Now I know how the Cubs felt this post season. I. can. Barely. Type. My. Final. Response. The Bootlegger. @ProteinNerd 's Bootlegger.
It has to be.
It has to be.
Pictures look great JJ. Very cool jacket! Love the color and it looks substantial indeed!I bought a vintage german biking jacket in medium weight cowhide (jacket is about 5 lbs heavy, so comparable to Aeros FQHH weightwise, I guess), the color is a very dark green, in the right light almost black-ish, as it was popular in Germany at some point, many old german leather jackets I have seen are in that color. I tried to catch the color with the fairly bad camera of my mobile phone and failed, I did take a shot of it hanging next to a black Vanson though to give you an idea at least.
It's condition is as new. And I mean that. No scratches, scuffs nor anything to the leather, not even any noticable creases on the sleeves. No wear at all to the collar as old jackets usually have. No smells on it either. Lining is fairly thick and warm moleskin in almost new condition. This jacket must have been bought and never been worn. The guy I bought it from told me it had been hanging in his closet for the past 25 years, couldn't tell me much about before that though but I'm guessing the previous owner treated it very comparably.
I don't know how old it is, but if I had to guess, I'd 1950s or maybe early 1960s.. the vertical front and back seams are classic design elements of that time.. I took a pic of the zippers, maybe someone here knows how to date it by that, would be appreciated.
Fit pictures have to wait, we currently renovate the bathroom and I couldn't take a shower this morning, I'll spare you a picture of my current ape-status. It's a great fit, though!
Please tell me whether you can see the pictures, I just switched to imgur because photobucket kept making me troubles and I'm still in a process of adapting and finmding out how it works.
Thanks.
I bought a vintage german biking jacket in medium weight cowhide (jacket is about 5 lbs heavy, so comparable to Aeros FQHH weightwise, I guess), the color is a very dark green, in the right light almost black-ish, as it was popular in Germany at some point, many old german leather jackets I have seen are in that color. I tried to catch the color with the fairly bad camera of my mobile phone and failed, I did take a shot of it hanging next to a black Vanson though to give you an idea at least.
It's condition is as new. And I mean that. No scratches, scuffs nor anything to the leather, not even any noticable creases on the sleeves. No wear at all to the collar as old jackets usually have. No smells on it either. Lining is fairly thick and warm moleskin in almost new condition. This jacket must have been bought and never been worn. The guy I bought it from told me it had been hanging in his closet for the past 25 years, couldn't tell me much about before that though but I'm guessing the previous owner treated it very comparably.
I don't know how old it is, but if I had to guess, I'd 1950s or maybe early 1960s.. the vertical front and back seams are classic design elements of that time.. I took a pic of the zippers, maybe someone here knows how to date it by that, would be appreciated.
Fit pictures have to wait, we currently renovate the bathroom and I couldn't take a shower this morning, I'll spare you a picture of my current ape-status. It's a great fit, though!
Please tell me whether you can see the pictures, I just switched to imgur because photobucket kept making me troubles and I'm still in a process of adapting and finmding out how it works.
Thanks.
Oh God... This is insane! Vanson will be the death of me.
Would love to see a backshot of that Cycle King..
I'm going to pinch hit for Ton here and say that the jacket was PN's Premier Work Coat.Ton, you could have played in the PREMIER league... see what I did there @ProteinNerd
I wonder if it's full comp weight or z-150 or something else all together....looks like the L is sold out. Thank the lord. Could've made a really quick impulse buy this morning.Go to link and click on specs. Then scroll through photos. One shot gives you decent view of back.
I wonder if it's full comp weight or z-150 or something else all together....looks like the L is sold out. Thank the lord. Could've made a really quick impulse buy this morning.