegetable tanned leather for the natural colored leather Wills jackets. Even the standard leather from Langlitz is pretty different from what you might expect if you're used to Aero jackets with Chromexcel. Their leather is more stiff and less waxy - I haven't broken one in, but I've handled them and tried them on. They have a fantastic reputation and I have no doubt that their quality and customer service are top notch - I've heard nothing but good things about their crew. I'm only suggesting that what they build is a bit different than what I see people buying around here, and opinions do vary. I hope to try something from them one of these days, but their price is a little beyond my comfort range right now.

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phillyforager said:

Are you saying you would have bought the $3800 one? Or the $1500 one?

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