What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[Will Zach]

Field Leathers Route 66 cafe racer.

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That fit is nuts!

 

[Pandemic]

Field Leathers Route 66 cafe racer.

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More details, please! How did they dial the fit in so well? What is the leather? Is everything else standard?

 

[MrProper]

Field Leathers Route 66 cafe racer.

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Wow. I can hide my jacket against it. Perfect.

 

[Jin431]

That fit is nuts!

Yes, this jacket will make me work to stay in shape too so that's a plus! Thank you

More details, please! How did they dial the fit in so well? What is the leather? Is everything else standard?

Field Leathers jacket
Route 66 Cafe Racer (based off of buco j100 I believe)
Brown Aniline Shinki (Smells sweet and good hand feel, easy to break in just little bruise to shoulders/bend of arm, doesn't bead off water and crease like cxl would)
Antique Brass Repro hardware from Japan
Brown viscose lining (feels like a smoother fancier cotton drill)

Fitting wise, I just gave measurement of a jacket I wear that fits the best. I made a mistake of giving shoulder width that is 0.5" too small (forgot to account thickness of the leather as I based my measurements of a denim jacket)

Everything is stock aside from a 1 inch strip of leather backing to bottom hem and I requested for zippers to be placed on the inner part of the sleeve.

 

[Jin431]

Wow. I can hide my jacket against it. Perfect.

No way, yours is the grand daddy of them all. Isn't it the 1st of the actual production line?

 

[thor]

I have a label-less “mystery” vintage MC jacket that has a snap-on mouton fur collar. Out of curiosity I tried it on my LW Rigger, just sliding it over the Rigger collar and it fits perfectly! Very snug and stays in place, even without the male end snap receivers. Can’t wait for the cold weather to hit now that this vintage mouton collar turns my 3-season Rigger into a year round all-season jacket!

 

[MrProper]

No way, yours is the grand daddy of them all. Isn't it the 1st of the actual production line?

yes, it is the very first commercial jacket from fieldleathers.
but the fit of your jacket is amazing

 

[Jin431]

^^ yep, it's very flattering indeed. thanks again @MrProper

 

[Monitor]

Monitor, you may eventually warm me for the Trucker style! Great combo there!

The Trucker was the one style I always felt, I could live without. Of course the same was true for engineer boots, until all your praise made me order my Wesco´s which I now only take off when I have to wear dress-shoes...

I find the trucker jacket to be more essential than the CR or a regular dress collar leather jacket, be it HB or the like. Given the right cut & leather of course, you can wear it on literally anything, on any occasion. Good for dressing up or down, but it's gotta be a nice piece for sure which I am very lucky to own.

I told myself after my latest purchase a couple of months ago that I was done buying leather jackets, and I meant it. I now find myself looking at your trucker jacket for the 6th time since you posted it. “Maybe just one more?”
It looks great, and the whole outfit is the best I’ve seen from you. Everything fits together without looking like you tried too hard. Effortlessly cool.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. This is actually my day to day uniform, when I'm not doing anything in particular (and if it's not too cold of course). I just post stuff that I think are more fun on TFL.

As for the jacket, the secret is in finding the right one. I probably still would be going crazy buying and selling these, triyng to find the right one if I didn't own this Aero but as it stands, it just... Works for me. I never saw one I felt I absolutely needed since I bought it. It's a great jacket & if something happens to it, I'd turn to Aero for a replacement.

 

[torfjord]

I find the trucker jacket to be more essential than the CR or a regular dress collar leather jacket, be it HB or the like. Given the right cut & leather of course, you can wear it on literally anything, on any occasion. Good for dressing up or down, but it's gotta be a nice piece for sure which I am very lucky to own.



Thank you, I really appreciate it. This is actually my day to day uniform, when I'm not doing anything in particular (and if it's not too cold of course). I just post stuff that I think are more fun on TFL.

As for the jacket, the secret is in finding the right one. I probably still would be going crazy buying and selling these, triyng to find the right one if I didn't own this Aero but as it stands, it just... Works for me. I never saw one I felt I absolutely needed since I bought it. It's a great jacket & if something happens to it, I'd turn to Aero for a replacement.

You’ve reached leather trucker nirvana!

 

[tmitchell59]

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I have a label-less “mystery” vintage MC jacket that has a snap-on mouton fur collar. Out of curiosity I tried it on my LW Rigger, just sliding it over the Rigger collar and it fits perfectly! Very snug and stays in place, even without the male end snap receivers. Can’t wait for the cold weather to hit now that this vintage mouton collar turns my 3-season Rigger into a year round all-season jacket!

That look Great! That was a lucky fit. I've got a couple of collars and they don't fit anything.

 

[tmitchell59]

1950s Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide police jacket.

 

[Jin431]

1950s Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide police jacket.

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That fits so good on you. That is nice

 

[Will Zach]

1950s Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide police jacket.

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That is serious leather, Terry!

 

[JMax]

1950s Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide police jacket.

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One of my favorites. Looks great.

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

Field Leathers Route 66 cafe racer.

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fantastic. Looks amazing. I'm getting in line too. I already got a couple exchanges with him about some ideas. Going for black (debating the teacore version), might take off the hand warmer pockets though.

I gave him my body measurements instead of jacket, but that's actually a good idea too. Thing is, most of my leather stuff is in "breaking in" mode from all the covid sales, being 100 degrees in Los Angeles until this past week, etc. etc. So I dont know how to account for the stretch and the already broken in shinki. I'm assuming you can go a little tighter since there'll be some give in the leather. Need to nail it for sure at that price point LOL. I guess that 5 Star experiment got a lot of us tuned into our best fit and measurements.

 

[Jin431]

fantastic. Looks amazing. I'm getting in line too. I already got a couple exchanges with him about some ideas. Going for black (debating the teacore version), might take off the hand warmer pockets though.

I gave him my body measurements instead of jacket, but that's actually a good idea too. Thing is, most of my leather stuff is in "breaking in" mode from all the covid sales, being 100 degrees in Los Angeles until this past week, etc. etc. So I dont know how to account for the stretch and the already broken in shinki. I'm assuming you can go a little tighter since there'll be some give in the leather. Need to nail it for sure at that price point LOL. I guess that 5 Star experiment got a lot of us tuned into our best fit and measurements.

Yes, the teacore is nice. It sold out so you'll wait a while for next batch of delivery. My jacket is a t shirt only jacket lol not much room for anything else. Still wish it had a proper collar though, it would have made it easier to dress up or down.

Man, SoCal is so warm lol didn't you get one of those bombers recently lol
I don't think this will stretch very much, it will relax drape and soften but won't be so forgiving. Request for a fit jacket, that way you will be certain and have no regrets. True, I think I'm pretty certain now what measurements work best and my next jacket with Greg will allow me to wear a light sweater this time ha!

 

[MrProper]

might take off the hand warmer pockets though.

if I would buy the jacket again I would leave out the hand warmer pockets too. because on the one hand I don't use them anyway and on the other hand they are reinforced from the back with a leather strip, which is not optimal with the unreinforced soft leather above ... at least with my tight fit.
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[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

Yes, the teacore is nice. It sold out so you'll wait a while for next batch of delivery. My jacket is a t shirt only jacket lol not much room for anything else. Still wish it had a proper collar though, it would have made it easier to dress up or down.

Man, SoCal is so warm lol didn't you get one of those bombers recently lol
I don't think this will stretch very much, it will relax drape and soften but won't be so forgiving. Request for a fit jacket, that way you will be certain and have no regrets. True, I think I'm pretty certain now what measurements work best and my next jacket with Greg will allow me to wear a light sweater this time ha!

Yeah, I bought a used Aero Bomber from classified. Freaking gorgeous. It's getting tailored right now to bring in the waist and abdomen area a few inches so I don't look like the Michellin Man. I'm wearing that thing regardless, I don't care if I pass out. I was actually trying to figure out ways to shave down the shearling a little to make it more manageable LOL. But thing is, I'll wear it like in 20 minute bursts to take the dogs out or whatever. It gets down into the 40s Nov-Feb at night, so I'll get some miles on it.

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

if I would buy the jacket again I would leave out the hand warmer pockets too. because on the one hand I don't use them anyway and on the other hand they are reinforced from the back with a leather strip, which is not optimal with the unreinforced soft leather above ... at least with my tight fit.
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thank you as always for your feed back. Great point.