Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[tek8080]

42 LW Easy Ryder with a fair bit of wear on it. Note it looks like the half belt straps were cut off of it. $300 starting bid with a Make Offer option.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225395962632

 

[ton312]

LW, 5 min to go. Check out this description.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1755894123...uid=Wqf9-B18Rf-&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

The benchmark LOST WORLDS rendering of the highly regarded J23 BUCO Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket from the old Joseph Buegeleisen Co. of Detroit. A remarkable, stunningly beautiful D-pocket Black Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket from the 1950s. Originals often command excessive sums on the vintage market.

Our J23 is made of the best Horsehide in the world, and not by a little, from our own US tannery (3.0 - 4.0+ Oz. customer preference). Inimitable LOST WORLDS authenticity, quality and workmanship. A lifetime purchase: Correct horsehide jackets routinely outlive their owners and are passed down as heirlooms. (Yes, there's as much difference between different makers' horsehide as between cars, people, galaxies!) There are some who think mere hype separates a $1950.00 jacket from cheaper jackets. Are a Carrera and Sienna (!) separated merely by hype (or testosterone)? Yet, we do believe that for some, many even, a cheaper, thinner, softer jacket might serve their needs better than ours. (Not to mention thinner, softer fashion replicas much more expensive than $1950.00 -- seriously!) Not everyone needs something like our dreadnought Buco J23. These are for a special kind of rider. The knowledgeable know from experience the extraordinary protection a LOST WORLDS Horsehide jacket can afford in potentially serious road mishaps. Our jackets are equipment, pure and simple, not fashion. If your bike sports safety and speed modifications yet you consider a jacket just a weather or fashion accessory, speak to real riders. They know.

Unlike weaker hides, genuine Lost Worlds Chrome-Tanned Horsehide never loses strength as it softens and molds to its owner. (Oh, yeah, originals were Vegetable-Tanned -- hilarious!) Ours doesn't whiten, bleed, mottle, "pull-up" if you look at it the wrong way or rub against a door frame. That's social media leather. The beauty and comfort of our hides increase with use and age without losing durability, incredible water repellency and protection -- why old manufacturers and riders always preferred Horsehide. (Yet even among originals variations in horsehide quality exist, the difference being that back then there were, generally, excellent and good hides, less crap. Today the field is MUCH narrower and, unsurprisingly, more duplicitous, i.e., cowhide being passed off to unwary as horsehide.) Incidentally, no original had tougher, heavier, more beautiful natural grain Horsehides than ours.

Stu's right about most of it...though he does forget to mention that there is no leather on the planet more boring to look at. The black is ok but that russet brown is like staring into a dead eyed void... A wildly uninspired, clay colored, dog sh!t brown reminiscent of a furry friend that dropped one in June, right under that bush over there, discovered on your shoe in late August.

 

[Will Zach]

^^
Awesome wear on this Ryder. So much for "LW jackets don't patina".

 

[tek8080]

Man when I first saw that J23 listed I thought for sure the bidding would take off a bit. Someone got a good deal. It was too small for me or I would have bid.

 

[Claybertrand]

Stu's right about most of it...though he does forget to mention that there is no leather on the planet more boring to look at. The black is ok but that russet brown is like staring into a dead eyed void... A wildly uninspired, clay colored, dog sh!t brown reminiscent of a furry friend that dropped one in June, right under that bush over there, discovered on your shoe in late August.

Bro, all I can say about that LW brown isssssssss........................................................wait for itttttt.....................................................................








"That's SOCIAL MEDIA Leather" LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gypsymoth82]

Isn't @Gypsymoth82 in that thread? Maybe he bought it.

I tried! Never got back to me. Part of me thinks that Schott put that jacket in there to get more people on their forum......

That 333 NWFT jacket is the stuff dreams are made of.

 

[Will Zach]

Bro, all I can say about that LW brown isssssssss........................................................wait for itttttt.....................................................................








"That's SOCIAL MEDIA Leather" LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We should appropriate this expression at TFL as an ultimate insult - "That's social media leather"...

 

[Monitor]

Stu's right about most of it...though he does forget to mention that there is no leather on the planet more boring to look at. The black is ok but that russet brown is like staring into a dead eyed void... A wildly uninspired, clay colored, dog sh!t brown reminiscent of a furry friend that dropped one in June, right under that bush over there, discovered on your shoe in late August.

I'm not surprised a person like Stu would chose that particular shade of brown for his brown lather. It's just as plain, empty and uninspired.
The earlier stuff was nice, though!

 

[Observe]

I wonder if he gets the irony of his florid ad copy disparaging so called pretentious social media types. Not that I think he's completely off base with some of his remarks, but he's playing the same game as others, just on the other team.

 

[JMax]

I'm not surprised a person like Stu would chose that particular shade of brown for his brown lather. It's just as plain, empty and uninspired.
The earlier stuff was nice, though!

There you go. I like my brown PJ27. It is a bit older jacket. Not sure it is all that different from the new but I haven’t seen it in person.

Stepping in dog shite is why I refuse to spend $1000 on boots lol.

 

[JMax]

Good God we gonna rock down to elastics avenue. And then we'll take it higher…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3744949660...CJi9omFSVa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Monitor]

There you go. I like my brown PJ27. It is a bit older jacket. Not sure it is all that different from the new but I haven’t seen it in person.

Stepping in dog shite is why I refuse to spend $1000 on boots lol.

I won't lie, I miss that vest... That was one of my favorite things I've had. Coincidentally, two out of five leather jackets that I considered my favorite were by LW.

 

[Leigh H]

Obscure Japanese brand Fourspeed

Quality looks very good

size small

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314355686342

 

[ton312]

Good God we gonna rock down to elastics avenue. And then we'll take it higher…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3744949660...CJi9omFSVa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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When I saw that one I laughed my ass off!

 

[JMax]

When I saw that one I laughed my ass off!

I was stoked… then not.

 

[ton312]

Lawrence. The high water mark for vintage m/c jackets. This absolutely smashes them all. Buco, Herc, Sportclad….. Sit down.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2661153965...r_AYQu0TLS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Shame about the epaulette(s)…

 

[Will Zach]

Lawrence. The high water mark for vintage m/c jackets. This absolutely smashes them all. Buco, Herc, Sportclad….. Sit down.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2661153965...r_AYQu0TLS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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Shame about the epaulette(s)…

Hmmm, so maybe Lawrence made them for Spiegel???

 

[JMax]

Lawrence. The high water mark for vintage m/c jackets. This absolutely smashes them all. Buco, Herc, Sportclad….. Sit down.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2661153965...r_AYQu0TLS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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Shame about the epaulette(s)…

Just about to post this. First one I have seen in around 4 years. Different from the absolute grail jacket @Gamma68 owns but holy cow, the hide. The attached belt also is gone. Still, the hide!!

 

[JMax]

Red label Cal. Star Glovey hide. As good as it gets…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1553916747...CJi9omFSVa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Claybertrand]

Just about to post this. First one I have seen in around 4 years. Different from the absolute grail jacket @Gamma68 owns but holy cow, the hide. The attached belt also is gone. Still, the hide!!

Even has GRAINY LAPELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!