Field Leathers

[Randomuser]

That leather looks phenomenal. Shinki pigment?

 

[Kenan]

That leather looks phenomenal. Shinki pigment?

Yes indeed

 

[Bfd70]

I know it’s somewhere in the above 150 pages but considering the speed of the site can anyone give me a brief synopsis of the issues with the early patterns.

 

[mvilla]

I know it’s somewhere in the above 150 pages but considering the speed of the site can anyone give me a brief synopsis of the issues with the early patterns.

I don't really like how mine sits on my shoulders, it bulges quite a bit and looks weird next to the collar.
I don't want to extend too long, but to summarise, the pattern of my Eastman and mainly my Lewis Leathers feel just that much more refined and adjusted.

 

[mvilla]

 

[mvilla]

If you look on Keenan's pictures you can see the same thing I'm referring to..I don't know if that is truly an issue, but I don't like it too much, even more so considering the "bespoke" part of it

 

[Marc mndt]

If you look on Keenan's pictures you can see the same thing I'm referring to.

His first pattern had a chest (width between the armholes) that was too tight. The sleeves were too narrow, too much curve and a sleeve pitch that was slightly off. Second generation patterns had square shoulders. All generations were / are undersized imo (my 44 fits like a 42). I've seen the 'push against the neck' issue on several of his patterns. Kenan's Peter's repro has it too. I asked him about it when he just got the jacket because it looked really uncomfortable to me but he told me it's perfectly comfortable.

 

[mvilla]

His first pattern had a chest (width between the armholes) that was too tight. The sleeves were too narrow, too much curve and a sleeve pitch that was slightly off. Second generation patterns had square shoulders. All generations were / are undersized imo (my 44 fits like a 42). I've seen the 'push against the neck' issue on several of his patterns. Kenan's Peter's repro has it too. I asked him about it when he just got the jacket because it looked really uncomfortable to me but he told me it's perfectly comfortable.

Yeah, I don't have any comfort issue to speak about. I just don't like how it looks. I agree with you on sizing, this one is 44 whilst all my other jackets are 42. The measurements that I asked for are a mix betweent my LL and my Eastman. So one would think it would be a 42.

Edit: I was looking back at some of the fit pics here and yep, the issue is on several other...

 

[Squirrel_hero]

I don't really like how mine sits on my shoulders, it bulges quite a bit and looks weird next to the collar.
I don't want to extend too long, but to summarise, the pattern of my Eastman and mainly my Lewis Leathers feel just that much more refined and adjusted.

Do you have his latest patterns? Chicago or Ohio?

 

[MrProper]

His first pattern had a chest (width between the armholes) that was too tight. The sleeves were too narrow, too much curve and a sleeve pitch that was slightly off. Second generation patterns had square shoulders. All generations were / are undersized imo (my 44 fits like a 42). I've seen the 'push against the neck' issue on several of his patterns. Kenan's Peter's repro has it too. I asked him about it when he just got the jacket because it looked really uncomfortable to me but he told me it's perfectly comfortable.

I only know the first generation, which was exactly as Marc described. Beautiful, but unwearable for me.

 

[mvilla]

Do you have his latest patterns? Chicago or Ohio?

Yes, I got this a few months ago, so I suppose it is his lates. This is his half belt one, I don't remember which with/state he named it now

Edit: it is Idaho

 

[Bfd70]

Thanks fellas. Nice early j24 on the bay but it sounds too risky

 

[navetsea]

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that's a rear collar hole problem, can be caused by adding the shoulder drop but keeping the same rear collar hole like a flatter shouldered jacket, or perhaps the sleeve is slightly pre rotated forward but the rear collar hole is not cut more roomy for the normal position with arms down on the side, I have some jacket with that problem when I designed an exaggerated drop shoulder, but I forgot about the rear part of the neck, looks fine on the hanger because the hanger is flat, while our neck is rounded

 

[Squirrel_hero]

Yes, I got this a few months ago, so I suppose it is his lates. This is his half belt one, I don't remember which with/state he named it now

Edit: it is Idaho

The Idaho is the older pattern I believe unless he upgraded the Idaho ..

 

[Bennarion]

There is no problem with the racer

 

[Bennarion]

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I had this problem on a G1 contract jacket. I couldn't put up with it and got rid of her.

 

[MrProper]

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Here the rotation of the sleeves looks normal. Therefore no shifting in the neck and stretching over the chest.

 

[mvilla]

The Idaho is the older pattern I believe unless he upgraded the Idaho ..

He updated it at some point, I recall there was a post about it on his Instagram profile.

 

[Kenan]

If you look on Keenan's pictures you can see the same thing I'm referring to..I don't know if that is truly an issue, but I don't like it too much, even more so considering the "bespoke" part of it

My FL leathetogs doesn’t have that issue, but the Peter’s does. I expect it to be because the Leathertogs was made to my measuremnets and the Peter’s was originally made for another guy. Anyway it doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all, because the of the collar style I guess. The weight of the jacket doesn’t rest on the neck, so I have no issues with it.

 

[mvilla]

I just did something... Now my mock jacket is a jacket haha

Actually, 2 jackets

I've used the reversible Conmatic zip, courtesy from @photo2u, and sent it to Donna Howard, from Horizon Leathers, to add some leather accents (Shinki Pony scraps I got with my jacket) and made a reversible side out of Harris Tweed. Really like the result