Leather Police Jackets

[tmitchell59]

@tmitchell59

Probably San Francisco Bay area maker. Interesting jacket. Nice find.

 

[Leigh H]

@JMax mentioned there’s similar characteristics to a Ralph Pugh with this jacket .

I’ve had a look around and I get where he’s coming from.

 

[JMax]

And here is my All Weather— this and other similarities. If it’s one of these, or something else, it’s certainly awesome and unique.

 

[Wildhorses]

The Californian CHP is close

 

[JMax]

^^ Yes. And the only other enlarged bottom hem/kidney panel I have seen is on a Californian.

 

[tmitchell59]

The hem is altered for length using that same Salmon colored inner leather that you see on bay area jacket: All Weather comes to mine, United Sportwear, etc.

Never seen a Ralphs-Pugh quite like this; the lining, the look. Cross them off the list of suspects.

 

[tmitchell59]

50s Californian

 

[JMax]

The hem is altered for length using that same Salmon colored inner leather that you see on bay area jacket: All Weather comes to mine, United Sportwear, etc.

Never seen a Ralphs-Pugh quite like this; the lining, the look. Cross them off the list of suspects.

Some RPs Police jackets did have the Salmon colored inner leather on the bottom hem. I do still see an All Weather when I look at Leigh’s jacket. I’d be interested to know if different makers made All Weathers. Scant info out there. Too many great SF makers.

 

[photo2u]

50s Californian

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That is a very nice jacket. I was wondering, how the bottom hem does not curl in. I have two of the same jacket as yours but both of mine curl in the same way. Please advise, if you did some kind of leather treatment to straighten the bottom hem.

 

[tmitchell59]

United Sportswear San Francisco

 

[tmitchell59]

That is a very nice jacket. I was wondering, how the bottom hem does not curl in. I have two of the same jacket as yours but both of mine curl in the same way. Please advise, if you did some kind of leather treatment to straighten the bottom hem.

Just the way this one came. I have jackets with that curl from sitting. Yes, it is a rather nice example and very comfortable too.

 

[Leigh H]

50s Californian

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beautiful jacket!

 

[cashcheck]

Police halfbelt on Mercari Japan (pretty poor condition but cool to look at)
https://jp.mercari.com/item/m91313606407

 

[Bonasera]

My police jacket
Ralphs pugh steerhide

 

[Will Zach]

Ridiculous.

 

[Wildhorses]

My police jacket
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I want it

 

[tmitchell59]

Very nice! now look on the bottom of the sunrise zipper box and see if there is a code like this;

 

[Edward]

My police jacket
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I'm intrigued that at some point the badge-holder seems to have been moved - the signs being the extra set of stitch holes on the shell, and how on the inside you can see it's been done after the jacket was finished, because you can see the thread where it's been stitched through both shell and liner (the way A2s were done when field patches were added by the USAAF boys!). I wonder what the story was there. Did the original owner not like where it sat - did the positioning farther our foul his (I'm assuming) sleeve if he had to draw and extend his arms holding his sidearm? Or was it an aesthetic preference to resite it?

 

[tmitchell59]

Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide Police jacket c.1950

 

[Bonasera]

Buco police jacket
Not sure the model name is...