2007 Langlitz Cascade...

[Corky Corcovado]

I want to dye my Langlitz Cascade also. I don't know if I should go dark brown or black. My base color is slightly darker than yours was. Also it's goat.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Thanks for the update after all these years. Would love to see more photos like at the start of the thread if you ever get the chance.
Unique and impressive jacket!!!

Me too!!!
I re-read this whole thread and followed the @Tommer45 jacket evo.
I think we all want a famous “TOMMER” now! Lol
I know i do!!
B

 

[sweetfights]

I want to dye my Langlitz Cascade also. I don't know if I should go dark brown or black. My base color is slightly darker than yours was. Also it's goat. View attachment 183809

Dark Brown would be my vote!

 

[Tommer45]

I think we all want a famous “TOMMER” now! Lol
I know i do!!
B

$4k and it's yours, bro!

Sweetfights, trying to upload some new pics for ya... says files are too large.. lemme try and adjust and get em up.

 

[sweetfights]

Would love to see.
$4000? Chump
Change.................for Ralph Lauren!

By sheer coincidence just picked up my vintage cascade, over 50 years old. Needed new liner and main zipper. Replaced zipper shipped in from Langlitz.

 

[AeroFan_07]

Helpful way to have "cut down photos" is to use the Snipping tool it he Windows Accessories area in the Start Menu, if using a PC. Just play around with that, you can turn a 16 MB file into a very small one very quickly!

 

[Tommer45]

This is some of the grainiest, most horsehide looking cowhide I've ever come across. Awesome leather.

 

[AeroFan_07]

Definetly a well-loved jacket there!

 

[roadking04]

@Tommer45, Awesome jacket. Thanks for the updated pics!

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

This is some of the grainiest, most horsehide looking cowhide I've ever come across. Awesome leather.

Outfrigginstanding!!
Thanks for taking the time to post those.
Bowen

 

[AlexB]

This is some of the grainiest, most horsehide looking cowhide I've ever come across. Awesome leather.

Really awesome. That’s how you treat and love a jacket. Making history together...


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[sweetfights]

Great update. I see two pins. One is a firefighter related pin and the other a cross.
Background?

 

[Tommer45]

Great update. I see two pins. One is a firefighter related pin and the other a cross.
Background?

Nothing so important. These pins wouldn't go on a new jacket today. The red one is an AMA pin from over a decade ago. The Cross of Lorraine, which is a symbol of French Patriotism, was on the ring that Magnum PI wore and I was a mega huge Magnum fan when I was in college. I saw the pin somewhere and bought it on the spot. I don't really want em on the jacket anymore but they've been there so long I just leave em on at this point. The jacket doesn't see much wear anymore because it's so freaking heavy so they don't bother me.

 

[sweetfights]

Nothing so important. These pins wouldn't go on a new jacket today. The red one is an AMA pin from over a decade ago. The Cross of Lorraine, which is a symbol of French Patriotism, was on the ring that Magnum PI wore and I was a mega huge Magnum fan when I was in college. I saw the pin somewhere and bought it on the spot. I don't really want em on the jacket anymore but they've been there so long I just leave em on at this point. The jacket doesn't see much wear anymore because it's so freaking heavy so they don't bother me.

Thank you.
I love history.
After owning three Langlitz I can only imagine what the “heavy cowhide” is like.
I have a sample of the heavy brown. Rolling on rocks all day may help to break in such a jacket!

 

[Tommer45]

Thank you.
I love history.
After owning three Langlitz I can only imagine what the “heavy cowhide” is like.
I have a sample of the heavy brown. Rolling on rocks all day may help to break in such a jacket!

I had a standard Cascade in dark brown heavy cowhide. It was a beast. What helps is that both my Langlitz jackets fit better than any other high end jacket I've owned...so the perfect fit helps negate some of the weight. I sold that 2007 heavy Cascade a few months ago.

Also of note... after years of wear and being soaked in the rain, etc, my medium weight Cascade (the 'Tommer' pictured above) ended up weighing more than the heavyweight Cascade that got less use.

 

[Tommer45]

Another pic of the heavy cow Cascade. I sent it back shortly after delivery to have the sleeves shortened an inch and have snaps added to the lapels.

 

[sweetfights]

I had a standard Cascade in dark brown heavy cowhide. It was a beast. What helps is that both my Langlitz jackets fit better than any other high end jacket I've owned...so the perfect fit helps negate some of the weight. I sold that 2007 heavy Cascade a few months ago.

Also of note... after years of wear and being soaked in the rain, etc, my medium weight Cascade (the 'Tommer' pictured above) ended up weighing more than the heavyweight Cascade that got less use.
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Wow. Weighed more? Damn.
I do agree, Langlitz custom are the best fitting. Part of me wants a new custom Horsehide cascade and the other wants to try a heavy cowhide.

 

[sweetfights]

Was the heavy cowhide that much warmer? Casual or riding?

 

[Tommer45]

Was the heavy cowhide that much warmer? Casual or riding?

No real difference in warmth. I rode all year round... would layer appropriately. I wore the straight zip Cascade both on and off the bike, and only wore the slant-zip on the bike... I never felt right wearing it as a regular jacket. Guess I never felt rock n' roll enough to pull off that look. But all in all, not all that much of a difference in weight. My brother has a Cascade in goat... lemme try to find a pic... it's much lighter, although still a pretty flat, boring color. If he dyed his the way I dyed mine it just MIGHT be the perfect jacket!

 

[sweetfights]

Thank you.
You are part of Langlitz history with the masterful dye job!!
It’s amazing how a zipper jacket configuration makes such a social statement!