Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[Monitor]

Deals are getting aggressive. Five jackets I wanna buy rn.

 

[Marc mndt]

Y2 horsehide five pocket size 30.
Check out this listing on Grailed:
https://grailed.app.link/2BHke1gOuab

 

[Marc mndt]

Fiel leather has got a couple of sales jackets. Also size 42 and some cafe racers.

£600 for a new Shinky

 

[Marc mndt]

 

[JMax]

HH NYPD

https://www.ebay.com/itm/143682560225

 

[Jumper]

Had this $199 (w/ offer) Herc in my watchlist and seller sent me an offer for $150, but I don't think I'll get it. No great full-front pictures of it in the listing, but does appear to be in good shape. Seller measures interior p2p at 22".

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284001339448

 

[Monitor]

SC literally made the best stuff ever. I would happily retire with this. Grail item for me. Sadly, no funds. If anyone is interested... I've never seen one like it. Perfect in every possible way. Just beyond perfect. Oh well. You lose some and then you lose some more and it's all over.

https://www.grailed.com/listings/16...torcycle-x-sugar-cane-brown-tan-leather-shirt

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Big Fidelity, BIN $60 OBO:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254745159370

 

[Marc mndt]

Awesome jacket if it fits your build. Great price. Size 38

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/254732332913

 

[Monitor]

This seller has the best stuff. So many fun jackets!

https://www.grailed.com/listings/16...jacket-takaiq-leather-ramones-perfecto-jacket

 

[Jumper]

Old Brooks CR. Seen some use.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-19...ear-Cafe-Motorcycle-Jacket-sz-38/143734176631

 

[Downunder G Man]

This year's Schott sale. Apologies if this has been posted on the lounge already. Too far for this black duck to travel sorry !

 

[Thuggee]

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where did this listing come from can’t see anything on his website or here?

 

[Marc mndt]

where did this listing come from can’t see anything on his website or here?

Field leathers posted them on their instagram account. I think it's best to dm @Honeyman1935 if you're interested.

 

[JMax]

WB Place Deerskin pullover 44 $135

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114461185016

 

[JMax]

Kurland $65

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264890856838

 

[AeroFan_07]

So I picked up this one:

Brill Bros biker, 44, bad zipper but mad grain, $69.45 BIN shipped. Might be worth making it a project.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Mens-Heavy-Black-Leather-Motorcycle-Biker-Jacket-70s-80s-Size-44/264889907246?hash=item3dacab382e:g:A20AAOSwr4RffPh8&LH_ItemCondition=2000|2500|3000|4000|5000|6000|7000

Sadly it did not work out the best. Will Zach had no idea, nor did I, of what would arrive. In the photos the grain, patina and leather combined all looked quite good. I sure thought so indeed so I took the chance at the Buy it now price (which was not that much).

When I recieved it, it was Very Dirty, as in, I won't even try this old jacket on before it goes in the wash. I know it needed the main zipper repaired. Turns out all but 2 zippers on the jacket were toast. I wish I would have had a clear pipe on the drain of my washer for this one. Or maybe not.

Post wash, and air drying most of the weekend with a fan on low nearby, everything seemed pretty OK. There was clearly someting down deep inside the lining and the rear kidney panel that I could not identify, felt like a curled over piece of inner leather possibly used as a stiffening item for that kidney panel.

Problems took over after I took the photos below - "dried out". I tried some ligther leather conditioner only to discover it would take none of that. Only at this point did I really look at the white peaks showing through at corners and around the action back, elbows of the sleeves, etc. This is a Painted leather jacket! Yes, painted...

So no amount of attempting to re-soften that leather would do any good in my book. So here I have a jacket with 4-broken zippers, holes in the lining and an un-idenitifed foreign object quite noticable inside the bottom of the lining, and Painted, cracking leather getting drier as it sits after my "wash" of it. Oops.

It was time to bail out. This along with several other items went into a bag and were carted off to our local Salvation Army as-is store for donation. Maybe someone can think of some use for it, harvest a few zippers, etc. At the end of the day not a big loss, but several lesson's learned. Here are a few photos post-wash and dried at ambient temp for ~36 hours:

 

[Jin431]

Awesome jacket if it fits your build. Great price. Size 38
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https://www.ebay.nl/itm/254732332913

This would be nice for me but the shoulders too small

 

[AeroFan_07]

Eastman Californian 44L in Brown:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eastman-Le...574733?hash=item3fe298590d:g:twIAAOSwlepe1XRO

 

[Graemsay]

Keith Haring's Perfecto. Given it's being sold by Phillips, it's not going to be cheap!

https://www.phillips.com/detail/keith-haring/EX010420/16