Leather Cafe Jacket dating by Talon zippers (and hello!)

[Vivala]

Greetings, Gentlemen!

First post at Fedora Lounge after a brief lurking . . . seeking age and maker input on an unlabeled vintage cafe racer type jacket. Images in following post.

I snagged the jacket as a shop was closing, just because I was attracted to the patina and bold brassy/bronzey Talon zippers. The front zipper mechanism is 1 and 5/8" long (excluding stop box) and the stop box is marks with a "T". I notice that there's plastic or nylon reinforcement on either side of the stop box. I studied the Talon zipper guide here (it's great!) but I didn't find my zipper there.

The pockets of the jacket may be replacements - the beast pockets and inside pocket (opens vertically along the front) are made of straight-up leisure suit fabric (!!!) and the side pockets are whits cotton-ish fabric.

The strap buckles and some kind of textured pattern

The jacket does a zipper for adding a lining.

Thanks so much for any input or info you can provide!

 

[Vivala]

Hope these work . . .

 

[strokes1251]

Could be wrong but it looks to be from the 70s. As for the brand I would say lesco or some generic brand of the time. You see these pop up alot on ebay nowadays.

 

[Sloan1874]

I think the chunky zipper dates it into the 70s, perhaps the late 60s. Dinerman will be able to tell you precisely.

 

[Vivala]

Thanks to both of you. . . I just saw an identical one (Lesco) online - different zippers, though. ETA: . . . and one with the same zippers.

Appreciate your help - thanks again!

 

[Dinerman]

1970s

 

[Vivala]

Thank you

 

[Worf]

I was going to say that Dinerman would hook you up with an answer from his "college of zipper knowledge" and lo and behold.

Worf

 

[Peacoat]

Knowing a little bit about California, i'm not familiar with a "Steinbeck County." Is that, perhaps a reference to Monterey County, the birthplace of John Steinbeck?

 

[Vivala]

Yes, I'm in Monterey - city and county. More Cannery Row than East of Eden, but Steinbeck country just the same. I'm a recent transplant from L.A. (19 years) and NYC (17 years) and SF Bay area (20 years).

Knowing a little bit about California, i'm not familiar with a "Steinbeck County." Is that, perhaps a reference to Monterey County, the birthplace of John Steinbeck?