East/West Musical Instruments Company

[handymike]

Incredible one on eBay at the moment:

 

[Graemsay]

East West Backpack Jacket, spotted on Etsy. Never seen one like this before.

 

[l0fielectronic]

Theres a musician who posts on instagram who seems to have both fine taste in jackets and wear a few jackets from the South Paradiso company.

Always great to see how they look when worn in the wild I think...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ11_FGnUef/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWMLfVVH-gS/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKpREhLAKb7/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKpVsuIAN6M/

 

[feltfan]

Hes the one behind South Paradiso Leather mentioned here I believe.

Wow, nice stuff. Their Facebook page is a little more useful than that web site.
https://www.facebook.com/SouthParadisoLeather/

 

[ton312]

Theres a musician who posts on instagram who seems to have both fine taste in jackets and wear a few jackets from the South Paradiso company.

Always great to see how they look when worn in the wild I think...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ11_FGnUef/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWMLfVVH-gS/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKpREhLAKb7/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKpVsuIAN6M/

That second one is so cool!!

 

[handymike]

Also his Instagram:
@Romulusthegreat
But you need to be accepted.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

scored this EWMIC "Sun Flower", locally.
fits my 9yo : |

 

[handymike]

Most stylin' kid in the neighborhood!

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

my kid? he'd forget it at the play ground.

 

[Graemsay]

Suede East West jacket I saw on eBay a while back. @red devil you might like this one.

 

[handymike]

I think that once @red devil gets his Electric Leather Studios jacket we will all be drooling.

 

[red devil]

I don't know how I missed this thread, even with the fact my username was mentionned yet I didn't get any alerts, very strange

Really cool thread!

Here's a repro of second one:
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/eight-g/5mb-7208/

It seems to be still available, if it was at least a 42 I would have gambled!

Suede East West jacket I saw on eBay a while back. @red devil you might like this one.

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This one is very very cool, and works very well in Suede but I would have it made in Ezo deerskin... Maybe I should see if Four Speed would be up to the task? Not his usual style but he has made quite a few different one offs.
In dark red of course!

I think that once @red devil gets his Electric Leather Studios jacket we will all be drooling.

The jacket was completed a few months ago, I was supposed to be in Japan around April, but with the situation that trip got cancelled. Now I have lost weight, about 14kg and am thinking that the best thing would be to pick it up personally whenever it will be.

I have other plans for him, one quite wild, but that would place it within the average when compared to East West

 

[Graemsay]

Aero did a few deerskin shirts for Iron Heart that used leather from a traditional tanner in Germany. That'd be a cool choice.

Here's a photo of Haraki's after a few years of wear.

 

[red devil]

Aero did a few deerskin shirts for Iron Heart that used leather from a traditional tanner in Germany. That'd be a cool choice.

Here's a photo of Haraki's after a few years of wear.

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I need to do some more research into nordic tanneries, they have a rich history in deer, elk and moose.

I have to say the Rover looks nice in darker colours as well

There was even a version with different colours

I have been wanting the smoke for a long time, works in Burgundy

And works in green, this one is for you @handymike

Seems like the most popular size was 38 :/

 

[handymike]

Wow, yes...the green!
I just received a 70s Bates that , while infinitely more tame, kinda fills my need for these big-collared beauties...but I’d trade it in for the Smoke in a heartbeat . The burgundy stitching on the green leather is a fantastic touch.

 

[Chris Frisby]

So, I think I found one of these jackets on a buy/sell site while hunting a shearling jacket for my daughter. Mine is lacking the leather label but I am told this jacket could be an employee personal jacket or possibly a prototype. What do you think?

 

[handymike]

Does it also have a label like this somewhere?

It looks pretty tame, but it could be a real find!

I found this fantastic archive website:
http://www.eastwestmusicalinstrumentsco.com/

Love the “Emperor of the Low IQ”

 

[Marc mndt]

Last year when visiting Japan I tried on this Eas West Barnstormer. Size XXL which is incredibly rare to find, most of these jackets are tiny for some reason. Perfect fit, great condition but about $3200 if I remember correctly.

Last month when scrolling through Instagram I spotted this one. I could not believe my eyes. It was probably going to be too small but for this kind of money I was willing to take the risk .

The brand / size tag was missing but unfortunately it turned out to be a size 38 which is way too small for me.

I decided to give it the wet stretch treatment which works especially good on unlined jackets that are made from vegetable tanned leather.

As you can see the sleeve pattern isn't all that refined (pant leg sleeves). The arm hole is very narrow and the sleeves are attached at an almost 90 degree angle lol.

Before and after stretching

The stretched leather lost some of its color depth so I reconditioned the jacket with clear beeswax based shoe polish to give it back some color and shine.

It's now perfectly wearable although the high armholes do feel slightly uncomfortable. Definitely a T-shirt only fit. I guess that's how they were worn back in the days, more like a shirt than a jacket.

 

[Marc mndt]

 

[red devil]

Just amazing, I have no other words