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Rising Sun Jacket

DamianM

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I believe the pleats where to give you slack when moving and not be tight permanently when the jacket is buttoned up.

It does with my jacket. I can close it up and move around freely, you can see the pleats open a little.
 

GriffDeLaGriff

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I like the Levis jacket, great colors and material, but it is simply too long for me.

I wish Aero could make jackets in fabric, I would love a 30´s halfbelt in waxcotton :D (have asked them to and gotten no)
 

majormajor

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The belt cinch in the back and the little fluted bits in the front are too much for me to take. I could handle one but not both. I like vintage style for sure but that's taking it to costumey levels in my opinion. I like the plainness of the type 3 and 101J styles. Simple and plenty classic enough.

Pleats on the front and a cinch back was pretty much the standard combination on all short work/cowboy jackets up to WW2.

Lee broke the mould with their 101j, with its no pleat front and adjuster straps on the rear waistband. That was a step too far for some, and jackets that aped the Lee front, such as Tufnut, still had the cinch on the back. Levi continued with pleats and cinches for almost another 20 years.

There are some early Lee models with pleated front and no cinch back, but they are the exception, rather than the rule:D
 
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I like this one. What do they charge for it? Is it made of duck? And do they make it in real man sizes like 35?

Here's a jacket I'm looking at for the warmer weather in the UK(!!)

Old denim jacket style, but in a canvas that goes well with jeans and avoids the denim+denim look.

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Craftsman made in Pasadena, CA., so no silly Japanese telephone number pricing.:D;)
 
Pit to pit 19" is getting a bit big for me in this kind of jacket (not kidding). 17.5"-18" is about as big as I can go. This is why I love the Japanese repros so much - they're made for people my size!!

It looks like this one, lovely though it is, might be cut a bit long too. Looks to be at the level of the "waist"band of a modern pair of jeans, rather than a proper waist-length jacket.

A wonderful design, though!
 

majormajor

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Pit to pit 19" is getting a bit big for me in this kind of jacket (not kidding). 17.5"-18" is about as big as I can go. This is why I love the Japanese repros so much - they're made for people my size!!

It looks like this one, lovely though it is, might be cut a bit long too. Looks to be at the level of the "waist"band of a modern pair of jeans, rather than a proper waist-length jacket.

A wonderful design, though!

They seem like stand-up guys. Maybe contact them, BK - they might run one up to fit you:D;)
 

Highwaymanman

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I like the Levis jacket, great colors and material, but it is simply too long for me.

I wish Aero could make jackets in fabric, I would love a 30´s halfbelt in waxcotton :D (have asked them to and gotten no)

The tin cloth Filson version was actually oozing oil, right out of the box. Tremendous material but I wouldn't wear it with anything but an unloved old work out shirt for the first two weeks.
 

Boyo

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I purchased the filson x Levi's trucker in oiled tin cloth recently, it was a bit oily the first or second wearing but I found it "dried" out pretty quickly.. After about a week of wear it is pretty normal.. For an oiled jacket..
 

IXL

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Mr Badger

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That Rising Sun jacket looks absolutely spot on to me! Sorta fits like the Levi's 507xx (Type II), but had many of the features of the 203xx jacket (the one with lotsa pleats)... Having owned a fair old number of different models over the years, including Levi's Types I-to-III, I have to say that the Type II is the most flattering / practical if you want a more '30s-'50s look, as the early ones & the Type I are very boxy and, to utilise the word that Levi's used themselves, have too much of the 'blouse' about them! :D

I bought one of the 'semi vintage' / pre-'Made And Crafted' Levi's jackets in 2010 while in Noo Yoik, which was excellent quality – however, it had the same issue as the LevisxFilson jacket, too long in the body and the arms – ended up making a present of it to my cousin, who loved it:

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Here is THE classic Cowboy Jacket that beats ALL others - the Lee 101J - with NO side pockets:

For 40 years they made it without side pockets, and then they ruined a classic by adding them!:D;)

I'm right with you on that! :eusa_clap

To my mind, jean jackets should extend no longer than the belt line and be relatively trim-fitting – trouble is, it's quite hard to find good jeans that have a decent 'mid' rise these days (my fave go-to models are the Levi's 1944 & Edwin Nashville) so a lotta folks think that the vintage / repro jackets are 'too short'! :eusa_doh:
 

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