Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[Coriu]

For the ladies Fox Creek MED Braided Vest $91BIN or auction
https://www.ebay.com/itm/274886709300?hash=item4000865034:g:L0AAAOSwZpFhBYbF

 

[Guppy]

New/unworn 1997 Langlitz Columbia.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Langlitz-leather-jacket-Columbia-/194264711135

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Looks like the Kurland D-pocket but with different hardware and an Aldencrest label. Same glove-tanned label too. I like how this brown ages.

https://etsy.me/3j9HLH4

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Extraordinarily burnished patina.
B

 

[Mandarin]

Reed PJ 27

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/294305952329?hash=item4486007249:g:rswAAOSwjZpg5TXG

 

[Kubatu]

Reed PJ 27

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/294305952329?hash=item4486007249:g:rswAAOSwjZpg5TXG

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First time I have ever seen a Reed in this style.

 

[Will Zach]

First time I have ever seen a Reed in this style.

Maybe because different police departments have different specs on their jackets.

 

[Wildhorses]

Square pockets, one piece back
50s Hercules Size 44 Leather Jacket Mens Vintage Sears | Etsy

 

[handymike]

These are the best! The sleeves demand tapering, but beyond that...Amazing design!

 

[Wildhorses]

These are the best! The sleeves demand tapering, but beyond that...Amazing design!

Theses are easy to wear jackets. I have the same one in brown, I have to find a black one...

 

[Claybertrand]

Who took down the Herc!?!?!!?!? Had to be someone in here.......

 

[alish]

WB Place(USA) Vintage Small Deerskin Vest $59BIN + $8 shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174818867015?hash=item28b4043747:g:wMwAAOSwTvhguiMO

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224553464829?hash=item34486df3fd:g:a5AAAOSwfxFbgFCR

 

[tmitchell59]

Theses are easy to wear jackets. I have the same one in brown, I have to find a black one...

These jackets use to come around, haven't seen one for awhile. Most are steerhide. The one on the far left below is the horsehide model.

 

[jeo]

Vintage California Sportswear “Californian” Cowhide Leather Jacket Size 38 (M)
$450
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3040693150...pid=5338596370&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

 

[Claybertrand]

These jackets use to come around, haven't seen one for awhile. Most are steerhide. The one on the far left below is the horsehide model.

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Terry, I have one that looks exactly like the one you have pictured---the one in the middle. Like this jacket, mine is also missing the label. It has the same exact liner with a Conmar main and Conmar Diamond chest zipper pull.

On both of these jackets--the square pocket is only piped on 3 sides with the other side going into the side seam on each side. Are these a later Herc or are they another Label??? I know this style was marketed by many under many labels but I wondered if you knew anything about this particular variant of the square pocket.

PS--Can someone please PM or post for me how to tag people in posts???

 

[JMax]

^^^ @Claybertrand

type @, then start typing the name of the person you want to post— a drop down menu will pop up and select the bubba. Finito.

 

[jeo]

Perhaps not a deal, but certainly a find.

https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m73672958245

Rainbow Country replicates this label and looks to be the basis for their whole brand, but I always thought they just made the label and name up and that it's supposed to be based on the California Sportswear brand. Never actually seen a vintage jacket with the "California MFG" label.

Anyone have any info on this label/brand? Maybe @tmitchell59?

 

[Claybertrand]

^^^ @Claybertrand

type @, then start typing the name of the person you want to post— a drop down menu will pop up and select the bubba. Finito.

DUDE!!!! Thanks man!!!! I feel like an IDIOT not knowing that already............... I'll be out on the LOOSE now bro!!!!!!!

 

[tmitchell59]

On both of these jackets--the square pocket is only piped on 3 sides with the other side going into the side seam on each side. Are these a later Herc or are they another Label???

I can't picture the pockets you are referring to. Most of the Hercules had the Sponge Bob Square Pockets. This Sportclad also has them. Though they look very similar, they were different jackets in fit and finish.

 

[tmitchell59]

Anyone have any info on this label/brand? Maybe @tmitchell59

This is the Original Golden Bear label. Rainbow uses something like this. This jacket is from the late 1930s with the Tanners label proclaiming cow. I have the same Tanners label in a Goatskin jacket pictured below, but no makers label. One of my most beautiful jackets.

Thanks for posting this jacket. That labels is quite valuable to me!

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[Claybertrand]

I can't picture the pockets you are referring to. Most of the Hercules had the Sponge Bob Square Pockets. This Sportclad also has them. Though they look very similar, they were different jackets in fit and finish.

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@tmitchell59
If you look closely at your photo (or obviously you can look at the jackets in person if you still have them)…..

I’m referring to the jacket with the Flag pin in the collar. Compare that jacket to the Sponge Bob Square Pocket others you have. You’ll see that the square pockets on most have the same border all the way around the square. It’s a clean uniformity square.

But the jacket with the flag pin—the pocket border for the side nearest the sides cinches (not those near the main zip) is not the same as the other three sides. The pockets look capital D shaped with the border on the sides near the cinches actually just being the side vertical stitching. It’s not a clean full square like the others.

I’ll get this over into the Sears Jacket thread tho and post some pics of my jackets to illustrate