Welcome man! That’s how I started I creeped here for a year or two absorbing and reading. This is the place for jackets. Others exist...but they either only care about military jackets or are complete snobs and contrarians. You will find were a very friendly bunch here and love to actually share our knowledge and help newbies. I have actually become real life friends with some of the members here. I just have to warn you, once you start you can’t stop. It becomes an addiction. So much time, money and quests. You still have time to run away! Ha
There's a police supply store in Philly which sells uniforms to the police (can't remember the name, but some internet searching should bring it up). A few years back they said they would sell me a Philly jacket (correct version with pockets, not the NYPD one) but they couldn't ship internationally, so no help for you or me. I don't know if they still can get those coats but if the Philly mounted police still wear them they they probably can. They didn't have them on their website, they were special order. If you know someone living in the US you could get them to receive the coat, then re-label and ship to you.
Thanks! It feels good!
I'd definitely look into it in the next minutes!
Gibson & Barnes did an NYPD coat for a while but the sizing was tentlike, like all their stuff in their later years. I'm sure it was well made although the leather in photos appeared to be more of a flight jacket leather. Branded Leathers in Brooklyn made NYPD coats until recently and to my eye they looked better in terms of details/shape and they were made of a super-heavy steerhide, but Branded seems to have disappeared. You will sometimes see used ones from those brands on ebay, etc.
What's funny is the Chicago jackets were worn by all 'branches' not just motorcycle police. Foot and car patrols all wore them too. For a few decades they were the universal jacket worn by Chicago police. Nowadays from photos it appears they've pretty much gone to synthetic jackets like every other force.
That's so someone can't grab them and pull the wearer off balance, as you could with normal functioning pockets.
And they were for decades corcectly dark blue, not black as the modern ones are.
Those were all made by Taylors, when they still made their jackets in the USA. The "Dean's Crew" and "Pauline's Crew" thing is a reference to the individual production teams in the factory as far as I can tell. It's not a brand name or a separate company. It's all Taylors.So I have a question for some of the people who may be more familiar with police jacket makers here, in my searching for police styles, I have come across a number of jackets made in the USA by "X's Crew". By X, I mean I have seen examples such as "Dean's Crew", "Pauline's Crew", "Mae's Crew", and so on. I have seen them in a variety of styles, always with police detailing. Does anyone know what the source of these are? The brief googling I have done suggests some connection to Taylor's, just by the search results, but I have not researched it that much at all.
I just decided to purchase one of those recently. I may end up needing to return it because of sizing issues, but I am hoping it will fit. Miklos Sas is the maker. They made early NYPD leather jackets, most commonly found in the shorter RMP style, but I have also seen the 3/4 length peacoat style leather jackets used by the highway patrol / mounted units with their labels on them.
So I have a question for some of the people who may be more familiar with police jacket makers here, in my searching for police styles, I have come across a number of jackets made in the USA by "X's Crew". By X, I mean I have seen examples such as "Dean's Crew", "Pauline's Crew", "Mae's Crew", and so on. I have seen them in a variety of styles, always with police detailing. Does anyone know what the source of these are? The brief googling I have done suggests some connection to Taylor's, just by the search results, but I have not researched it that much at all.
Here is an example:
