How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

[ton312]

The equivalent a drunk dial jacket arrived yesterday. It's a really nice jacket, lots of cool details. Fit isn't ideal, just 1" more in the sleeves would be great but I think it's OK. Make for decent Fall/Spring CR. Really nice hide. I believe it's full comp weight, it'll stand up unassisted. The jacket sports a most unfortunate name. The Vanson VAJ-3.

 

[JMax]

The equivalent a drunk dial jacket arrived yesterday. It's a really nice jacket, lots of cool details. Fit isn't ideal, just 1" more in the sleeves would be great but I think it's OK. Make for decent Fall/Spring CR. Really nice hide. I believe it's full comp weight, it'll stand up unassisted. The jacket sports a most unfortunate name. The Vanson VAJ-3.
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You went New Years crazy with the new jackets, good man. What size is the Vanson VAJ? Seriously, we have similar fits. Tks.

 

[ton312]

You went New Years crazy with the new jackets, good man. What size is the Vanson VAJ? Seriously, we have similar fits. Tks.

I sure did. It's tag sized a large. Has all kinds of options for adjusting the fit, two way front zip and zips running down from the pits to the hem.

 

[JMax]

I sure did. It's tag sized a large. Has all kinds of options for adjusting the fit, two way front zip and zips running down from the pits to the hem.

Got it, Tks. We are the same fit except I have a bit shorter arms, where this one would fit me damn near perfect. Keep’ em coming bud.

 

[ton312]

Got it, Tks. We are the same fit except I have a bit shorter arms, where this one would fit me damn near perfect. Keep’ em coming bud.

Good to know. I'm seriously on the fence about keeping it...the arm length is the only thing bothering me and they are quite articulated. I believe when you buy a rapid fire succession of jackets it's called "pulling a @Guppy"

 

[Mysteryo]

I just placed an order to lost Worlds: Buco j27 in a 3oz black Horsehide.
First time I deal with the "terrible" Stuart. He's not a man of superficialty and small talk to say the least. But he goes straight to the point, and at the end, I'm pretty sure I'll have the jacket I desire.
Hopefully...

 

[red devil]

I just placed an order to lost Worlds: Buco j27 in a 3oz black Horsehide.
First time I deal with the "terrible" Stuart. He's not a man of superficialty and small talk to say the least. But he goes straight to the point, and at the end, I'm pretty sure I'll have the jacket I desire.
Hopefully...

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Nice choice!
Stuart has a good track record of delivering the goods.
I also have something incoming

 

[Hh121]

I just placed an order to lost Worlds: Buco j27 in a 3oz black Horsehide.
First time I deal with the "terrible" Stuart. He's not a man of superficialty and small talk to say the least. But he goes straight to the point, and at the end, I'm pretty sure I'll have the jacket I desire.
Hopefully...

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Hows your LW j23 aged?

 

[Mysteryo]

gently actually: I wear the "tank" mosly when I ride in winter, in cold rainy weather.
It still looks like new, barely broken in..

 

[El Marro]

I just placed an order to lost Worlds: Buco j27 in a 3oz black Horsehide.
First time I deal with the "terrible" Stuart. He's not a man of superficialty and small talk to say the least. But he goes straight to the point, and at the end, I'm pretty sure I'll have the jacket I desire.
Hopefully...

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I spoke to Stuart earlier this year when I ordered rayon for a replacement lining for one of my vintage G-1's. I found him to be very cordial and we actually chatted a bit about vintage jackets vs the new reproductions available. After all the scary stories I'd read here I had to know if this friendly helpful man on the phone was the infamous Stuart, indeed it was!

 

[ProteinNerd]

That is a fine looking VAJ there @ton312
....sorry, couldn’t resist [emoji23]

 

[Mysteryo]

contact on the phone might be something different... I wouldn't dare call him mostly because of the language: I'm french and not enough trained to have a phone talk with a new yorker!

 

[Edward]

eBay and alcohol are a dangerous mix!

The next big online money guy will be the one that invents a breathalyser for eBay....

@JMax and @Edward if you're interested in vests, Pancho and Lefty have a good selection in stock. They're not cheap, though.

I particularly like this one by North No Name. It doesn't come in my size, though.

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Interesting. thanks. That one looks like a cross between a Shackleton and a Kutte. Gives me ideas! Recently rewatched Jurassic World, and it reminded me of my interest in a leather vest type thing....

It's dead on as requested. 24" P2P, 19.5" across shoulders and 27" sleeve and back length. I did request all of these #'s and this one is in fact a touch roomier than my 44" j106.
I believe the Bootlegger is sized larger and when I inquired about the 42" I was told they average around 25" p2p, which would be too roomy for me.

The standard Bootlegger is a 50s halfbelt with a different front, so not quite as roomy as a Highwayman, but definitely more room in there than a 30s HB.

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Still felt a little damp so I am curing it in front of my heater some more. Pretty shiny. Don't know how this will wear as far as leaching and building patina, but it is still showing nice grain in the cow hide.

Interesting project! Well executed. Puts me in mind of the Elvis 68 Special jacket, but without the unwearably large disco-collar. Be intriguing to see how it ages, whether it has a sort of teacore effect.

@jonesy86 Holy something, that turned out excellent!! How did you get it to be so shiny?? You should repost this in a separate thread. I'm definitely doing this now!

Definitely worth documenting. Perhaps a project thread where we could collate number of such projects and products used, as a reference guide?

Personally I can’t stand shorts period on men summer or winter except maybe on a beach

I'm not a fan myself. Each to their own, of course; I often suspect my dislike for them is subconsciously rooted in growing up with my dad being of a generation where kids still wore shorts as a default, and getting your first pair of long trousers was a rite of passage to manhood. I genuinely can't recall Dad ever wearing shorts. Course, there was also the combination of me being involved in various subcultures where shorts just weren't a thing, and not having any interest in sport was probably a factor too!

You asked about pet peeves. While I know it's "high fashion" right now, I cringe every time I see someone wearing brown shoes with a blue or grey suit.

You see this combo in menswear illustrations throughout the era.

Fashion ideals aside, I also suspect that during the era an awful lot of people 'on the ground' would have ignored or scoffed at such 'rules', less from lack of interest in fashion and style, more from pov that many working men wouldn't necessarily have owned more than one pair of shoes at a time. Personally, I rather like a nice, rich brown with greys and blues. Brown has long been at least as common as black with the classic navy blazer / charcoal grey flannels look here in the UK.

Somewhat amusingly, the first time I ever remember hearing the "no brown shoes with blue trousers" 'rule' was in Gremlins (at least, the novelisation of the film, which I had in 1986), from a character who was meant to be a petty, officious, stickler for rules. I wonder if its elevation to a "rule" (from mere preference) echoes 1980s corporate dresscode culture as much as anything else?

 

[jonesy86]

The next big online money guy will be the one that invents a breathalyser for eBay....



Interesting. thanks. That one looks like a cross between a Shackleton and a Kutte. Gives me ideas! Recently rewatched Jurassic World, and it reminded me of my interest in a leather vest type thing....



The standard Bootlegger is a 50s halfbelt with a different front, so not quite as roomy as a Highwayman, but definitely more room in there than a 30s HB.



Interesting project! Well executed. Puts me in mind of the Elvis 68 Special jacket, but without the unwearably large disco-collar. Be intriguing to see how it ages, whether it has a sort of teacore effect.



Definitely worth documenting. Perhaps a project thread where we could collate number of such projects and products used, as a reference guide?



I'm not a fan myself. Each to their own, of course; I often suspect my dislike for them is subconsciously rooted in growing up with my dad being of a generation where kids still wore shorts as a default, and getting your first pair of long trousers was a rite of passage to manhood. I genuinely can't recall Dad ever wearing shorts. Course, there was also the combination of me being involved in various subcultures where shorts just weren't a thing, and not having any interest in sport was probably a factor too!





Fashion ideals aside, I also suspect that during the era an awful lot of people 'on the ground' would have ignored or scoffed at such 'rules', less from lack of interest in fashion and style, more from pov that many working men wouldn't necessarily have owned more than one pair of shoes at a time. Personally, I rather like a nice, rich brown with greys and blues. Brown has long been at least as common as black with the classic navy blazer / charcoal grey flannels look here in the UK.

Somewhat amusingly, the first time I ever remember hearing the "no brown shoes with blue trousers" 'rule' was in Gremlins (at least, the novelisation of the film, which I had in 1986), from a character who was meant to be a petty, officious, stickler for rules. I wonder if its elevation to a "rule" (from mere preference) echoes 1980s corporate dresscode culture as much as anything else?

Hey @Edward
I'm definitely with you on "The next big online money guy will be the one that invents a breathalyser for eBay....", and TFL too.

Also thank you for your comments on my Frankenstein jacket project. It was a real pain in the a#s: The dye cost more than the jacket. But better to experiment with a beater. I would never do this with a nice jacket.

"Interesting project! Well executed. Puts me in mind of the Elvis 68 Special jacket, but without the unwearably large disco-collar. Be intriguing to see how it ages, whether it has a sort of teacore effect."

i suspect that I have so much dye and acrylic finish on this experiment, that it will sill stay black pretty long, unless I falsely age it somehow, which I won't do. Your description of this as an "Elvis 68 Special jacket, but without the unwearably large disco-collar." I like. Never thought of it that way. Thanks.

Most of my life I felt abhorrent to falsely aging clothing. I wanted to have it age naturally. But that was when I only had 1 jacket and wore it for 20 years. I a afraid that I have too many jackets, and too little time to do this now.

Currently I am trying to come up with a strategy to slightly darken my NOS schott trucker. I call it my blondie. Do any of you have nicknames for your jackets? I digress.
Probably going to start with just rubbing in some Pecards. It is just a little too light for my taste, though it is a sweet jacket. I don't want to radically change it, just give it a little more tone. Any suggestions welcome. Of course I am still leaning towards leaving it alone and seeing what happens. I have been washing the dishes and doing house work while wearing this very soft comfy jacket. It has already developed some "patina" around the cuffs.

If anyone wants to start a project thread on dying or aging jackets, I wold be happy to post lots of info on my first attempt at doing this.

Love this forum.

 

[jonesy86]

Good to know. I'm seriously on the fence about keeping it...the arm length is the only thing bothering me and they are quite articulated. I believe when you buy a rapid fire succession of jackets it's called "pulling a @Guppy"

Yeah, but Guppy has done pretty good “Pulling a Guppy” IMHO.
I’ve Pulled a Guppy once or twice. Last time got me my Mariner, which is The Bomb, as the kids say. [emoji106]


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[red devil]

contact on the phone might be something different... I wouldn't dare call him mostly because of the language: I'm french and not enough trained to have a phone talk with a new yorker!

Wouldn't worry too much about that

 

[Edward]

Hey @EdwardMost of my life I felt abhorrent to falsely aging clothing. I wanted to have it age naturally. But that was when I only had 1 jacket and wore it for 20 years. I a afraid that I have too many jackets, and too little time to do this now.

I'm fully on board with the JWTDT philosophy, but I get what you mean - I think a lot of people feel as you do now. I also think, as I've said before, a lot comes down to which of two camps you fall into: those of us who ideally want to look like we've stepped out of 1951 in a jacket bought new in 1947, or those who want to look like the guy in 2017 who is wearing one of those cool, vintage jackets that's now seventy odd years old. I certainly understand it a lot more when it comes to a natural finish - they're a tricky one to get to that 'just right' stage.

Currently I am trying to come up with a strategy to slightly darken my NOS schott trucker. I call it my blondie. Do any of you have nicknames for your jackets? I digress.
Probably going to start with just rubbing in some Pecards. It is just a little too light for my taste, though it is a sweet jacket. I don't want to radically change it, just give it a little more tone. Any suggestions welcome. Of course I am still leaning towards leaving it alone and seeing what happens. I have been washing the dishes and doing house work while wearing this very soft comfy jacket. It has already developed some "patina" around the cuffs.
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I think Pecards might help in that regard (as well as wearing it in strong sunlight, obvs). It's never made any really significant colour difference to the jackets on which I've used it - they being dark hues to begin with - but I suspect that in natural it might. Gold Top (GoldTop.co.uk), the recently revived UK motorcycle leathers brand, sell both a wax (https://www.goldtop.co.uk/product-page/30ml-goldtop-ducks-wax) and an oil (https://www.goldtop.co.uk/product-page/250ml-goldtop-vintage-oil) which they say will have a darkening / patina effect upon their natural coloured leather. The wax seems likely to be similar to Pecards, so I'd start there. I guess the oil, or the reproofing wax stuff that the likes of Barbour sell, would do the same, perhaps faster, but be much messier and require more significant drying time.

 

[Graemsay]

Interesting. thanks. That one looks like a cross between a Shackleton and a Kutte. Gives me ideas! Recently rewatched Jurassic World, and it reminded me of my interest in a leather vest type thing....

@Edward I think that Chris Pratt can carry off a leather vest (even with as unfortunate a design as his) far better than any of us.

 

[Edward]

@Edward I think that Chris Pratt can carry off a leather vest (even with as unfortunate a design as his) far better than any of us.

HA! Yeah, I've got a bit of bulk to shift from the midriff before I go looking at a Shackleton...... though I'm seeing it in maybe a battered fqhh, with leather back and an inner pocket or two...).

(That said, I didn't think the design on Pratt's was all that bad, given it was very calculatedly a modern design.)

 

[jonesy86]

I'm fully on board with the JWTDT philosophy, but I get what you mean - I think a lot of people feel as you do now. I also think, as I've said before, a lot comes down to which of two camps you fall into: those of us who ideally want to look like we've stepped out of 1951 in a jacket bought new in 1947, or those who want to look like the guy in 2017 who is wearing one of those cool, vintage jackets that's now seventy odd years old. I certainly understand it a lot more when it comes to a natural finish - they're a tricky one to get to that 'just right' stage.



I think Pecards might help in that regard (as well as wearing it in strong sunlight, obvs). It's never made any really significant colour difference to the jackets on which I've used it - they being dark hues to begin with - but I suspect that in natural it might. Gold Top (GoldTop.co.uk), the recently revived UK motorcycle leathers brand, sell both a wax (https://www.goldtop.co.uk/product-page/30ml-goldtop-ducks-wax) and an oil (https://www.goldtop.co.uk/product-page/250ml-goldtop-vintage-oil) which they say will have a darkening / patina effect upon their natural coloured leather. The wax seems likely to be similar to Pecards, so I'd start there. I guess the oil, or the reproofing wax stuff that the likes of Barbour sell, would do the same, perhaps faster, but be much messier and require more significant drying time.

I rubbed almost half a container of Pecards into my Schott "Blondie" last night only using my hands and fingers. Unfortunately, I hadn't realized that I had a few very small specs of Fiebings black dye on my hands left over from the previous project. It went from my hands right into the leather. Got a couple of darker brown like splotches here and there now on the Schott. I guess you could call it Patinta oops.