This is very cool! A size 42 Schott in this design with a zip-out liner must have a bigger p2p than 21 inches. I looked at a few of this sellers' other leather jackets, and all the listed chest measurements were way too small given the tagged sizes and designs of the jackets. I'd ask for...
It looks great. Too small for me. I was just curious about how to ID a Reed cafe racer. I can ID a Brooks or a Kehoe, probably an Esprit, but I'd just have no idea what to look for to say, "Oh, that's a Reed." But I'll look around, I'm sure somebody's posted about that very thing somewhere...
It's a beauty all right, but can someone drop some knowledge on me? What identifies this as a Reed? Not sayin' it's not, I just don't know what to look for with Reed racers.
Red-and-Black Label Brooks Racer, in brown cowhide.
These Brooks racers are awesome cool, and this one fits me great ... except for the sleeves, which are just way too long for me. Got long arms? Read on...
Hide is brown, and can look a little burgundy-ish in the right light. Talon main...
The seller has TWO of them, but they both appear to be the same size. Kinda rubbing it in.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=afootrecords&store_name=afootrecords&_oac=1&_nkw=kehoe
Selling my Roebucks denim trucker jacket due to a fit issue. I like my denim truckers to hit right at the belt, and this one's just too long on my torso. It's marked a 44 Tall, which seems about right given the vintage, except the sleeves aren't as long as you might expect, so check the...
I've often found Union tags to be very helpful in dating jackets, especially denim ones. Here are a couple good resources:
https://www.steelzipper.com/ACWA.html
https://sammydvintage.com/vintage-style/union-labels/
If you check the first link and scroll down to the 3rd and 4th of the 4 sample...
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