Johnson Leather Jacket

[Biff42]

Here I am (posing somewhat awkwardly) with the man himself, Alan.

I recently took a trip to San Francisco and used the opportunity to drop off a few jackets for custom mouton collars, as well as finally meet Alan in person after working with him on a custom JL jacket. Alan is semi-retired and loves working with JL customers across the world. From the outside, the shop gives little indication of the caliber of craftsmanship taking place within.

 

[newtojackets]

5oz goat is going to be something awful IMO. For that matter any 5 oz hide will make for a truly miserable jacket to wear. I have a Golden Bear jacket that’s easily north of 3.5 oz and it’s as thick as I would want to go. It feels like comp weight cow from Vanson and has lost the drape that goat typically affords. I would question the sensibility of such a thing as it will remove all the qualities that make goat attractive. Hopefully these pics illustrate my point and why 3.5oz goat is more than enough!
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Honestly Golden Bear needs some more love on this forum. Highly underrated in my opinion.

 

[Aloysius]

Here I am (posing somewhat awkwardly) with the man himself, Alan.

I recently took a trip to San Francisco and used the opportunity to drop off a few jackets for custom mouton collars, as well as finally meet Alan in person after working with him on a custom JL jacket. Alan is semi-retired and loves working with JL customers across the world. From the outside, the shop gives little indication of the caliber of craftsmanship taking place within.


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Damn, I should have taken a pic with the legend. Guess I need to go back to SF.