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Leather jacket pricing in classified thread - wishful thinking vs. actual market
Well said...! Nice posts, yet... cool... :cool:- 58panheadfan
- Post #6
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Leather jacket pricing in classified thread - wishful thinking vs. actual market
You nailed it! ... sometimes the japanese "stuff" has his own market, due the lack of physical presence on western hemisphere... but it's an easy thing to ordering e.g. rakuten, buyee, yahoo.jp etc. these days. I remember about "good ol' time", speaking ~15yrs ago, when it was a really challenge...- 58panheadfan
- Post #5
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Leather jacket pricing in classified thread - wishful thinking vs. actual market
Answering myself... it costs me a "fortune" over last few years A: finding my own style... & B: buying and selling new or like new jackets... but C: on the other side a lot of customers made some great 40% - 60% deals on a new jacket... D: I'm always happy if buyers are..., honestly... ;)- 58panheadfan
- Post #3
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Leather jacket pricing in classified thread - wishful thinking vs. actual market
Maybe this post could works in classified thread too ;) Ok, here we go: Often I see an announcement of sale for e.g. a leather jacket in classified section not correspond seller's asking price vs. current market. Of course sometimes it hurts to sell a new or nearly new leather jacket for...- 58panheadfan
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Simmons Bilt. Which leather?
Detail shoot from a FW Jacket made from "Rude Black"* Shinki Horsehide to show why so many Shinki-Lovers are around... Of course the "bling-bling" appearance isn't everyone's taste ;) click to enlarge * I was asking FW about their black shinki horsehide they used, here's the answer...- 58panheadfan
- Post #47
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Simmons Bilt. Which leather?
The key factor why Shinki leather it is more expensive than others, the tanning process they use is... t---i---m---e---consuming (time is $$$ these days). Edit: A chrome-tanning process takes hrs/days... a combine chrome/veg tan process e.g. used by Horweens chromexcel takes 28 days... an...- 58panheadfan
- Post #46
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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FS JACKETS: HIMEL BROS., SIMMONS BILT, FREEWHEELERS, STUDIO D'ARTISAN, SCARTI-LAB
Thank you Sir!- 58panheadfan
- Post #5
- Forum: Classifieds
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If you have to reduce your wardrobe to only 5 items...
If you have to reduce your wardrobe to only 5 items... 1 x footwear, 1 x legwear, 1 x belt, outerwear 1 x shirt/sweater & 1 x jacket/vest, what would it be? To start, for me atm it is: Boots: RMC Buco Engineer Boots Jeans: At Last Co. Lot. 161 Belt: ACE Belt Japan Shirt: Salvatore Piccolo...- 58panheadfan
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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FS JACKETS: HIMEL BROS., SIMMONS BILT, FREEWHEELERS, STUDIO D'ARTISAN, SCARTI-LAB
Auction has been closed, thank you for your interest!- 58panheadfan
- Thread
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Classifieds
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FS: STEWART LEATHER JACKET HARDING TYPE A-2 SIZE M/L
Auction has been closed... now, thank you.- 58panheadfan
- Post #3
- Forum: Classifieds
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FS: STEWART LEATHER JACKET HARDING TYPE A-2 SIZE M/L
Auction has been closed... Thank you for your interest!- 58panheadfan
- Thread
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Classifieds
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Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...
My "standard" RMC Bucos show a nice tea core patina after some wear...- 58panheadfan
- Post #3,067
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Washing Unsanforized Jeans
https://www.amazon.com/INCH-MASTER-Waistband-Stretcher/dp/B000POJL9M/ref=sr_1_113?ie=UTF8&qid=1502310211&sr=8-113-spons&keywords=waistband+extender&psc=1 One of most useful thing I got... :)- 58panheadfan
- Post #4
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Pigment black horsehide?
https://www.leather-dictionary.com/index.php/Pigmented_leather- 58panheadfan
- Post #8
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Freewheelers Leather
... if you don't like, as described "The leather looks (to me anyway), as if its finished in a very glossy varish top layer (very cheap looking)..." do it this way: :eek:- 58panheadfan
- Post #3
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Freewheelers Leather
From my experience with FW Jackets I have seen/handled some and own/owned a Switchyard & Brakeman both in black shinki... the overall appearance looks like you described: "on their web page the jackets have a semi shine but the grain pops out" similar to some RMC Jackets I have seen/handled/own...- 58panheadfan
- Post #2
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Praying for strength . . .
Checking his Feedback he found some doofus paid $$$ for a jacket from him... (maybe fake feedbacks, who knows)?- 58panheadfan
- Post #45
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Praying for strength . . .
Ha, ha... every day a doofus will wake up! ... and the OP was just a tad before ;) No offense at OP... as I said before... it's everyone's own thing what he is willing to spend for an original jacket with great patina, which only can evolve over decades of use. As my user name disclose I am...- 58panheadfan
- Post #42
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Praying for strength . . .
Absolutely... but the market doesn't play sense-wise... ;)- 58panheadfan
- Post #40
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Praying for strength . . .
Yeah, it's the tag... only the TAG $$$: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/vintage-forgery-on-ebay.90285/- 58panheadfan
- Post #39
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
