The Legendary DURABLE (Wild One) Jacket

[mendelboaz]

I lust after your Durable, Mysteryo. It is spectacular...

If it were me, I'd go Logan's Closet no doubt. http://www.loganscloset.com/johnny.html

Uses Vanson's comp weight cowhide I believe, amazing cut, American made and very affordable.

 

[tropicalbob]

You might first want to do a search here on Logan's Closet. Worf (of this forum) had quite a bad time with them.

 

[Monitor]

Yeah, many people never received their jackets, or had to wait for like three or four years. There are a few threads on filmjackets.com on the subject. I don't think anyone's money got stolen or nothing as Logan's Closet refunded everyone back but it was still an ordeal. It is just a one man show and I don't know if it got any better but their eBay stuff is good. Plus Logan's Closet jacket isn't all too screen accurate, should anyone care for such a thing but then again if they didn't, they wouldn't be looking for an alternative to Schott.

I cannot stop thinking about that BK...

 

[SkyTurtle]

Great jacket. Worst motorcycle movie ever made.

 

[Monitor]

Great jacket. Worst motorcycle movie ever made.

But it's not really a motorcycle movie. . . Nor is it a bad movie by any definition.

 

[regius]

Since it's been established on an other film jacket addicts forum, that the jacket worn by Marlon Brando in the Wild One was made by Durable (and not Schott), those jackets have become very valuable and quiet rare to find...

I'm a lucky guy, then, because I own 2 of these jackets, and n°2 arrived today!!!
:-D

I thought I'd share this with you, guys.
Look at the incredibly good condition of the material: golden zippers like new (Talon), the leather is a bit finer than my other Durable, but very well preserved, lining is like new, and the satin sleeves lining is fine and makes it very comfortable to wear.
It's a size 44.
Enjoy!

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I'll try to provide fit picts ASAP.

WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS!! WOWOWOWOW

 

[Edward]

Often toyed with the idea of having Aero make me a Durable based on tweaks to their standard mc, if they'd be amenable. Essentially the paperclip puller main zip, stars (more central than on a 613), longer sleeve zips, red quilt lining... Any other major differences? Do we know whether Hardware on the Strabler jacket was chrome or brass? Looks brass in that picture above, but was that original or has it been colourised?

 

[Doctor Damage]

Often toyed with the idea of having Aero make me a Durable based on tweaks to their standard mc, if they'd be amenable. Essentially the paperclip puller main zip, stars (more central than on a 613), longer sleeve zips, red quilt lining... Any other major differences? Do we know whether Hardware on the Strabler jacket was chrome or brass? Looks brass in that picture above, but was that original or has it been colourised?

Other details to include would be a big drop between the chest/shoulders and the waist, and details to exclude would be the Schott "tail" down the back (that extended/longer back which reminds me of rowing jackets). Also, I would get it lined with a sateen only, i.e. no quilting or thinsulate or stuff like that. There's another thread here = LINK = which has some photos and discussion of the Wild One jacket. I can point you to a bunch of photos online which you can study closely.

 

[mihai]

Often toyed with the idea of having Aero make me a Durable based on tweaks to their standard mc, if they'd be amenable. Essentially the paperclip puller main zip, stars (more central than on a 613), longer sleeve zips, red quilt lining... Any other major differences? Do we know whether Hardware on the Strabler jacket was chrome or brass? Looks brass in that picture above, but was that original or has it been colourised?

I think also sleeve zippers are longer than what we see on Aero/ other "Brando" jackets.
The overall shape is different also - shoulders are slightly dropped compared to the Aero, and there is a stronger taper (as Doctor Damage mentioned)
Looks like Aero is bit short also compared even to Schott Perfecto.

Other details to include would be a big drop between the chest/shoulders and the waist, and details to exclude would be the Schott "tail" down the back (that extended/longer back which reminds me of rowing jackets). Also, I would get it lined with a sateen only, i.e. no quilting or thinsulate or stuff like that. There's another thread here = LINK = which has some photos and discussion of the Wild One jacket. I can point you to a bunch of photos online which you can study closely.

Yes please.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Another detail would be a rectangular belt buckle (with the classic mitred corners), not the chubby, square shaped, and over-sized buckle on modern Schott jackets (which seem so heavy they sag the waistbelt).

Mihai, you can look through photos, mostly publicity and on-set photos, using the links below which go to two major image suppliers. There will be overlap between these two.
1. Getty Images, search "wild one brando"
2. Alamy, same search terms as above

Here's a thread on filmjackets which has a bunch of insightful screenshots and discussion.
3. https://filmjackets.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56

Note also the other thread here on Fed Lounge, which I linked in my earlier post. In a recent post in that thread I post two photos which demonstrate that the jacket in the movie had had the lining and insulation removed, which helped it drape nicely, confirming a theory I had seen on an internet forum which I can't remember or find again. This may seem like a small point, but it's one reason why any ordinary jacket will not fit like in the movie, even a high-end one, since they all have thick linings.

 

[bn1966]

You thinking of getting a 'Wild One' jacket Doc??????????

 

[Doctor Damage]

size 44 up for sale (seller is not me):

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-FRO...214981?hash=item3fac279585:g:kEAAAOSwQrJbWzNu

 

[Peacoat]

@Mysteryo that is a beautiful Durable. Don't know why I didn't notice it when you first posted a couple of years ago. I imagine by now it is well broken in and looks even better.

 

[rocketeer]

Hi. Back in the UK 1980s, The Wild One got a bit of a re release in many specialist cinemas, particularly The Scala near Kings Cross where I saw this film for the first time.
Next thing was a lot of cheap leather companies were producing copy's of this jacket. Some Good, some Bad, some plain Ugly.
These days the image and jacket style are everywhere and at events such as the Rockerbilly Rave to Viva Las Vegas 50 year old teenage Johnny Strablers are everywhere(Including me haha, sometimes)
I just checked out these bike jackets(Brando Schott Vs Durable) on the Film Jacket site that someone posted a link to a while back.
Based on all the information I read, and I will admit I have not read every answer to every question, who owns the original jacket? If it is still in existence who has seen it?
As for all the questions about fit compared to this jacket and that jacket, could the jacket have been altered to fit Marlon Brando's body shape for he was nearly 30 years old, playing a teenage rebel.
A couple of things noticed about the film/movie on the Wikipedia 'Wild One' page, the film poster does not show a motorcycle. Is the name Strabler used in the films script?
On the film Jackets page I thought this was just funny. If Johnny Strabler was the leader of the B.R.M.C. which stands for the "Black Rebels Motorcycle Club." Needless to say, none of the 'Black Rebels' are actually black

 

[Peacoat]

On the film Jackets page I thought this was just funny. If Johnny Strabler was the leader of the B.R.M.C. which stands for the "Black Rebels Motorcycle Club." Needless to say, none of the 'Black Rebels' are actually black

Sometimes we just have to overlook a minor detail here and there.

 

[Monitor]

Based on all the information I read, and I will admit I have not read every answer to every question, who owns the original jacket? If it is still in existence who has seen it?

It's lost, last I heard. Man, it'd be pretty wild to have that thing hanging in the wardrobe. It'd probably be set you for life, I'd imagine.

 

[rocketeer]

Sometimes we just have to overlook a minor detail here and there.

 

[rocketeer]

So

It's lost, last I heard. Man, it'd be pretty wild to have that thing hanging in the wardrobe. It'd probably be set you for life, I'd imagine.

So no one will really ever know.
Same with the famous Great Escape A2 as worn by Steve McQueen. I guess no one has ever really seen that, or have they?

 

[Doctor Damage]

I'd be willing to bet that the original jacket, if it's still in existence, has disappeared into a private-private collection.

If I had a heavy-duty sewing machine I'd buy a banged up Schott, remove the lining, adjust the belt slightly and replace the buckle, and taper the torso a bit and call it my own Wild One jacket, haha

 

[Edward]

That's what the Aero has bang on - I don't think their current 'mc' is a direct copy of the Durable, but its basic pattern is based on the one they made back in the day for Tussaud's Strabler figure. One of the defining features of the Aero is the significant chest tog waist drop - I have a 42 somewhere that is broader at the chest and also narrower at the waist than a size 42 30s HB. Looking at images from the film, especially the back, Brando and others in similar jackets have room in the shoulders and then they're very tight round the waist/hem. (Brando's jacket is not too short for him, but nonetheless it still regularly rides up, exposing his trouser belt because of this tight fit.)