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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    IIRC it was slightly stiffer than Shinki but much less so than CXL. Looking back at my earlier post to jog my memory, it was more akin to the Masaye leather which is very wearable from day one.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Yeah CXL definitely has a bit more luster than this Shinki, but I imagine with a bit of conditioner it'll brighten it up. I'm good either way tbh as it still has good luster and doesn't have quite the same residue feeling CXL has especially when fresh. My CXL is skived and somewhat broken in...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Yeah it seems their operations run two lines, manufacturing and alterations, so oftentimes the alteration side if much faster than the manufacturing side, which seems to be the case for you. I've had one of my jackets in for alterations and it took longer than three weeks IIRC.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Here are some additional pics. Please disregard any blue/purple tones in the photos, just the light reflecting off my walls, the color of the jacket is totally black. Another observation today, compared to CXL, CXL is more inky black, but I imagine with a little conditioner to this Shinki it...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Thanks. It didn't seem any more or less stock than usual, they usually keep it pretty full. I think slowly but surely the styles being stocked are more in demand with more variety of hides.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Thank you. I'm sure your jacket will be amazing. When the batch of shinki arrived, I was able to check it out. True to fashion, the batch is pretty consistent for the most part, not aniline leather consistent but more consistent than cxl. I just took a look at the jacket next to my cxl jacket...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    The eagle has landed. Apologies for the delays, this jacket was ready like three weeks ago, but I was out of town. Anyway, finally had some time today to pick it up. I believe it's the first one done from the Canuck Panda Shinki batch. First off, big thanks again to Canuck Panda for making...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Sorry for the late reply, yes that appears to be mine, been needing to pick it up but I've been out of town. Yes, it's with the shinki batch as well.
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    The Cal-Leather jacket property of Freddie Mercury at Sotheby’s in London

    Awesome story!
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    Long (double) Riders?

    I generally spec my jackets to be longer, because I find it odd wearing a tucked in t shirt under a leather jacket, and I don't want to show plumber crack if I bend over since jackets have a tendency fo pulling shirts due to their weight. For my body, that generally means the sleeves and body...
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    Ideal location/climate for leather jackets

    San Francisco specifically, the fog is perfect for wearing leather. Cold, but no precipitation. The rest of the bay has to suffer with year round sunny, generally mild conditions and have to endure wearing tshirts and jeans for much of the year.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Thanks again Canuck for making this happen! Some additional points, I didn't inspect every last hide, but the ones I did pretty much look like the ones in the pictures, very consistent but still characterful. Really great supplier, did not feel like we got seconds or anything like that. So...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    The eagle has landed, Shinki is now at JL. TL;DR: It's great. So here it is, as you can tell there's a good amount of graining and character right out the box, and it seems to develop more character very quickly. So how is the stiffness? Not very stiff, at all, look at how flexible it...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I've been in as well, and I'll try to stop by JL and take photos of the hide when it gets there.
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    Stores in Cali and the right brand

    You could check out Self Edge in SF too, but I doubt they'll have that style, but they carry Fine Creek, Real McCoys, and a couple others IIRC.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Appears to be black per the order form, I think the pictures of the brown is what he's considering for the second round.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I hear ya, but frankly iI think it's going to take a certain amount of effort to even get the popular HHs, and I have zero qualms with getting one of the popular black overdye teacore versions. Not everyday we get this option from a place like JL. Man, I had no plans on buying a jacket this...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Ohhhh you evil temptress. Perhaps should contact JL to see if they're willing to do something like this.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Man that looks great! Sometimes I wish I had my crosszip done in the masaye.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I don't recall it being teacore, I believe it was dyed through. Very interesting! And with all that exposure to the elements and water, no shrinkage as previously reported. Great hide, very very wearable right out the box, almost akin to their standard heavy steer in terms of wearability from...

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