Himel Brothers TV The Imperial

[Peter Bowden]

https://himelbros.com/blogs/news/hbtv-deep-dive-the-imperial

 

[Carlos840]

So you are telling me i can get an Imperial without waiting 5 years!
Interesting...

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Most interesting one yet.

 

[Tom71]

Hmm, could well be, this is my jacket. Leather, Liner and Size are as specced. Ordered early this year after being so pleased with my Nipissing Rider jacket from Himmel.

Now the wait gets even more unbearable...

 

[ProteinNerd]

So you are telling me i can get an Imperial without waiting 5 years!
Interesting...

Considering its approaching 5 1/2 years now for me, with no return correspondence in 2 years...I'm guessing it might be time to consider this as an alternative...

 

[Carlos840]

Considering its approaching 5 1/2 years now for me, with no return correspondence in 2 years...I'm guessing it might be time to consider this as an alternative...

At 6 years you get your jacket for free, might be worth waiting a bit longer...

 

[Grayland]

I'm guessing the Himel is twice the price of the Good Wear?

 

[willyto]

I'm guessing the Himel is twice the price of the Good Wear?

Probably but you get to actually wear it.

A good trade off if you ask me.

 

[lina]

@michaelagraham I think this is probably the jacket that resulted from the initial collab between Himel and Good Wear that your jacket represents. That is, I bet your jacket was the prototype. Think I like yours better, and certainly that leather is hard to beat and I think a one-off Shinki that John had.

 

[nick123]

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

 

[sweetfights]

Impossibly expensive and impossibly well done.

 

[hondurasdave47]

My all-time favorite pattern!

 

[willyto]

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

I love thee kind of videos. They end up being short.

The work behind the zipppers was great to watch.

 

[handymike]

If you like his videos, try reading his Blog:
http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
Go into the Archive!
The early posts are interesting (2007-2008)...all before he was a well known maker.
The posts were taken over in 2014 by our own @Dinerman and have great photos of old jackets.

 

[Robbie79]

I like Dave's video and the Imperial he made from beautiful Shinki. 1000 bucks more than John's Imperial minus 5-6 years waiting time...

 

[tmitchell59]

If you like his videos, try reading his Blog:
http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
Go into the Archive!
The early posts are interesting (2007-2008)...all before he was a well known maker.
The posts were taken over in 2014 by our own @Dinerman and have great photos of old jackets.

Thanks for the link of Dave's early blog. I was familiar with dinnermans, but don't remember reading his early blog.

I wish these videos lasted for 4-8 hours. The highest entertainment ever...fascinating.

In one of the videos he talks about his early days going through bales of clothes picking Vintage.

I wish he had talked about the differences between JC's Imperial and the original Hercules side adjustments. It makes for a completely different jacket.

I would really like to ask him a ton of questions. He has seen and handled a lot of vintage clothing.

Is this an old video? I had a Himel made Ventura some time back. Did not know he made Imperials.

 

[willyto]

@tmitchell59 these videos are all new

 

[nick123]

That one where he discusses going through bundles of old jackets is maybe a year ago?

Thanks for the link of Dave's early blog. I was familiar with dinnermans, but don't remember reading his early blog.



In one of the videos he talks about his early days going through bales of clothes picking Vintage.

I wish he had talked about the differences between JC's Imperial and the original Hercules side adjustments. It makes for a completely different jacket.

I would really like to ask him a ton of questions. He has seen and handled a lot of vintage clothing.

Is this an old video? I had a Himel made Ventura some time back. Did not know he made Imperials.

 

[tmitchell59]

That one where he discusses going through bundles of old jackets is maybe a year ago?

I don't remember. I think I got linked to it through a thread here.

 

[Peter Bowden]

I don't remember. I think I got linked to it through a thread here.

He talks about vintage clothing in this podcast but I don't know of any video
https://www.heddels.com/2016/03/podcast-5-dave-himel-himel-bros/