1930s/40s Grizzly Jacket (pictures)

[Buco]

Hi all,

Recently picked up this little beauty, soon to be appearing on ebay...

Really beautiful jacket, thought i would share it with you

 

[flat-top]

:eusa_clapKILLER!:eusa_clap

 

[Sloan1874]

I love the hide and style - the patina is fantastic - but I do feel a bit sorry for Fozzie Bear's family...

 

[Buco]

anyone have any idea who the maker could be? the neck label is missing, however there is another label on the bottom left inner, not sure if this is the manufacturer though

 

[Worf]

I love the hide and style - the patina is fantastic - but I do feel a bit sorry for Fozzie Bear's family...

SPEW!!!! (Coffee al over keyboard) Man that was SO wrong in SO many ways... but funny!!! Brothers and Sisters as a man full deep in leather obsession I must confess this is ONE style I will NOT attempt to wear. Probably git me shot for a bear here in Northeast.

Worf

 

[rocketeer]

There is a Buco version on the USA EBay site, or was, recently price when I last looked was about £1500

 

[feltfan]

There was a Bond clothing store in NYC. As I recall there is a fair amount of information about it on this site.

 

[Hunter_aka_Scotty]

Now that is just plain awesome. I've never cared for leather coats but that is really smashing!

 

[DamianM]

wow this ones rare and awesome.

Its in great shape
The price will be hefty on this one

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Bond was a nationwide store, selling many different things, including menswear. They would no have made this jacket, just retailed it, I would have thought.

Is there any remnant of the label in the collar area? Laskinlamb labels are quite distinctive, and most of these jackets seem to be made of Laskinlamb.

 

[Buco]

Unfortunately this is all that remains of the main label, so not a lot to go on im afraid

 

[Dr H]

No, I'm sorry, but I've never appreciated the appeal of this style at all.
A bizarre mixture of materials.

 

[rocketeer]

You really need a pre-war Indian or Harley Davidson to go with this, and one of those riders caps popular back then.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Great jacket. Certainly not for everyone or something one would wear to the office. But yeah a 30s motorcycle would be great with this.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Too bad. That one's certainly not a Laskinlamb label, anyways!

Unfortunately this is all that remains of the main label, so not a lot to go on im afraid

 

[IXL]

I love the hide and style - the patina is fantastic - but I do feel a bit sorry for Fozzie Bear's family...

That really cracked me up!

 

[strokes1251]

lol wow! Let us know if someone buys it

 

[feltfan]

Bond was a nationwide store, selling many different things, including menswear. They would no have made this jacket, just retailed it, I would have thought.

Hm, I don't think they were nation-wide. Never heard of them outside of NYC. None of which is of any use
in tracking down this jacket.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Really? My thinking on this was informed by pictures like this one of Bond advertising, with Nationwide superimposed on a map of the USA. I can't be sure, but I think I've seen vintage clothing labels like this, certainly for National Shirt Shops but also for Bond.