Kurland

[Will Zach]

I thought this jacket which I received yesterday from @JMax deserves exposure to the TFL community if only for its dinosaur-level grain and general coolness. I know @Mysteryo has another copy and likes it. It is made of super-light cowhide (feels like 1 mm, honestly), but what it may lack in the weight department it more than makes up in the deep chocolate color and patina department. It is a type of jacket you throw on when you go out and are happy to wear something with so much history. A no-fuss-just-wear-it type of jacket...

 

[tmitchell59]

Looks great seems like it fills your needs. Here's another one on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vinta...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[Turnip]

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

What a patina, looks like it joined all six Kurland battles!

Cheers

Turnip

 

[ton312]

Huge fan of this maker myself! I have this “invisible Halfbelt”. Same intense grain. Well made jackets ahead of their time stylistically.

 

[EAC]

Looks great seems like it fills your needs. Here's another one on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vinta...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Does anybody know if this jacket really is from the 50s, as the seller claims? That looks like a later label, and I own a M-65 jacket dated 1969 with the same main zip slider as @Will Zach's jacket, which seems the same era as the ebay one.

 

[Will Zach]

Zipper pic on my Kurland. I don't know this zipper, never seen it before. The ebay Kurland is Scovill, says here 1960-70s.

https://www.theoldresold.com/scovill-zip

So probably these are 1960s jackets indeed.

 

[EAC]

Thanks a lot for the useful link.
Yep, the slider shape is identical; I'd say that and your reference confirm they're from the 60s.
Another question, if you don't mind: does your Kurland have some kind of padding in the shoulder area? Once I came across a vintage jacket in a thrift shop (I think that one too was a brown double rider) with structured shoulders.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I thought this jacket which I received yesterday from @JMax deserves exposure to the TFL community if only for its dinosaur-level grain and general coolness. I know @Mysteryo has another copy and likes it. It is made of super-light cowhide (feels like 1 mm, honestly), but what it may lack in the weight department it more than makes up in the deep chocolate color and patina department. It is a type of jacket you throw on when you go out and are happy to wear something with so much history. A no-fuss-just-wear-it type of jacket...

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About the most beautiful uniform patina i’ve seen. Speaks comfy and cool.
You wear it well.
B

 

[Mysteryo]

There is no padding in mine

 

[Will Zach]

Yes Bowen, this jacket feels so comfy. @Mysteryo loves his as well. These are not heavy jackets, just a joy to wear and enjoy something so old....

 

[Mysteryo]

Absolutely

Not the most beautiful vintage piece of garments, but one of my favorite and simple to wear!

 

[EAC]

There is no padding in mine

That's good to know, thanks a lot (for the Grais, too)!