It's a cross-zip (or is it a Grizzly?)

[Superfluous]

Close your eyes Tony.

 

[Guppy]

Is there an image? If there is, it's not loading for me...

 

[AllanP]

I didn't know Ralph Lauren used Talon zippers

 

[AeroFan_07]

Just...say...no.

 

[nick123]

It has a barnyard brilliance to it. I quite like it. The hair panels blend into the rest of the jacket; not too obtuse.

 

[ton312]

I would attempt it but only after consulting an attorney as this jacket would most certainly lead to a divorce.
I would be lying if I said I didn't love it but would prefer a dark brown uniform hair on hide over the spotted cow.
Either way, if one ever turns up in my size at a relative bargain...I'll have my match.com advert ready and I'll be living in a van, down by the river.

 

[Edward]

I like it a lot. I daresay a fair few of thee will end up in Tokyo. Back in 2014 when I visited the Aero factory, Murray (head cutter) showed me some B&W hair-on hides they had in - apparently they were sending out a lot of mc style jackets (especially, if memory serves, J106s) to Japan with hair on hide front panels at that point. RRL obviously keep an ear to the ground as to what is shifting where.

For myself, I'd totally wear one of those but for the fact that I don't think they woyuld look that great when, inevitably, the hair starts to wear out.

 

[Monitor]

I would attempt it but only after consulting an attorney as this jacket would most certainly lead to a divorce.
I would be lying if I said I didn't love it but would prefer a dark brown uniform hair on hide over the spotted cow.
Either way, if one ever turns up in my size at a relative bargain...I'll have my match.com advert ready and I'll be living in a van, down by the river.

And it will be worth it.

 

[ton312]

I like it a lot. I daresay a fair few of thee will end up in Tokyo. Back in 2014 when I visited the Aero factory, Murray (head cutter) showed me some B&W hair-on hides they had in - apparently they were sending out a lot of mc style jackets (especially, if memory serves, J106s) to Japan with hair on hide front panels at that point. RRL obviously keep an ear to the ground as to what is shifting where.

For myself, I'd totally wear one of those but for the fact that I don't think they woyuld look that great when, inevitably, the hair starts to wear out.

I've always wondered about the balding of a jacket with hair on hide. I had a cow skin rug for a time and three dogs and my then terror prone toddler couldn't make those hairs fall out...Maybe b/c it was always backed by the floor and flat, whereas a jacket is much more prone to movement?

 

[ton312]

And it will be worth it.

 

[Bamaboots]

You'd need a pair of these for it to work.

 

[Edward]

I've always wondered about the balding of a jacket with hair on hide. I had a cow skin rug for a time and three dogs and my then terror prone toddler couldn't make those hairs fall out...Maybe b/c it was always backed by the floor and flat, whereas a jacket is much more prone to movement?

I should clarify that my comment isn't based on experience but supposition - maybe these hides are treatred somehow to avoid that?

 

[Woodyear]

I should clarify that my comment isn't based on experience but supposition - maybe these hides are treatred somehow to avoid that?

Of course they are, they're tanned with the hair on the hide, it isn't somehow glued on later. The hair is embedded in the follicle as it is in life. The hairs are no more likely to fall out of the hide from use than are the hairs on your head. Note that the hairs in living tissue regularly shed and are then replaced, whereas that process is permanently frozen in the tanned hide since the hair no longer grows and the follicles have locked the hairs in place. Unless you're using the jacket as a door mat that hair won't budge for many many years, and even if you were it would still take years of foot traffic to wear a bald patch, so no worries buy with confidence.

 

[ton312]

The hairs are no more likely to fall out of the hide from use than are the hairs on your head

This doesn't make me feel any more confident

 

[Edward]

Me neither. I started going bald at 26!

 

[Benny Holiday]

Ford Fairlane says, "YO!" . . . But even his wasn't a cross-zip!

 

[Worf]

Well, if it's made by Ralphie Boy then even if I liked it it's too expensive for me.

Worf

 

[ton312]

Me neither. I started going bald at 26!

Much like the economy in 2008, my hairline is in a great recession all it's own. I'm sure there's another forum for that...Although...maybe grafting this cow hide onto my nugget could make me the ultimate human grizzly?

Ford Fairlane says, "YO!" . . . But even his wasn't a cross-zip!

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LOL!!

 

[Benny Holiday]

Might work if your star sign is Taurus Tony! lol Never noticed your hairline, too busy digging your jackets man.

 

[Mark]

Horrible, some farmer likely to take you off for milking!