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Leather M-65 Field Jacket (by FCL), anyone?

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So how do we feel about this 'Blue Willow'?

Having a halfbelt, the collar and back gussets of a '60s cafe racer, zipped handwarmer pockets of a crosszip motorcycle jacket and '30s style zippers I think it's fair to call this a Frankenstein 2.0 jacket.

But that's how purists like myself will look at it. I have to admit that overall it looks like a coherent design if you're not bothered by historical accuracy.

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Saw this just today. I didn't think much of it, looks a lot like Fidelity CR from the front but now I see the half-belt thing going on at the back. It actually is early Fidelity with a half-belt added for whatever reason. So weird.
 

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So how do we feel about this 'Blue Willow'?

Having a halfbelt, the collar and back gussets of a '60s cafe racer, zipped handwarmer pockets of a crosszip motorcycle jacket and '30s style zippers I think it's fair to call this a Frankenstein 2.0 jacket.

But that's how purists like myself will look at it. I have to admit that overall it looks like a coherent design if you're not bothered by historical accuracy.

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wasn't the one with chest pocket/s called cafe racer jacket and the one with hand warmers called scooter jacket? for the same band collar type.
 

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wasn't the one with chest pocket/s called cafe racer jacket and the one with hand warmers called scooter jacket? for the same band collar type.
I didn't know handwarmer pockets on a racing shirt had a name. All I know is that they don't go together :).
 

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Interesting idea on the M65 but I just don't think it, or the other leather-ized patterns shown in this thread, work well in leather. The original materials have the appropriate qualities for the style of jacket in which they're used. I think melton wool is probably the only material that can be reliably substituted for leather in a jacket, and even then only in certain styles (sports jacket, half-belt, pea coat). I feel like you've gotta be a bit of a rich, tasteless doofus to really want one of these ridiculous garments.
 

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I didn't know handwarmer pockets on a racing shirt had a name. All I know is that they don't go together :).
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Ov...-in-Size-5XL-As-Is-Item/26443853/product.html

https://www.silverstonemotor.com/en...all-seasons-leather-jacket-scb1653-brown.html

https://shop.jaminleather.com/womens-cowhide-leather-scooter-ccw-jacket.html

seems like a trade name for a band collar jacket with no chest pocket and hand warmers, usually if you type cafe racer, or racing shirt you get one or two chest pockets with or without handwarmers
 

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That’s exactly what my Walter Dyer jacket is, Scooter jacket with two hand warmers without the chest pockets.

But no, I wouldn’t suggest the FC version either. There are so many “scooter” jackets out there already for much less and of decent quality. This seems like a cash grab jacket to me.
 

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