New offerings from Diamand Dave

[ProteinNerd]

I'm currently sorting out the final details on my next purchase, one of DD's Buco J100 repos.
During the course of our discussions on lengths etc he sent me a few pics of A two tone cropped Buco j100 and a wool/leather G1?

Thought you guys might like to see them, hope Dave doesn't mind.

I'll post the pics of the other when I get time to upload them.

 

[scottyrocks]

Wow, now that's cool!

 

[Bunyip]

Super stuff...looks fantastic.

 

[bretron]

Such a great design!

 

[ProteinNerd]

As promised here is the other....I think its a G1 but could be wrong....the military jackets aren't really my thing.

 

[bretron]

Omfg! Shawl collar cossack! This thing is incredible! Just needs side buckles at the waist

 

[2wheelgrplr]

So Awesome! LOVE that J100 two-tone!!!!!

 

[Edward]

As promised here is the other....I think its a G1 but could be wrong....the military jackets aren't really my thing.

Looks like a minimalist version of a shawl-collar Cossack cross-bred with a letterman jacket. Nice design. I can see the stud fasteners being popular with those who have expressed a dislike of buttons on their leathers in the past.

 

[Steve27752]

Sorry, but it looks awful, I would not be seen dead in it.

 

[scrawlysteve]

Two Steves in agreement...I can't decide which is uglier the wool monstrosity or the awful two-tone....still it's all very subjective, to each his own, one man's meat.... etc etc.... and we're clearly in a minority here.

 

[bretron]

Tell us how you really feel, Steve(s)

 

[HoosierDaddy]

IMO...the pocket design hurts the wool/leather model. Would look much better if they were not near as tall or as sharply angled at the top. Actually the Cafe D-pocket seems somewhat outa sync with such sharp edged angles..but perhaps that is what would be appealing to some(?).
HD

 

[IXL]

The cafe, Oh heck yes!!!!
The wool, not so much.

 

[GregO]

With the exception of the large pocket patch on the J100, I think the two-tone looks fantastic. Different, and very sharp.

 

[scrawlysteve]

Tell us how you really feel, Steve(s)

Sorry didn't mean to be so ambivalent..... My main feeling is that Diamond Dave who is reputedly a maestro in his makings really shouldn't be messing about with this stuff, it's like Salgado doing Martin Parr photos.....

 

[scrawlysteve]

In the interest of full disclosure maybe I should add that I'm aware that my jacket aesthetic is rather stick-in-the-mud, unadventurous, conservative...some may say dangerously reactionary. I'm afraid I can only appreciate the austere nobility, the harmonious simplicity, the majestic classicism of a monochrome (and indeed mono-material ) coat. It concerns me not whether the leather be black, brown, cordovan, russet or tan--merely that it be unanimous. Nor does it irk me whether it is from a source bovine, ovine, equine.... or whatever -ine goat and kudu are (though I do draw the -ine line at feline) as long as it is a single species. Why, I don't even care for contrast stitching !

There I've got it off my chest now...offers of flowers, sympathy, therapy, etc will be considered. Thank you all.

 

[bretron]

Haha, it's all good bro. Just giving you a bad time. If anything, Dave would rather hear the constructive feedback than a bunch of "wow, that's amazing!" comments. Sadly, he's no longer present on this forum, but I'm sure this feedback will find its way to him.

 

[Cyber Lip]

The wool looks like a wool vest worn over a leather jacket.

 

[Worf]

With slightly different pockets I'd take the woolie. I kinda like it!

Worf

 

[Jeff M]

Keep up the great work Dave!
I like the idea of both designs, would prefer less obtrusive pockets.
Simple brown leather edge trim on inset pockets rather than large brown leather patch pockets would be my preference on both jackets.