GW Rough Wear 23380

[Garrett]

Emailed John about a sale page jacket last week - it sold but he hadn't updated the site. He then offered this Rough Wear 23380 made from Shinki horse hide. Customer requested wider shoulder measurements but it ended up not fitting him. Arrived yesterday and is a bit short / trim but still works. This is my first A2 (awaiting another purchased from @Fonzie).


Specs:

Vintage crown zipper and vintage united carr snaps

Front along zipper: 22.25"
Front under arms: 22.5"
Back under arms: 22.5"
Back height: 24.5"
Shoulder width: 19"
Sleeve length: 24"

 

[Fonzie]

That's a beautiful jacket Garrett, well done, how do you like the A-2 jacket style on you?

 

[Garrett]

That's a beautiful jacket Garrett, well done, how do you like the A-2 jacket style on you?

Will take some time to adapt but I'm up for it. Definitely a jacket that requires one to be in decent physical shape. Perhaps this will provide a motive to do so.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Bloody heck... that is some ultra nice and characterful leather. Those pockets are so beautiful.

 

[Fonzie]

Will take some time to adapt but I'm up for it. Definitely a jacket that requires one to be in decent physical shape. Perhaps this will provide a motive to do so.

That's the spirit!

 

[nick123]

Crown zipper too!

 

[Edward Reed]

Love John's work. probably the finest A-2 you can get. he always seems to get the best cuts of leather with the most grain character for his jackets so they are out the door with that authentic vintage appeal right off the bat. I owned one of his, a second hand Aero and wish I hadn't sold it... one day I'll get me another Chappy GW!

 

[handymike]

Beautiful jacket, Congratulations!

 

[El Marro]

Very nice jacket Garrett! Post some fit pics when you get a chance.

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Wow that is a stunning jacket. Fit pics needed.

 

[Sloan1874]

Fantastic jacket. My GW is just one of my absolute go-to's. I've got another on order, an Aero depot redye, and hopefully before too long I'll be good to go - cash is going to more pressing projects, so I'm delaying pulling the trigger at the moment.

 

[Garrett]

and here's the same jacket he made for me a size up in Italian HH

 

[Seb Lucas]

Damn!

 

[jonesy86]

and here's the same jacket he made for me a size up in Italian HH

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Doesn’t get better than that!

 

[Edward Reed]

Love John's work. probably the finest A-2 you can get. ... I owned one of his, a second hand Aero and wish I hadn't sold it... one day I'll get me another Chappy GW!

Well, to reply by quoting myself ... my "one day" came sooner than I thought as I ended up acquiring a barely worn GoodWear J.A. Dubow 20960 made with the Italian Vincenzo horse hide in a lighter seal color for a great price. It came with an accurate leather 85th FS / 79th FG patch made by Miroslav. Its really nice to have a John Chapman made jacket once again! To me these are the Lamborghinis of A-2 repros!

 

[Garrett]

Acme Thunderer RAF whistle from Aero arrived. Thought I'd post an updated photo - threw the 1940's Dobbs in for good measure:

 

[B-Man22]

Hi
New guy here on the forum and late to the party as usual, but I thought that you might like to see an original 23380. So here ya go.

 

[draš katalenić]

Nice jacket. Size?

 

[jonbuilder]

Nice to see examples of John's fine work

 

[B-Man22]

Nice jacket. Size?

The original 23380 is a size 46 .