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  1. cbez

    (Trigger warning) Are we giving too much credit for wabi-sabi/Japanese craftmanship reputation for uneven graining (especially in high visible area)?

    The second j100 is barely uneven. They are doing batches year after year with different leathers and trying different looks. There's no grand conspiracy. You're assuming smooth panels or perfectly matched panels are somehow objectively a superior piece. They're not. But if that's your...
  2. cbez

    (Trigger warning) Are we giving too much credit for wabi-sabi/Japanese craftmanship reputation for uneven graining (especially in high visible area)?

    You will never find something like your fine creek example that starts smooth and magically pops all that grain after some wear...
  3. cbez

    (Trigger warning) Are we giving too much credit for wabi-sabi/Japanese craftmanship reputation for uneven graining (especially in high visible area)?

    I have never found this to be true. They're both making fake grain, and making stealth grain that waits for 5 wears? Seems a lot more likely they're just selecting grainy contrast panels to look like vintage jackets and because the Japanese market likes it.
  4. cbez

    (Trigger warning) Are we giving too much credit for wabi-sabi/Japanese craftmanship reputation for uneven graining (especially in high visible area)?

    Your agency is you buy a different jacket off the rack if don't like the one with a grainy panel. even within fine creek there are smoother and more uniform jackets. other brands even more options. Personally I don't think the grain is 'fake', they have access to a huge amount of hides for a...
  5. cbez

    (Trigger warning) Are we giving too much credit for wabi-sabi/Japanese craftmanship reputation for uneven graining (especially in high visible area)?

    The contrast is a subjective, stylistic choice that's in style right now. Some people like it. There are all smooth or all grainy options for people that don't.
  7. cbez

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    bet they mistyped the price lol
  8. cbez

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    https://jp.mercari.com/item/m93755449325 a cool horsebutt long wallet this longer style seems popular in jp same wallet would break the bank in the US..
  9. cbez

    Can pigment finished leather (Real Mccoy's J100) be brown core?

    There is both top coated and struck through (dyed all the way) chromexcel. There are also leathers that are dyed and then pigment coated, dyed twice, etc. Lots of options so it's hard to make blanket statements.
  10. cbez

    Can pigment finished leather (Real Mccoy's J100) be brown core?

    your question doesnt make a lot of sense. Pigment can be thought of as 'paint' on the leather. Why couldn't you paint over brown? that being said there are attractive teacores and meh teacores, and that is a little on the ugly side imo. Pigment teacores tend to be a little uglier in general...
  11. cbez

    Truman Boots Black Shrunken Bison 7.5 - 3 wears

    bump and 380
  13. cbez

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    https://jp.mercari.com/item/m90944590783 double helix car coat in camel 36 not my style but super nice leather.
  14. cbez

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    every measurement but the chest lol
  15. cbez

    Fit Check - Lost Worlds Horsehide A1

    I was surprised he said tight in the shoulders too. It looks roomy around the delt level.
  16. cbez

    leather jackets with a still-reasonable used market?

    I'm not following you then, because when you say "No matter the age or label, I think it’s inferior." it sounds like you're making a blanket statement about every LW in Japan. I've owned multiple, a couple had funky sample leather, most had a pigment top coat I didn't like. However I don't like...
  17. cbez

    Fit Check - Lost Worlds Horsehide A1

    Looks pretty good imo. A1s are supposed to be fairly short in the body. The sleeves may be slightly short, partially because the cuffs are scrunched up a bit. In historical photos you tend to see a beefier cuff down to the thumb bone, that doesnt tunnel. The shoulders look right. Pits would...
  19. cbez

    leather jackets with a still-reasonable used market?

    So you think if a Japanese customer ordered a Ryder or smth, Stuart just skimped on his order and sent him an inferior jacket? Do you have experience with US market samples from the 90s/early 2000s to make the comparison?
  20. cbez

    Fit Check - Aero Premier Highwayman

    imo, that's about the range of motion you should expect with a simple shoulder construction. there's a reason action backs and such were designed.
  21. cbez

    leather jackets with a still-reasonable used market?

    I think we'd have to compare equivalent samples from the US market, 15-20 years old like most of the used japanese ones. There's also the fact that there are jackets he made for japanese brands like Evisu, and then just regular line jackets ordered by individuals in Japan.
  22. cbez

    Gladhand Japan x Old Crow Speed Shop Horsehide A-1 - 20.5" P2P

    bump and 625.
  23. cbez

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    https://standardandstrange.com/products/eco-horse-1930-s-double-motorcyle-jacket-black-y2-02 y2 d2 pocket comes down to 1120 with code witnessme edit: looks like 38 the only size left

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