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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    The jacket will be sent out in a few days. Mr. Zaffrin sent me the photos beforehand. He says the jacket weighs 14 lbs.= 6.35 Kg. The photo in the left is Yah-Ta Hey Leathers ‘ Tacoma’ medium length coat. It is made of 4.5~5.0 ounce steerhide and weighs 13.7 lbs.=6.28 Kg. ( the right is the...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Hi. I’m Arrandale. This nickname comes from Arrandale primary school which I used to attend when I was living in Great Neck, NY.. Please let me introduce Yah-Ta Hey Leathers double motorcycle jacket ‘Montana’ and a medium length coat which is actually a copy of the Langlitz Red Dog coat. Both...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Scarecrow Company was a garment store in Fukazawa, Tokyo. The shop owner Mr. Narusawa was the first Japanese to introduce Langlitz Leathers to Japan in the 1980s. While searching for an even better maker than Langlitz, Narusawa came across Johnson Leather in San Francisco. He introduced Yah-Ta...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Dear Mr. Red Devil, This is Arrandale or Koichi Doi in Japan. I’m afraid this might be a wrong place to post, but please note my email address for your convenience. versitec91@yahoo.co.jp This is my main email...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Vanson competition weight leather is quite thick and heavy. I believe it’s about 3.5 ounce because Langlitz uses 3.5 ounce leather and Vanson jackets seems to be equal. I own a Vanson Marauder, Vanson Ike, and Langlitz Red Dog coat, Langlitz bomber jacket. The Yah Ta Hey jackets which were...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Is Aero Leather a well known company in the United States and England? It was suddenly introduced in Japan when Takuya Kimura, a Japanese actor appeared in a TV drama wearing the Highwayman jacket and Red Wing engineer boots. It was sold out within a few days in Tokyo. This happened in 1989 as...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Big Twin in Sibuya, Tokyo built me a jacket which is actually a copy of the Vanson Marauder jacket.I sent them the Marauder jacket which I own and requested them to build a copy,except that the leather is their vegetable tanned cowhide and the zipper is YKK. The Big Twin Marauder is made from...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Do you know anything about water buffalo hide?
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Is bison leather as thick as steer hide?
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Does Aero make their jackets from crome tanned cowhide if I requested to do so? For me horse hide is somewhat too stiff.
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    I posted a message about Big Twin, a leather jacket shop in Tokyo. I requested a bomber jacket built from their 5ounce vegetable tanned steerhide. Mr.Sawada, the shop owner declined my request with the reason that the leather is so stiff that it won’t work well with the knit at the end of the...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Hi. I’m the wierd heavy leather jacket freak living in Tokyo. I was astonished that the Yah Ta Hey Double motorcycle jacket was known to some men in the United States. The shop which used to sell Yah Ta Hey jackets are gone bankrupt for more than 10 years. I owe the shop owner Narusawa about...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Hi! I’m back again.Recently I visited Big Twin, who builds custom made leather garments.I asked them if they will build a leather jacket just like the Vanson Marauder Suzuki jacket out of their heaviest 5ounce vegetable tanned steerhide. The shop owner Sawada was willing to do this. I believe...
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    What is your heaviest jacket ? I’m really inquisitive ! Is it available ?
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    Scarecrow Yah Ta Hey leathers

    Recently I came across double motorcycle jacket made by Lost World. The jacket is made from 5 oz moose skin. I don’t know what moose skin is like, but as far as the heaviness if the leather is concerned, it might be the heaviest leather jacket in market.

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