Getting a custom jacket with the style, fit and features you want in a heavy 1.5mm leather of your choice for nearly half the price of an FCL > Off the rack FCL that isn’t really 2mm.
I told myself I wasn’t ordering any more leather jackets. At least until the two on order arrive. But @Jin431 got me thinking ... it doesn’t count if I get something made for the missus, right?
I don’t really see her in a trucker, but maybe a fitted HB. Her tastes are a little more conservative...
I just dropped my deposit down for a 'Jin Special'. Fit jacket target is Feb 9 with about another ten days to complete the jacket once feedback on the fit jacket is received.
Looks like this might even arrive on my 50th birthday! :)
It’s not Shinki, but I do think that their Milan comes close.
As for my JL, I think I will go with the same leather as yours - my only hesitation now is wondering if it is too similar to the shade of (Shinki pigment) I have in order with FL. I’m sure that to my wife’s untrained eye, it will...
The more pics I look at, the more I think that Horween is using the same CXL colors on both their horse and steer hides. The difference might be in batches, camera exposure or maybe the different hides take to the color just a little differently.
About the same quality as Merc or Brutus, better than Warrior. The fit is about the same as Brutus or Ben Sherman’s Soho fit. If you are on a tight budget, you could do worse.
Cordovan is both a color and a a specific (rump) part of the horse’s hide (shell cordovan). It gets really confusing in the shoe world!
There is a fair bit of variation in CXL8- from reddish brown to bright cherry.
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