Vintage Outerwear: Threads of the Past

jeo · Jan 5, 2024

tmitchell59 said:
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Your CSC made aviator showed up in black and in mint condition in Japan with a Wards label. My size too. Just a cool $6k!

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tmitchell59 · Jan 5, 2024

jeo said:
Your CSC made aviator showed up in black and in mint condition in Japan with a Wards label. My size too. Just a cool $6k!

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Nice!! And only 6k!! Interesting to see the ,MW label. A stylish label, one of the best

soreilly · Jan 7, 2024

Hello,

Samuel here, first time caller long time listener. I have just read through a lot of this thread and really why I am here. I wanted to share a few of the vintage jackets that are in daily rotation for my life, mostly being on and off my Panhead.

I would love some help with any type of identification who could have made this jacket. I do believe it to be horsehide, and I have worked through some repairs on it, but the lining and original label were already gone when it came to my hands.

And lastly, I have been looking for someone good to send my grandfather's old racing leather to be fixed up so my wife could wear it. Any help here would be appreciated. Both sleeves and the front zipper need to be repaired and the whole thing could use proper conditioning.

Will Zach · Jan 7, 2024

soreilly said:
Hello,

Samuel here, first time caller long time listener. I have just read through a lot of this thread and really why I am here. I wanted to share a few of the vintage jackets that are in daily rotation for my life, mostly being on and off my Panhead.

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I would love some help with any type of identification who could have made this jacket. I do believe it to be horsehide, and I have worked through some repairs on it, but the lining and original label were already gone when it came to my hands.
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And lastly, I have been looking for someone good to send my grandfather's old racing leather to be fixed up so my wife could wear it. Any help here would be appreciated. Both sleeves and the front zipper need to be repaired and the whole thing could use proper conditioning.
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Your Passaic is great. Dena here @iknowleather can fix it up for you. I think she is also at greatleather.com.

CombatWombat · Jan 14, 2024

ton312 said:
LOL. You don’t see too many Buco with zip in liners. This thing was likely made in China and isn’t worth a single slice of Kraft American cheese.

And yet the leather is amazing compared with Taylor's and Windward ?
If this is Chinese made, then they've beaten the Yanks at their own game.....hell it feels like a LW or RMC (NZ) in terms of fit and stitch quality

CombatWombat · Jan 14, 2024

Will Zach said:
That looks like a fake.

And yet is the same level in tailoring and stitch quality as RMC (NZ) and LW
If it's Chinese like someone else has said.......well the Yank companies should throw in the towel!

Marc mndt · Jan 14, 2024

CombatWombat said:
And yet is the same level in tailoring and stitch quality as RMC (NZ) and LW

Is this your jacket?

This is what a LW looks like.

CombatWombat · Jan 14, 2024

Marc mndt said:
Is this your jacket?

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This is what a LW looks like.

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It's similar enough to my jacket......though the LW I had was the Suburban.
I find the build quality of American jackets inferior to most European makers, both vintage and modern, and few come close to Japanese attention to detail.

But since most here are incredibly protective of the "Golden Age" of American leatherwear and tend to ridicule anything that isn't "original" to it, I'll stop feeding the trolls

ton312 · Jan 14, 2024

CombatWombat said:
And yet is the same level in tailoring and stitch quality as RMC (NZ) and LW
If it's Chinese like someone else has said.......well the Yank companies should throw in the towel!

Talk about troll. That jacket is clearly cheap AF garbage. See below for American made. Compare these to the deli meat thin POS you posted.

VS this. Which is straight up trash:

I have my doubts this^ is even leather at all. If you put this above Lost Worlds it is you who are the troll. This piece of shit isn’t even 1/2 as good as the worst Hot Leathers $99 junk ass cross zip.

jeo · Jan 14, 2024

CombatWombat said:
It's similar enough to my jacket......though the LW I had was the Suburban.
I find the build quality of American jackets inferior to most European makers, both vintage and modern, and few come close to Japanese attention to detail.

If it’s good, it’s good and has nothing to do with country of origin.

Regardless of where it was made, that “Buco” is mall quality at best. If you’ve had/seen/handled enough jackets you can easily tell from pictures.

CombatWombat said:
But since most here are incredibly protective of the "Golden Age" of American leatherwear and tend to ridicule anything that isn't "original" to it, I'll stop feeding the trolls

Uhhh…Thedi is one of the most praised makers here and while definitely inspired by designs from the past there’s nothing really “original” to the “Golden Age” about their jackets.

Blackadder · Jan 14, 2024

CombatWombat said:
And yet is the same level in tailoring and stitch quality as RMC (NZ) and LW
If it's Chinese like someone else has said.......well the Yank companies should throw in the towel!

Please take a look at the topic. There are lots of threads in FL talking about jackets from Europe to Pakistan to China. It has been pointed out to you and more importantly for the benefits of other readers that it is not a vintage original Buco or Trojan. Your use of both Buco and Trojan seems to me and probably others click baits and therefore our need to clarify again for the benefits of all in this particular thread.

The issue is that that jacket does not belong in this thread for the simplest reason. Unless you are the owner and wish to prove that it is a true vintage Buco or Trojan, your opinion of how well made it is still does not warrant a discussion in this thread. Please feel free to expand on your view in a different thread.

photo2u · Jan 14, 2024

Friends, I got this HH Cal. It is a beauty! and the jacket it's a great fit. It will be one of my regulars or perhaps will be taken to Bulgaria as one of my main jackets. The jacket came from a Santa Ana ESE Bato. He was cool and shared his other vest and buckle from the "club".

jchance · Jan 14, 2024

Great condition Cossack goatskin from Californian, wish it was 1 size smaller

1950s Californian Goatskin Leather Sport Jacke - Etsy

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tmitchell59 · Jan 17, 2024

photo2u said:
Friends, I got this HH Cal. It is a beauty! and the jacket it's a great fit. It will be one of my regulars or perhaps will be taken to Bulgaria as one of my main jackets. The jacket came from a Santa Ana ESE Bato. He was cool and shared his other vest and buckle from the "club".
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Very cool stuff! The denim Vest It's so cool

tmitchell59 · Jan 17, 2024

jchance said:
Great condition Cossack goatskin from Californian, wish it was 1 size smaller

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I had not seen this jacket. a very interesting California Sportswear jacket.. I continue to be amazed at the amount of jackets they made and the different styles

tmitchell59 · Jan 17, 2024

Speaking of California Sportswear; Look at this pocket bags I found in this jacket. The original seller posted The bags in his sale. what a interesting Find.

Early recycling, Using old sugar bags as pocket bags!This jacket was probably made around 1936 or 7. times for tough. This was not a low end jacket either

tmitchell59 · Jan 17, 2024

Stuffing a mid 40s Seattle Woolen aviator.
Pool noodles also work in the sleeves, nice when you are conditiong..

tmitchell59 · Jan 17, 2024

Seattle Woolen mid 1940s

jchance · Jan 20, 2024

I saw this Scully Bros’ Grizzly on Facebook.

tmitchell59 · Jan 20, 2024

Just finished conditioning this windward. makes it look like a new jacket

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