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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    This seems back to normal at least. I've been seeing these at hugely inflated prices in recent months.
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    “Back” Waistcoats

    Most waiters I see these days are heavily tattooed. Bartender Edit: For the attention of all - this post is just a convenient place to plant it, as the end of any useful exchange on this particular issue: There, please, let's call time on this, and not derail the threat with a difference of...
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    Looking for recommendations for bomber/moto racer mash

    For the tool, they have instructions for how to make one at home on the site. But I don’t think you necessarily need to do that. The jacket you linked is super slim and I have no experience with it but from what I saw you’d want to go up to a 44, at least, and that might make the other parts...
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    Avirex A-2 goatskin dating help

    Looks really solid. Just wear it and enjoy it.
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    Soft leather jackets in the $500 to $1,000 price range?

    What kind of jacket do you want? "Not bulky biker/gear" doesn't really narrow anything down. Kangaroo is going fall outside of your price range I expect but you still have plenty of options.
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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    If it were bigger I'd get it even though I don't usually like CRs.
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    Talk me into or out of this silly jacket? (Schott sportswear leather)

    This is the WWII US Army mackninaw pattern. Very different imo. I don't think so. The ones on the Schott are more like just normal chest pockets, only with the direction reversed.
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    “Back” Waistcoats

    Yours is tweed, like I was saying. Plus you have a jacket nearby! Where it looks very weird is when it's a very obvious dressy suit fabric; then it just looks like a waiter uniform.
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    Looking for recommendations for bomber/moto racer mash

    Only if you're also wearing/carrying around an unused helmet. Yes. This is an extremely slim jacket (the chest measurement is just the size number + 2") so most people would have to upsize. What are your measurements if you don't mind my asking? Ideally you get a jacket with some kind of...
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    Talk me into or out of this silly jacket? (Schott sportswear leather)

    I think this one should be seen almost like a safari jacket for cooler climes, and the zip-out pile lining gives it more versatility.
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    Inspiration LA 2024

    I meant with bringing things in to European countries, even if for exhibition only. Like there was a recent case of a watch journalist who had to declare his watches as imports at the Swiss border, paying all related taxes, then had to apply for a refund on those taxes after he returned home.
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    Talk me into or out of this silly jacket? (Schott sportswear leather)

    Do it. Join us (@ton312 and me) on the dark side.
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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    I think a canvas Lightning clone for the price of a used Lightning (or Goldtop's current armoured leather Lightning clone) seems a bit steep.
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    Inspiration LA 2024

    I'm imagining the tax issues alone...
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    Looking for recommendations for bomber/moto racer mash

    I wouldn't be so sure of that–top zippers are actually really great! They don't get in your way at all while you're doing things, unlike bottom zippers. That jacket looks great and imo even visually the top zips are part of the visual effect with the various pockets. Both are good leathers and...
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    Looking for recommendations for bomber/moto racer mash

    I would go with the competition weight leather version for black and Roma for color. Comp weight is hard to beat though. If you feel the price is just over the line, feel free to give Vanson a call and ask when their next sale will be. When I visited the factory, they had recently had a sale...
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    “Back” Waistcoats

    This style of waistcoat looks pretty naff sans jacket, because it's not really designed to be worn as such. Sometimes in something like a melton or tweed it can be fine (though even then it's designed to accompany something like a mackinaw or field coat). I would suggest opening up your search...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I agree that the pattern is different. I'm just saying the sizes are graded differently so I didn't find them to fit very differently where the PTP was the same. Like yes if someone bought a 42 in both, they would feel dramatically different. But a 40 in one measures like 44 in the other, and...
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    Looking for recommendations for bomber/moto racer mash

    Then the Vanson Model A or Model B should do you perfectly. As someone who likes to layer, you might appreciate that the Model B has a zip-out fleece liner that you can wear in colder months. I would not recommend the later stores you linked. Magnoli is for movie costume replicas, which they do...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I wonder how different the patterns are when you equalize for sizing via shared PTP, because your size 40 M-500 measures very similarly to the size 44 WWL-41s I saw at the shop. I bring this up because nothing about the WWL-41 has that "skinny fit" of many repro jackets (like the worst feature...

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