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Damn. I am jealous of the jacket, shades and weather!!!
This is something I recognize. With my FL jacket this is not as pronounced so it doesn't really show but when I put it on I feel exactly what you describe. I feel tension right here:
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If you 'rotate' the jacket in this direction, the tension is relieved.
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What I've learned in my days when working in the bespoke suit business, is that this is caused by an incorrect sleeve pitch.
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Same issue described here :
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/droopy-shoulder-rotated-sleeves.81229/#post-1911698
thanks
why don't you send the picture of your jacket design to 5* now man . as for my own jacket I doodle it and and I bought the hide online from local tannery somewhere in east java region where I live 1.5mm vegtan cow for the body and 2mm for the cuff and patch pockets, also bought the twist toggles online, and I commission local leather workshop in my city to make it. I happen to live 5mins drive from them. so far since I joined this forum I commission them 1 jacket/ year or so.. so far from 7 yrs here I only accumulated 7 jackets, which is incredibly minimalistic.
@AeroFan_07 I really like this two-tone jacket and fit is spot on!A little on the fence about this one. Fit appears spot on, just not sure if it's quite my style.
Half belts are iffy for me overall...
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@Marc mndt I definitely agree with your GF! Please keep this one and not everything needs to look historically perfect as long as it looks great like in your case! Congrats!New to me Y2 type II. Courtesy of @ton312
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As compared to my original Levi's type II, it feels a bit long for the style. Apart from that the fit is great for layering.
Anyway my gf said "hey that's a nice jacket". Which means this is a keeper
Damn. I am jealous of the jacket, shades and weather!!!
Perfect fit. Perfect colour. Success!!!Received my 2nd step covid vaccine so I’m feeling extra protected. Keep safe everyone and enjoy a good weekend.
Field Leather CR (full aniline brown shinki) and new chelsea boots
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I had the same idea, but never could find the budget for the machine... you got further than me. I even took sewing classes and spent time with jacket makers to learn some “tricks”.I have some custom jacket designs I made some time ago and I was wondering who made that jacket. I wanted to get into making custom leather jackets, I even bought an industrial sewing machine and started to mess around with some leather, then life happened and now it just sits in a garage and bugs me that I never got around to do it properly.
Nice. Even after all the gentrification of the past 20 years, something about shots of the Hamburg harbor still reminds me of '70s underworld Euro films like "The American Friend", "The Passenger", or nearly anything from Fassbinder.
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I have a brown Excelled café racer in very good order ex-Lounge classifieds in the collection. I quite like it.
Very few of "the fleet" are brown so by default I am a Black leather guy. Older photo from last Australian winter
Really? They are still operating? Mine has a tag inside that says "Leather Crafters" NYC. It says to contact them if there are any issues with the jacket. Hahaha!^^ Yes. They are still operating. I have been to one of their factories in Kewanee, IL. For some time, until recently, they had a "factory store" there, however it seems to be closed now.
Their older products - such as your nice CR, are pretty decent. Newer ones were iffy in terms of quality.
Do any of you guys remember the Excelled brand. Bought this jacket when I was 18, can’t believe I still have it.
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I love the ease of Chelsea boots and am also looking to make the move to Engineers. Used to wear a pair of Frye decades ago in college when they still made a decent pair.
Perfect fit. Perfect colour. Success!!!
I had the same idea, but never could find the budget for the machine... you got further than me. I even took sewing classes and spent time with jacket makers to learn some “tricks”.