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I came across this cool motorcycle jacket that looks like a golden bear. It is tagged male hide- Chicago. Very cool jacket with legit talon zippers, inner suede waist band , and nice tough steerhide. I have grown partial to this crosszip. I wanted to share it also to see if anyone has heard of it "malehide" leather Chicago.
You are correct that is a Golden Bear. Golden Bear, perhaps more than any maker I can think of (maybe Johnson Leather) was contracted by a large number of leather shops and adult stores to supply jackets that were then labeled with shop tags. Male Hide was one such store. Here's another example, from an adult store in LA called "The Pleasure Chest". Sorry for the weird rotation, I'm taking it directly from Craigslist.
And here's another from "A Taste of Leather", a San Francisco shop. I think this is a much more recent Golden Bear though. Or maybe it is JL.
Glad to hear you are happy with the jacket. I know @JMax was hoping for someone on the lounge to review it since there's not a lot of reviews out there for vintage Golden Bear stuff.