marksperbug
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yup,i agree.You can pick up supposedly vintage, genuine u-boat peacoats on eBay for less money than that. If one of those appears and is in your size, why not go for it?
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yup,i agree.You can pick up supposedly vintage, genuine u-boat peacoats on eBay for less money than that. If one of those appears and is in your size, why not go for it?
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For me there are a couple of factors.
Leather isn't all that warm, no matter how heavy. A good woolen peacoat will be warmer (better insulation) and allow better movement - being less stiff or cumbersome.
A leather 3/4 length coat such as you described will also be very heavy. I have owned dozens of leather jackets and find for my tate the heavy jackets are a pain to wear. Essentially they are uncomfortable - at around 7 pounds, no wonder.
I personally would get a jacket that weighs no more that 4.5 pounds and one you can wear layers underneath for warmth.
Great find, esteban! Epecially for 10 pounds! Good luck finding a similar one in brown.
6 1/2 lbs. is also the weight of my Barnstormer, and I likewise do not find it too heavy.
By the way, I don't think Seb's comments were directed towards your purchase: I think he was referring to the "fashion" jackets included in his post.
No offence, but I'd rather wear a fleece top than them.
I can only plead insanity Seb!I was obviously referring to the photos in my post, e68. Not sure how you got that confused. Your coat seems a decent item.
Ah I think I misread the post, I have to admit to being very tempted to get my Swedish leather coat altered by losing the fur collar and reducing the size of the collar itself and having the blanket lining removed but though A. it would be expensive? and B . it would ruin the originality of the coat;I am just looking forward to some very cold weather like last winters so I can wear the thing as it's far too warm above 5 c ! it looks kinda blue in the pics but it's really a very, very dark brown almost black, the belt which appears original however is definately more brown...