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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

jonesy86

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Mistakenly tried shoveling this late afternoon. It never got above 9 degrees today and the wind chill made it feel like "I'll be DAMNED".
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Went out with my fleeced lined heavy Carhart Jeans and my Good Wear ANJ-4 bought late last winter. It's gettin' a work out now lemme tell ya!

Worf
Still wearing the great smile, to matter what the weather is, or what jacket you are wearing. Your'e cool.
 

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Pretty frigid here. I've been wearing my ATF tanker jacket with the sub sweater and Indian Army sweater for layers by WPG. Warm as toast and flexible!
 

jonesy86

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I keep learning from all of you and am slowly becoming less and less of a newbie. My recent problem in my most recent adventures messing around with dying jackets, slightly aging jackets, breaking new jackets, and/or
Pretty frigid here. I've been wearing my ATF tanker jacket with the sub sweater and Indian Army sweater for layers by WPG. Warm as toast and flexible!
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Been a good week here for a few hours of wear a day— got to sport my Comet, Commando and Pegasus D-pocket. Not today though, out in my vest.

I met a guy at a biker bar with a new Vanson highwayman. We got to talking jackets and motorcycles.
 
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Wow, not too sure how to weigh the jacket. I suppose I could weigh myself on a bathroom scale with out the jacket and then with the jacket. Don't think these scales are very accurate though. It is not very thick, or heavy. Its a cheap Gap cow hide after all. I will try see what I can come up with as far as weight and get back to you. @Monitor may know, as he is very well versed on leather truckers.
Cheers.

Today, I weighed myself spontaneous with other jackets, just for comparison.
I found out, that my very good, solid storebrand type III-Denim jacket (probably usual 12oz) weighs circa 900 grams and my lightweight quilted "microfibre"-polyester jacket circa 600 grams. My 100% cotton-fieldjacket with a thin shell is even just circa 900 grams, too and I would have estimated it on more! But I guess, such thinner cotton-shells are purpose, just to offer an nice allday-jacket instead of an classic 2 kilograms-M65 "shoulder tank" . ;)

My Levi's type III-sherpa jacket (Heavy Denim!) seems to weigh 1,3 kilograms. Not bad for such a Denim-rock!

So, 1 kilogram is my personal limit for longer distances. Normal weight-people can tolerate much more than flyweight-people. :D

How heavyweight is an original, early 100% cotton-M65? o_O Classic Ny/Co-M65 are even 2 kilograms!
 
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jonesy86

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Today, I weighed myself spontaneous with other jackets, just for comparison. t
If found out, that my very good, solid storebrand type III-Denim jacket (probably usual 12oz) weighs circa 900 grams and my lightweight quilted "microfibre"-polyester jacket circa 600 grams. My 100% cotton-fieldjacket with a thin shell is even just circa 900 grams, too and I would have estimated it on more! But I guess, such thinner cotton-shells are purpose, just to offer an nice allday-jacket instead of an classic 2 kilograms-M65 "shoulder tank" . ;)

My Levi's type III-sherpa jacket (Heavy Denim!) seems to weigh 1,3 kilograms. Not bad for such a Denim-rock!

So, 1 kilogram is my personal limit for longer distances. Normal weight-people can tolerate much more than flyweight-people. :D

How heavyweight is an original, early 100% cotton-M65? o_O Classic Ny/Co-M65 are even 2 kilograms!
Cool inquiry, and information. I have not gotten into the whole jean jacket denim (Trucker) repro, or vintage scene. Still got a mall Levi's jacket that I bought raw, pre acid wash, or stone washed, pre faded, circa 1990. I wore the heck out of it for decades. Probably doesn't fit me very well according to the latest trends. It is long, and loose. Shoulders hang, but I have the length i like. It is an old friend. Don't know what it weighs but is is pretty faded, and used.
 

Seb Lucas

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Today, I weighed myself spontaneous with other jackets, just for comparison. t
If found out, that my very good, solid storebrand type III-Denim jacket (probably usual 12oz) weighs circa 900 grams and my lightweight quilted "microfibre"-polyester jacket circa 600 grams. My 100% cotton-fieldjacket with a thin shell is even just circa 900 grams, too and I would have estimated it on more! But I guess, such thinner cotton-shells are purpose, just to offer an nice allday-jacket instead of an classic 2 kilograms-M65 "shoulder tank" . ;)

My Levi's type III-sherpa jacket (Heavy Denim!) seems to weigh 1,3 kilograms. Not bad for such a Denim-rock!

So, 1 kilogram is my personal limit for longer distances. Normal weight-people can tolerate much more than flyweight-people. :D

How heavyweight is an original, early 100% cotton-M65? o_O Classic Ny/Co-M65 are even 2 kilograms!

I don't like wearing heavy clothing and in this warmer land it is hardly necessary. My Australian army M-65 is 1.7 kilo. When I wear leather I don't like anything over 2 kilos, hence my preference for goat, calf-skin and light steer hide.

Today I wore my Prison Blues black denim yard coat in the morning. Probably the only coat you really need here. It's unlined and about a kilo.

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jonesy86

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Cool inquiry, and information. I have not gotten into the whole jean jacket denim (Trucker) repro, or vintage scene. Still got a mall Levi's jacket that I bought raw, pre acid wash, or stone washed, pre faded, circa 1990. I wore the heck out of it for a lot of years. Probably doesn't fit me very well according to the latest trends. It is long, and loose. Shoulders hang, but I have the sleeve length i like. It is an old friend. Don't know what it weighs but is is pretty faded, and used.
I'm pretty sure I posted this before, sorry to be redundant.

Definitely not the high end repro stuff of the day. Just an old mall jacket. Again, couldn't tell you what it weighs. But I still wear it after all these years.
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This one looks pretty cool. Maybe I will squander some more of my retirement savings.
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jonesy86

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I don't like wearing heavy clothing and in this warmer land it is hardly necessary. My Australian army M-65 is 1.7 kilo. When I wear leather I don't like anything over 2 kilos, hence my preference for goat, calf-skin and light steer hide.

Today I wore my Prison Blues black denim yard coat in the morning. Probably the only coat you really need here. It's unlined and about a kilo.

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This one looks pretty cool. Maybe I will squander some more of my retirement savings. :)
 

Seb Lucas

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This one looks pretty cool. Maybe I will squander some more of my retirement savings. :)

Yes, it's a good one. Made by Oregon prisoners as part of an integration, employment training program which I support. Pretty thick denim and I like the pattern better than the Carhartt versions. They are very big size wise - I wear a medium and I'm 6ft2 and 183 pounds. In Australia we don't have a tradition of yard coats so they are pretty rare.
 

jonesy86

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Yes, it's a good one. Made by Oregon prisoners as part of an integration, employment training program which I support. Pretty thick denim and I like the pattern better than the Carhartt versions. They are very big size wise - I wear a medium and I'm 6ft2 and 183 pounds. In Australia we don't have a tradition of yard coats so they are pretty rare.
At the risk of discussing politics on TFL, I believe that we in the USA need prison reform more then much of the rest of the world. Having said that, back to jackets. This really looks cool. i looked them up, and found little info on sizing. Iam 6'-1", 195 Lbs., need long sleeves 26" min. What size would you recommend?
Thanks.
Peace.
 

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At the risk of discussing politics on TFL, I believe that we in the USA need prison reform more then much of the rest of the world. Having said that, back to jackets. This really looks cool. i looked them up, and found little info on sizing. Iam 6'-1", 195 Lbs., need long sleeves 26" min. What size would you recommend?
Thanks.
Peace.
Hey Jonesy86, you're cool. I like your style and you bring a very nice vibe to the forum.

Keep it up brother, Peace. :)
 

Seb Lucas

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At the risk of discussing politics on TFL, I believe that we in the USA need prison reform more then much of the rest of the world. Having said that, back to jackets. This really looks cool. i looked them up, and found little info on sizing. Iam 6'-1", 195 Lbs., need long sleeves 26" min. What size would you recommend?
Thanks.
Peace.

I'd write to them for size advice. But a medium might fit you - mine has room for another 10 pounds I would think but I would hate to guide you in the wrong direction.
 

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