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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    I’d buy this if I had a Hercules.
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    fit check schott 118

    It's nice, though the real fur version is even nicer!
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    fit check schott 118

    Both Dee Dee and Johnny used to wear them (Johnny on the left epaulette, Dee Dee on the right epaulette). You could get the leather case itself to wear as a half measure. It's interesting how people I've met who knew the boys personally, as well as CJ who joined the band as a fan, came away...
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    fit check schott 118

    I contacted the company that makes it, as it's not sold in the US. They said to email Nordhandel (a dealer of theirs) about it (Clejuso chain Number 1), and they manually put through an order for me. You can get the case for it that slips on the epaulette here.
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    fit check schott 118

    Case in point: my Perfecto here measures like a 40. It looks great… but I basically can't move in it, so I've worn it about twice–the day I got it and the day I took that photo (and met Will from TFL!) For about a year I wondered if I'd made the wrong choice by getting my Perfecto in a 42 (it...
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    fit check schott 118

    Although even there, Tommy is still in his trucker and Joey switched his Perfecto for a Lightning. It’s just Dee Dee who’s joined with a Perfecto, there.
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    fit check schott 118

    Sometimes it’s not even the photos accurately but how people remember them. For instance, that Brazilian band someone posted here who remade the first album’s cover photo—only they were all wearing Perfectos. In that original Roberta Bayley photo, only Johnny is (it was his pre-band jacket).
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    Redwing Beckman

    I’m sure you could even find a Like New version at a substantial discount. I got a ‘used’ Buzz Rickson’s jacket last year (the ‘used’-ness consisted of the original buyer having kept the bag that came with the jacket and selling on the jacket at 1/3 the price!)
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    Redwing Beckman

    Go to one of those forwarding websites, find the item. They will receive it, then you pay a shipping fee for them to send it from Japan to you. Here’s the Beckman (Japanese size 29 is 11D I believe).
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    fit check schott 118

    Even the Ramone fit is a bit of a misnomer. They routinely wore thick hoodies under their Perfectos, so they couldn’t have been anywhere near as tight as the people downsizing jackets to look “punk” wearr theirs. The 613S that OP mentioned is a slightly different pattern than the standard...
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    Redwing Beckman

    Why not just buy them via a Japan proxy like Buyee? They’re below the tax threshold too unless they’re priced like Edward Greens, which I assume they aren’t.
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    Best Overall Motorcycle Jacket

    Did you end up getting the Goldtop in?
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    Leather Police Jackets

    My Taylor NJ police jacket is extremely well made (and in their older, thicker leather which is an added bonus) but it's too big for me (I'm a little over 6'1" with a 40" chest and I got Medium Tall). Quite a shame. It seems incredibly practical.
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    I will add you to the mental list of forum friends to check in with before this year's sale. If I have a list of sizes and desired models (as well as cutoff prices), I can pretty much find something for anyone. The 2021 sale was a bit sparse (probably due to lockdown affecting factory capacity)...
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Schott had some great souvenir jackets done up in proper MA-1 cloth in the factory sale. They were well under $50.
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    It surprisingly looks the part. Minimal branding, nice wire pull zippers, seems to be a nylon with the right drape too.
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    HIMEL BROS - THE AVRO - DARK BROWN SHINKI HORSEHIDE OIL FINISH (44)

    I wasn't actually picking a fight, just confused by the label, but you seem to be trying to make it one. A 44 does not mean "minimum of 44 inches" (which would actually be less than 44, when you account for the thickness of the leather and lining), it means "fits someone with a 44 inch chest"...
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    Tan/natural leather jacket

    The “natural” leathers eventually go well beyond tan colour and end up looking a meat red. Not to my tastes but more importantly it will not result in the tan you want. For what you’re looking for, I would suggest going for a light tan leather that is dyed but unfinished. It will darken but not...
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    Legendary USA Black Stallion is Back

    There was also a run in brown CXL and another in natural CXL.
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    Legendary USA Black Stallion is Back

    The current naked cowhide on my trucker and @TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead's 118 is quite nice. I think you're confusing the 1928H with the PER28. The 1928H is a repro of a Beck/Perfecto #333 D-pocket motorcycle jacket. As you can see it doesn't have a half-belt. The PER28 is a repro of a 1920s...

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