What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[torfjord]

For me personally, I can't enjoy something that is poorly made. Even something that might look good from a distance, or even from close by for 99% of people. If it's mass produced and poorly made I can't enjoy it.

I can totally relate to that. Although with me it’s not so much construction quality as quality materials. A lot of mall jackets are nicely made in my experience and can even have decent patterns, but the leather is often the worst bonded crap imaginable. No one else around me cares, but it matters to me.

 

[kowalski]

LW Trojan. My favorite.

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Damn, You stole my heart with that photo. It's not a motorcycle, it's a HD!!. My goal soon is sportser 1200.Nice styl, nice color HD, nice jacket !!!Can see good style from a mile.

 

[Mrfrown]

I like both, but when I wear the belt unsecured I fold it in on itself (the non-buckle side). My Schott has a snap to keep the buckle secured to the front panel, something my I wish all belted jackets had. This Bates is awesome!

I’ll give that a whirl. Will definitely help to keep it way from my little munchkins. Thanks

This jacket! I don’t know what it is, but apart from being really cool on it’s own, it just suits you really well. Looking at those pictures, it just feels like that was meant to be your jacket somehow.

I felt that way too when I first put it on! This has kinda been my big lucky find on eBay. In such good condition, and the fit is great.

Will admit that I’m a little concerned- I’ve started strength training again and worry my shoulders will get too big to fit. Guess it’s a bridge I’ll cross if I get there.

 

[torfjord]

I’ll give that a whirl. Will definitely help to keep it way from my little munchkins. Thanks



I felt that way too when I first put it on! This has kinda been my big lucky find on eBay. In such good condition, and the fit is great.

Will admit that I’m a little concerned- I’ve started strength training again and worry my shoulders will get too big to fit. Guess it’s a bridge I’ll cross if I get there.

That’s awesome! Nothing beats opening a box with an old beat up jacket and finding that it just fits perfectly. Tbh I like that even more than receiving a custom order or a new jacket. On a custom order you sort of expect perfection, but with vintage jackets you just never know. So when it’s perfect it just comes as a total surprise.

And. Go hard with the strength training. If you do stack up enough gainz to outgrow your Bates, so be it

 

[DrMacabre]

Hi guys, today i got this cool made in Brasil vintage corduroy Levi's sherpa jacket. The corduroy is much thicker than my other Sherpa jackets and the lining is 100% wool. Can't tell much about the period this jacket was made unfortunately.

 

[JMax]

Damn, You stole my heart with that photo. It's not a motorcycle, it's a HD!!. My goal soon is sportser 1200.Nice styl, nice color HD, nice jacket !!!Can see good style from a mile.

Thank you good sir. I might have already mentioned it, but my wife is from Bydgoszcz. She only moved to the US in her mid-20s. I look forward to visiting Poland in the near future.

 

[Fonzie]

Imagine, during weekdays he's Stuart. On Saturday nights when going out to the local bar he'd liked to be called Stuartina, or maybe Stuwette

Edit: goes without saying that there's nothing against that of course.

It would explain his obsession with manliness...

 

[kowalski]

Thank you good sir. I might have already mentioned it, but my wife is from Bydgoszcz. She only moved to the US in her mid-20s. I look forward to visiting Poland in the near future.

So I remember. Poland is a very nice country with great people and beautiful women . I keep wondering where we got so much strength and optimism. It is creazy ..as humans we have been through a lot, we have suffered (my country was not on the world map for 200 years, 2WW , Soviet occupation 60 years after WW2. You must come here necessarily.
Did you know that snipers and radio operators communicated in Polish during the Israeli war in 1947-49.? it's a very interesting story, be sure to visit Krakow and its old one Kazimierz. and if you find time, go to Warsaw to see the museum of the Warsaw Uprising.A visit to Oświęcim\Auschwitz is for people with strong nerves and emotions, because that's the place where faith in God and love for people die.
Sorry , end OT.

 

[ton312]

Hi guys, today i got this cool made in Brasil vintage corduroy Levi's sherpa jacket. The corduroy is much thicker than my other Sherpa jackets and the lining is 100% wool. Can't tell much about the period this jacket was made unfortunately.

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This is extremely cool! Real wool and super thick wale corduroy! I love it. Sherpa type III is my go to in winter. Light, breathable but warm. I’d love to see more pics of this jacket.

 

[JMax]

So I remember. Poland is a very nice country with great people and beautiful women . I keep wondering where we got so much strength and optimism. It is creazy ..as humans we have been through a lot, we have suffered (my country was not on the world map for 200 years, 2WW , Soviet occupation 60 years after WW2. You must come here necessarily.
Did you know that snipers and radio operators communicated in Polish during the Israeli war in 1947-49.? it's a very interesting story, be sure to visit Krakow and its old one Kazimierz. and if you find time, go to Warsaw to see the museum of the Warsaw Uprising.A visit to Oświęcim\Auschwitz is for people with strong nerves and emotions, because that's the place where faith in God and love for people die.
Sorry , end OT.

Many of my wife’s friends, who now live in Colorado and Virginia, are from Krakow. Thanks for the recommendations. I added them to a file I am building for the future trip.

Yes, my wife is optimistic, happy, yet still hard as woodpecker lips. The perfect companion imo.

I did not know that fact about the Israeli War, but will research it. And discuss it with my wife. She is knowledgeable about polish history and enjoys talking to me about it. And having traveled extensively to Russia, she also is fluent in Russian (and German, where her sister resides)— imagine that. Thanks again.

 

[TheOldFashioned]

In Hawaii, @jonesy86 has his HSHWT patent pending treatment. In the Upper Midwest / Great Lakes we have the Shovel Your A** Outta Snow Treatment. A relatively warm 25F and no wind was a good opportunity for the Aero 30s HB today:

 

[dudewuttheheck]

For me personally, I can't enjoy something that is poorly made. Even something that might look good from a distance, or even from close by for 99% of people. If it's mass produced and poorly made I can't enjoy it.

I agree. That's why I sold my Diamond J-100. The poor construction just bothered me way too much. I could never be happy when wearing it after a while.

 

[Hh121]

Poland is a very nice country

I have been to Warsaw three times, beautiful country.

 

[navetsea]

I can totally relate to that. Although with me it’s not so much construction quality as quality materials. A lot of mall jackets are nicely made in my experience and can even have decent patterns, but the leather is often the worst bonded crap imaginable. No one else around me cares, but it matters to me.

agree, of their competitive price half of it probably spent on the branding, and then more on ad campaign, etc. and only a fraction spent on the product, I know the pattern and stitching is not necessarily bad since they too have to compete and has to look good when being tried on, probably using computer aided pattern design. only after several washing they fall apart, pilling or looking distorted due to poor material. I rather buy online from local small brands now rather than global corp mall brands, or I buy materials and and go to local tailor to make me shirts I want, paying the same or probably less money I would spent on big name mall brands but all of it goes to the intended product. I live in small city in south east asia, we don't have H&M or Uniqlo in our city, has to drive to regional capital city to buy them (or online) so the big brands still valued by locals here, people would still be proudly reusing the tote to carry around...

 

[JCSD]

Shockoe Atelier Selvedge

 

[tmitchell59]

Ralphs-Pugh Steerhide c 1950-got it on member Tip. Needs some help just like many old Folks

 

[Superfluous]

most people would not notice how well your jacket is made.

Very true. That said, I notice and that is all that matters. I wear well made products for a selfish reason -- I am aware of and enjoy the quality. Whether anyone else notices is irrelevant.

 

[DrMacabre]

This is extremely cool! Real wool and super thick wale corduroy! I love it. Sherpa type III is my go to in winter. Light, breathable but warm. I’d love to see more pics of this jacket.

There you go

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Very true. That said, I notice and that is all that matters. I wear well made products for a selfish reason -- I am aware of and enjoy the quality. Whether anyone else notices is irrelevant.

Bingo. If we all cared more about what other people think, then we probably would be wearing more modern clothing, not leather jackets which are frankly rather antiquated pieces of outerwear. I like this stuff for me.

Freewheelers Lot 667:

 

[red devil]

Very true. That said, I notice and that is all that matters. I wear well made products for a selfish reason -- I am aware of and enjoy the quality. Whether anyone else notices is irrelevant.

That is exactly the point, if I cared what people around me thought... I would be sporting a drastically different style