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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    Stiff from new, but quick to break in. The jacket is true to size. They can send you a measurements sheet if you ask but I find the size detector tool there is extremely accurate so I would fill that in first and see what you get.
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    For a close-fitting cafe racer, Vanson's Comet should definitely be in contention. Hard to do better than it at any price. The Mohawk seems similar in that respect though I don't own one.
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    Personalizing a jacket - patches and pins

    Depends. If you want to buy a jacket from standard shop/catalog stock, it's about 25% off. The bigger deals are on the racks, and there you are likely to get at least 50% off.
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    Even western brands in Japan can get you screwed. I've mentioned elsewhere on this forum that in the Schott factory sale I helped a 34" chest short guy find a jacket that fit (if a bit snugly!) by handing him Schott Japan size 38.
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    The 641HH and 689H (essentially the same jacket, with a mandarin and spread collar respectively) are made out of my favorite black horsehide on the market. You can use TFL as a reference point for fit photos of Vanson. This is a good time to check out Vanson stuff because as part of their 50th...
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    To be clear I'm not casting aspersions on Y2 here. Rather I'm saying that his kind of "this might not fit and I can't return it" gamble only seems to make sense in the context of people feeling they must have brand X, and that's not really a path for success with this kind of thing. I would...
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    It's not total BS, but it's mostly BS. Like I said, there are a lot of Japanese amekaji brands I have bought and continue to buy from. There absolutely is good Japanese stuff. There's also a whole lot of terrible Japanese stuff, including high priced stuff. Most of the content mills are...
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    Do try this at home: leather jacket repair tips

    Peter's, Langlitz, and (late) Buco too.
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    Y'2 HR-41 Single Riders

    Serious question: why gamble with this rather than a similar jacket from a western maker with a more bulletproof pattern and return policy? I realize I’m sounding this drum a lot these days but I think people keep rushing to Japanese jackets that are a gamble when there are better alternatives...
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    Confounded by sizing

    I don't have unusually broad shoulders but anything narrower than my shoulder width is constricting. (This is a principle in tailoring, too, that something can be bigger than the shoulder but not smaller.)
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    Confounded by sizing

    Highest point? Like under your armpits? It should be at the widest point, about an inch below that, and not held super tight. Not sure why you divided your own body measurement though lol. Do you halve your height, waist, and arm length as well?
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    Confounded by sizing

    Sorry but before you buy something what on earth do you mean when you say your "PTP measure" is 19? You're not a garment.
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    Confounded by sizing

    I've heard this from many LW customers and admittedly it's one that baffles me a bit because anything with shoulders smaller than my own is unwearable. It's the closest thing to a single definitive cutoff point.
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    New to leather jackets — fit/style questions

    Yeah I think we all go through this phase and it's one of the best example of how knowing a little bit can blind you. Also led to some custom jackets that are really well made but don't serve the purpose they should because I specced measurements that suit a different sort of jacket. Which is...
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    Personalizing a jacket - patches and pins

    While I get what you mean, when it's a brand new one that's like 1/3 price due to being a production sample or something I find it much less daunting than say pinning a historic jacket or full price jacket. (The one I'll do it to is such a sample.)
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    Personalizing a jacket - patches and pins

    What size are you in the 613SH? I can probably find you one for cheap next time I'm at the factory.
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    looking for the OLD Vanson jacket guide?

    The 2005 one seems to be similar to what they have now but I'll keep looking.
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    The Legendary DURABLE (Wild One) Jacket

    You weren't the only one. I think Toys McCoy also assumed it was the model number for the motorcycle jacket. Maybe CODE33 means a material or a quality level.
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    Personalizing a jacket - patches and pins

    I haven't done it to any of my leather jackets, partly perhaps because I feel like I haven't quite done anything cool enough to merit it like being a fighter pilot or something, partly because I don't want to put holes in a jacket. (Although if I got a jacket that already had pin holes, I would...
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    Please opinion on this leather jacket fit

    And it didn’t have a movement that even Rolex employed watchmakers say is a ticking time bomb… :D

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