Help with a vintage belted back leather jacket.

[Narodnik]

Hey.

I found this today at a local thrift shop and I thought you guys would enjoy. The leather is very thick and stiff and the jacket has no damages or faults to speak of. There are three lightning zippers and two swift zippers. Sadly no tag left.

Its lined throughout and very warm. Fits like a 38.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how old it might be?

 

[handymike]

Nice find! Im no expert, but the leather/ lining combo is similar to my Hercules jacket which was 40s or 50s...the lightning zips mean it was probably made in England.

 

[Deleted member 16736]

Great find. Wow, I didn't know you could still find great jackets like that in the real world.

 

[Yeps]

That's a beut.

 

[Narodnik]

Thanks everyone!

The patina on the zippers (verdigris) and overall feel would suggest its could be as old as 40 yeah.
Ive actually seen this for a few months at a local thrift shop. Was one of their cheaper leather jackets.
How do I identify what leather this is by the way?

 

[tonypaj]

Thanks everyone!

The patina on the zippers (verdigris) and overall feel would suggest its could be as old as 40 yeah.
Ive actually seen this for a few months at a local thrift shop. Was one of their cheaper leather jackets.
How do I identify what leather this is by the way?

My guess is that you won't. I sent a steerhide jacket to the manufacturer, swapped it to a another jacket, they sold is as horsehide. I think that people are way too conscious of the source of the leather, rather than concentrating on what they want it to look like. Lamb, well, I prefer not to have anything to do with it (oh well, I like my B-3), but between horsehide, goat, or steer hide, the differences are minimal from a practical point of view. They can be seen, though, if one looks hard enough.

 

[Metatron]

That's a really great find! More than a little jealous.

Considering your location, I think there's a chance that it might be Finnish, as it has some features that resemble some catalogue images posted recently on the forum.

 

[Narodnik]

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-Your-Patina&p=1491343&viewfull=1#post1491343

I was lucky and found a match here on the forum. Same jacket. Cool

 

[Narodnik]

Ok after a lot of looking around I found out that the jacket is from a maker called "oregon" and I even found a similar jacket from the same australian brand on ebay. The snaps and zipper combo matches and would date this jacket to 30-40s. Judging from the style of the jacket it seems about right as well. I wouldnt have guessed it would have been australian seeing how I found it here in Norway.

Heres a picture with correct color on the leather.

 

[Tomasso]

Congrats on a marvelous find!

 

[Seb Lucas]

Interesting. Never seen one here in Australia in 30 years of looking.