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    One for those with unfinished horsehide jackets,

    The end state of undyed veg tan is a really vile rotten meat sort of colour. No thanks. (For my tastes, anyway.)
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    You're both right. The Bronco is one of their A-2s that isn't modeled off of an original like the ones MrProper mentioned. (It's their first A-2 model, from before they started doing that.) (This was auto filled when I loaded up TFL; maybe it froze when I was originally posting it. Apologies if...
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    Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?

    I mean people aren’t the same size across the world. A small Japanese adult is the size of a western child lol.
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    Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?

    They're made in USA but to Schott Japan patterns. I wouldn't go that route. The 141/641 aren't lesser jackets in any way; simply more normal in sizing.
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    Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?

    Correct. They are the same jacket (except material) but the size number is one higher on the 6. I prefer the 6 leather, both steerhide and horsehide. The naked cowhide to me is less interesting (I do own it, and I think it suits some jackets like the trucker really well); the Vanson comp weight...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Do you mind DMing me your point of contact? They never replied to my email and I think they finally replied to Instagram DM, months later and basically just saying hi lol.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I had been holding off on ordering a Johnson until I was in SF for work (mostly because they're hopeless at responding to communication), but it seems like that won't happen for a while so I might call them to get an order going.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    @Canuck Panda is this the batch of black Shinki you were considering ordering to JL for TFL group buy jackets?
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    RESOLVED - Identifying RMC J-24 BJ9111 vs BJ21101

    Anyone who’s been in the denim/workwear world has encountered the rare delicacy known as the Shinki Sausage.
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    Field Leathers Bespoke - what should I expect?

    Again, I'm a happy customer of Greg, but I think you're missing one of the points we're making. You seem to be taking it as "don't start out with the high end because you don't know what you'll like yet". This isn't quite it. It's more that the newer operations haven't honed their patterns as...
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    RESOLVED - Identifying RMC J-24 BJ9111 vs BJ21101

    I saw it in like three places in quick succession, haha, which prompted the post.
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    Field Leathers Bespoke - what should I expect?

    This is really key. Leather (except perhaps lambskin) is not like fabric. The jacket will necessarily change as it is worn and mould itself to the wearer in at least some ways. It's not like say a suit, which will always fit best if it's bespoke, because you genuinely cannot dial in the base...
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    RESOLVED - Identifying RMC J-24 BJ9111 vs BJ21101

    I don’t know how or why the TFL trend of saying ‘fitment’ instead of ‘fit’ happened but the two words have very different meanings. Fitment means ‘fixture’, in the sense of a bathroom pipe or kitchen cabinet.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I would push back on this just a bit. The main issue with Five Star isn't material or construction. Pakistan makes world class goatskin and sheepskin, for example. It's pattern, especially on the civilian models. Mind you, this particular issue they share with many of the 'premium' makers...
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    RESOLVED - Identifying RMC J-24 BJ9111 vs BJ21101

    I may be wrong but I would assume this is due to sizing. You can grade the scale of pocket and lapel sizes across jacket sizes, but the belt loops need to be a standard height because the belt comes in a standard height.
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    RESOLVED - Identifying RMC J-24 BJ9111 vs BJ21101

    The main difference is the fit. The newer model doesn't just reverse the severe under-sizing of the previous model; it's a better pattern overall, with improved range of movement and shape. The standard versions of both are made of the same leather. (It's a shame because the leather I would...
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    Aero has a new leather called Pinnacle

    Not this crap again.
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    Field Leathers Bespoke - what should I expect?

    Being based in the US, you have a lot of access to used jackets (via TFL and elsewhere) of 'known quantity' brands and models, which will help a ton in helping you gauge the jacket types and fit that work for you, not to mention different kinds of leather. I mentioned TFL classifieds because we...
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    Field Leathers Bespoke - what should I expect?

    I think Field Leathers is amazing, but is a very bad idea for someone new to this kind of thing. There are really amazing Field jackets here, but virtually all of them are from people who have considerable awareness of how these things fit, deep closets of vintage and modern jackets, etc...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    The sleeves aren't too short. That isn't a motorcycle jacket.

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