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Who are the decent+ quality American leather jacket makers?

Jin431

Call Me a Cab
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He specializes in Monarch repros, and does a fantastic job!
I saw his eBay account and he makes superb jackets. I hope he offers more patterns later.

Dave and Norshor have been on my list forever. Just haven’t seen the pattern from either I really want yet. No doubt both make a top tier jacket with attention to detail that is every bit as good as GW.
The patterns look great but I'm not too keen on half belts so im hoping he will offer something later that will better suit my taste.mI am not familiar with norshor but I read that he used to work with JC at GW so he must be good.

What's up with the JL website? I think that i stopped on that site a long time ago and it was barren.....still barren. Where does one find out more,if one is not local?
I know they have not been paying attention to that for quite a while so that's quite a shame but they are active in instagram but like what @Psant25 said, I would call them first and then email them for specifics. They are busy with orders right now so most orders have been delayed but they have always been good to me and other members too
 

Flying Monkey

New in Town
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If you're in the mood for a racer, you might check out Champlain Leather in Vermont. It seems they are only offering this one style right now. I have one and its probably my absolute favorite of all my stuff. Extremely comfortable and (in my opinion) reasonably priced and really well made. Bit of a different look, but I like it.
Since I live near Portland, OR, I gotta mention Langlitz. Custom or OTR. I have a Cascade and have my eye out for just the right Columbia. Nice personable staff that have been there forever. The shop is fun to visit, kind of a Portland icon. Very expensive though.
 

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