Leather jacket in "The Big Sleep" 1946

[Charlie]

Hello


What a movie, what a jacket !!!

really looks like this one (especially the back patern with the plea of eas):

anyone own a half-belt jacket with the same back patern ???

 

[john z]

I'm sorry to say I don't own a jacket with that kind of back detail. My halfbelt is a of the plain & simple variety. That Neal Cassady you put pics up of is a beaut. Is it a current repro & if so where can I buy one from? Cheers.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

The repro jacket in the photo is made by "The Few"..and sold in Japan.
HD

 

[john z]

Many thanks HD
JZ

 

[Jay]

Wow. I've seen that movie so many times yet missed the nice details on that jacket. Thanks for the pics. That was the guy who shot Joe Brody, right?

 

[Charlie]

Hello

The repro is made by "bootleggers reunion" (a brand linked with the few ?) in Japan, there jackets are very expensive, but the quality look gorgious :

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/banana-f/1831477/1872105/

http://www.amebon.com/itemlist.php?id=boot

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/topjimmy/c/0000000136/

http://union-kobe.net/archives/cat_10016014.html

Regards

 

[Charlie]

Jay, yes, I think he is the one who kill Bogart's partner. The movie deserves that you see it one more time !!!

 

[HoosierDaddy]

http://www.soen-chitose.com/items/riders.html
I was assuming made by the Few...since that name comes up in the Japanese lingo(sorry..I cannot read Japanese). In any event...they are made for the Japanese market...and seem to be offered by various distributors.
HD

 

[HoosierDaddy]

The featured jacket doesn't seem to be in the current "Few" catalog...but check out the "Hurricane". Scroll down toward the bottom of page.
http://www.c-king.jp/0-2few2.html
HD

 

[BellyTank]

"Bootlegger's Reunion" is ANOTHER bunch of former RMCs.

So I'm informed.

Neal Cassady, of the "Beat" movement and Kerouac's OTR, etc.
Of course.

The brand is being blogged.

B
T

 

[Creeping Past]

Is there a Ginsburg one?

Edit: No, there isn't. Well, pull my daisy.

These are beautifully designed and built jackets, but for GBP 1000 you could get a couple custom made in the hide of your choice from you-know-who. (It's unfair to mention the competition when suggesting copying jacket styles.)

 

[H.Johnson]

'That's not writing...it's typing'...

This is rather similar to a (Canadian) original that BK owns.

 

[Milu]

The film jacket seems cut shorter in the back than the modern repros shown. Looks cool!

 

[Fletch]

Is there a Ginsburg one?

Edit: No, there isn't. Well, pull my daisy.

These are beautifully designed and built jackets, but for GBP 1000 you could get a couple custom made in the hide of your choice from you-know-who. (It's unfair to mention the competition when suggesting copying jacket styles.)

Wouldn't any custom maker just try to talk you out of the style? Except one, anyway. (The guy currently making really righteous A-1s.)

 

[Creeping Past]

You're right, but I reckon you could get quite close.

What do you see as the sticking points in replicating these jackets: the slim cut or the finer details, like the pointy collars and 2-button cuffs. etc.?

 

[Fletch]

Honestly? The makers themselves. A lot of the techniques of that era are gone, and the craft ethic says that when something is gone, there is a good reason.

 

[fishmeok]

There is a lot of work required to make something like that, but if you can make an M-422A or a G-1 you can make any half belt. The hardest part as always is getting the pattern correct- the only way to really get it right is to study period jackets and patterns. It's a time consuming and money losing situation, unless you enjoy that sort of thing, or charge high-fashion prices, or can make it up in volume.

I only fit into one of those catagories, and it's not the ones where I make money...
Cheers
Mark

 

[J.J. Gittes]

I like the Hurricane, but almost 2,000 for a jacket is out of my league.

 

[Feraud]

You're right, but I reckon you could get quite close.

What do you see as the sticking points in replicating these jackets: the slim cut or the finer details, like the pointy collars and 2-button cuffs. etc.?

Demand.

It is no long lost secret to shape a collar, add snaps, buttons, pleats, etc. to a jacket. Jackets on the market today will have many of these individual details. What the vintage crowd likes are the particular combination of details.
There has to be a demand or a trend (as in those 30s-40s era jackets) for makers to produce these garments.

 

[mattfink]

Man, my heart was full of joy until I read that * people made it....

The repro jacket in the photo is made by "The Few"..and sold in Japan.
HD

*An uncool reference to anyone. - Feraud