I recently received my new Grizzly made by Steve Sellers under his Greatest Generation label. Steve who posts here as Steve S is a custom car and motorbike builder and jacket enthusiast. He now has transferred his eye and talent for classic style, detail and workmanship to making leather jackets.
I am a big fan of Grizzly's and I currently also own an AERO version. IMO I believe it is a hard design to get right and Steve nailed it. I saw his prototype on VLJ and just had to have one. Steve is a great pleasure to deal with and the experience
was extremely positive. He did a lot of work to downsize his test jacket to my measurements which are around a size 40. He asked numerous questions to double check and ensure every measurements and details were right. The whole process took about 4 weeks from initial inquiry to completion
Overall I am extremely pleased with how the jacket turned out. Steve is very flexible with all sorts of customisation. But I just went with his basic design fine tuned to my specified measurements. I also went for a lightweight lining as it never gets too cold here in Australia. The leather is a medium weight steer hide in dark chocolate brown which seems very willing to develop grain and character and will break in quickly. Zipper is NOS Talon. All I can say about the mouton is that it looks and feels gorgeous.
Even my wife loved it and just wanted to try it on.
Below are some fit pictures and I will add more later.
I am a big fan of Grizzly's and I currently also own an AERO version. IMO I believe it is a hard design to get right and Steve nailed it. I saw his prototype on VLJ and just had to have one. Steve is a great pleasure to deal with and the experience
was extremely positive. He did a lot of work to downsize his test jacket to my measurements which are around a size 40. He asked numerous questions to double check and ensure every measurements and details were right. The whole process took about 4 weeks from initial inquiry to completion
Overall I am extremely pleased with how the jacket turned out. Steve is very flexible with all sorts of customisation. But I just went with his basic design fine tuned to my specified measurements. I also went for a lightweight lining as it never gets too cold here in Australia. The leather is a medium weight steer hide in dark chocolate brown which seems very willing to develop grain and character and will break in quickly. Zipper is NOS Talon. All I can say about the mouton is that it looks and feels gorgeous.
Even my wife loved it and just wanted to try it on.
Below are some fit pictures and I will add more later.
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