Vanson leather in 2019 ?

[TREEMAN]

Among any other maker I have been purchase jacket from, Vanson has the worst customer service, and it is only maker who refuse to admit the mistake of their product, and you still believe their bullsxxx about they are using same material, same thickness, same formula about their leather? The new leather is way thinner ( horrible smooth finish) than old competition weight leather because their machinist probably won't be able to make jacket in thicker leather. They are making all kinds of story on Instagram, such as " xx x received his new jacket today", and in fact it is the old photo he posted in here 1 years ago., etc, the company is corrupted.

What year is the new stuff you speak of made ?

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

thinking about getting a comet in the Octagon brownish leather. Or might have one made by Thurston in the Dark Maple Bainbridge. Anyone have experience with the Octagon one?

 

[Carlos840]

thinking about getting a comet in the Octagon brownish leather. Or might have one made by Thurston in the Dark Maple Bainbridge. Anyone have experience with the Octagon one?

@JMax has a really nice Octagon Chopper.

 

[jacketjunkie]

thinking about getting a comet in the Octagon brownish leather. Or might have one made by Thurston in the Dark Maple Bainbridge. Anyone have experience with the Octagon one?

there currently is a vanson comet in octagon for sale in the classified. not saying you should buy, but there is nice close ups of the leather. i like it a lot. considering a custom dakota in octagon myself.

 

[JMax]

@JMax has a really nice Octagon Chopper.

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

ah cool. looks more on the red side than I thought and what I could see from the vanson website.

Yeah, I saw the classified one. Debating whether I want the "short" style from vanson or the longer Thurston Bros. version. Vanson is having 15% off right now and the classified seller is asking for a premium on the regular price.

 

[JMax]

Octagon can vary in color. Another option is Vanson’s oxblood.

 

[dannyk]

Just last week I had a conversation with Constantine from Vanson. We were discussing a specific leather their x150, but it may apply to all their leathers. This is also why they have had some issues with orders recently if anyone has experienced any. In December 2019 the factory making their x150 was destroyed in a fire. They had to recreate their recipe and experiment with it. According to Constantine they came up with what they felt was a better leather than before. Finally got production up and running and the new factory went out of business due to Covid....not temporarily but sadly permanently, they could not handle the slow down. So for almost 2 years now they have been scrambling and trying to figure this out. If you notice changes in their leather over the last 2 years this could absolutely be why. I feel awful for both tanneries...both have been absolutely screwed over beyond their own fault. Also feel bad for Vanson who are trying to put out a consistent product have not been able to do so.

 

[TREEMAN]

Just last week I had a conversation with Constantine from Vanson. We were discussing a specific leather their x150, but it may apply to all their leathers. This is also why they have had some issues with orders recently if anyone has experienced any. In December 2019 the factory making their x150 was destroyed in a fire. They had to recreate their recipe and experiment with it. According to Constantine they came up with what they felt was a better leather than before. Finally got production up and running and the new factory went out of business due to Covid....not temporarily but sadly permanently, they could not handle the slow down. So for almost 2 years now they have been scrambling and trying to figure this out. If you notice changes in their leather over the last 2 years this could absolutely be why. I feel awful for both tanneries...both have been absolutely screwed over beyond their own fault. Also feel bad for Vanson who are trying to put out a consistent product have not been able to do so.

Thanks for the info.........

 

[morrison2951]

Vanson HH from years back for the win.

Have an Enfield, Comet and Model B all in their old HH and would have it no other way.