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  1. shadowrider

    Jacket belt loops with snap closures

    For anyone who is interested, I posted a thread three days ago with a video about how these jacket are made: http://thefedoralounge.com/threads/need-advice-with-fur-collar-on-leather-jacket.85501/ They call the belt loops a "gun belt holder" in the video.
  2. shadowrider

    Jacket belt loops with snap closures

    I second what pawineguy wrote. Pretty sure it came from police jackets, which are made to hold bulky police duty belts. One way to prevent the belt loops from twisting around, is to have two snaps instead of one on each belt loop.
  3. shadowrider

    Need advice with fur collar on leather jacket

    Bump! Nobody cares to weigh in?
  4. shadowrider

    Need advice with fur collar on leather jacket

    Hello folks, there's this dilemma that's not letting me sleep at night (just kidding), and I thought you loungers might be just the right people to get advice from. I have a CHP police leather jacket made by San Diego Leather. The jacket is what they call their 'B type', with a straight main...
  5. shadowrider

    Anyone owns a buckskin jacket by Uber Glove Company?

    Do you fellas reckon a deerskin jacket would work unlined? Many really old ones I've seen are like that. And if so, would it be more bearable smooth side out or rough out?
  7. shadowrider

    Anyone owns a buckskin jacket by Uber Glove Company?

    Wow Dinerman, that jacket had its share of use for sure. The one I'm thinking of getting is similar to that, but without fringes on the sleeves or on the pockets. I've always wanted a jacket like this. I remeber, as a child, every time my parents would stop at this clothing store on our way to...
  8. shadowrider

    Anyone owns a buckskin jacket by Uber Glove Company?

    Uber Glove Company is a tannery in Owatonna, Minnesota that's been tanning hides and making leather garments since the 40s. I'm thinking about having them sew me up a deerskin jacket (I don't hunt, so I'm not sending in hides, they'll use their own). Any folk here have a jacket or other leather...
  9. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    Mike, those loops are pretty easy to make yourself with just a needle and thread. Plenty of tutorials on line also. Get to work!
  10. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    Thanks folks, I'm going to check those out, even though they cost more than what I paid for my jacket lol
  11. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    I think we are speaking about different things. Motorcycle jackets don't usually have much space for fashion statements. But you may be right about designer jackets. On a different note, would anyone know a source for new vintage-style belts with reflectors or jewels, that I could use for that...
  13. shadowrider

    Looking for a particular type of jacket, pics inside

    I came across this same pic too the other day on ebay typing "A-1 jacket". Does your jacket have to be a bomber type, and does it have to be brown? I was watching a Sonny Chiba flick the other day and he was wearing a brown leather Harrington type jacket. I thought it looked pretty cool. It has...
  14. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    Thanks, Peacoat. Yes it seems like some jackets came with their matching belt, and I think jacket companies sold jacket belts as well, with reflectors and such. I have a modern biker jacket that has loops but didn't come with a belt, though. I wonder if I should just sling a pants belt through...
  15. shadowrider

    British bike jacket – can you help me date it? Clix zip, Newey studs...

    Cool. Never saw a double main zipper like that before. Is it so that you have two ways to zip it up - tighter or looser?
  16. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    Hi folks, here are some questions I have been wondering about lately, and whch I'm sure some of you vintage leather gurus can help shed some light on. With old motorcycle jackets that had beltloops around them at the bottom, was the belt provided with the jacket or there was none? Were these...
  17. shadowrider

    Questions on halfbelts

    I think this is a very valid question, and have wondered the same. I think that, at least on some jackets, the halfbelt serves a purpose. Here are my considerations: On jackets with an action back, the half belt act as a joint fot the different panels. Sometimes the upper and lower back panels...
  19. shadowrider

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    That's a nice collection, Dinerman! Is the last jacket a mens or a womens one? I'm confused by the buttoning.
  20. shadowrider

    Show us your vintage half-belts

    Forgive the ignorance, but does the halfbelt have a function in the jacket construction, if there are no pleats in the back panel?
  21. shadowrider

    I need HELP Cigarette Stench is Killing Me!!!

    I have the same problem with one of my cafe racers. Bought on ebay... perfect jacket but bad cigarette smell. I've taken leather to the cleaners before when trying to clean out one old suede jacket that belonged to my father which had black marks around the cuffs. I wasn't satisfied with the...
  22. shadowrider

    First hat buy - help!

    Yes the hat will be felt, I forgot to mention that. I already have plenty of tweed/wool flat caps and such. Thanks for your input, Manfred. Oh, and by the way, are some felts better than others, "animal-wise"?
  23. shadowrider

    First hat buy - help!

    Hello gentlemen! I've been a member here for a while, but never posted on "hats". The reason being that except caps and one cheap panama I never had any "real" hat". But this is going to change. I'm turning 30 next fall so I decided it's time to start dressing like a grown-up - and get a hat...

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