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Rainbow Country make a nice OTR jacket
Leather Jacket Thread
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Unfortunately, that RC Herc doesn’t do as much for me in caramel buffalo - even when it’s a good deal used:
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Still low-key wanting a Hercules, but not at full retail. I actually just missed buying this one at a good price and now the new owner is posting pics:
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that's pretty sexy. what are those two little eyelets at the bottom used for?
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You like the caramel one?
Long before YKK, the brand Hookless made the primo zipper. In the 30s, they supplied zippers with those two grommets to anchor them to the jacket. The Japanese vintage repro nerds have replicated the them.
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Yeah but I’m a sucker for caramel leather. Don’t know how feasible it would be in a jacket. Just looks sexy.
Interesting tidbit. I’d never heard of that before.
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I like it, in a 70s kind way, but not something I’d wear. The dark seal though, is another story.
I like the grommets, it’s a cool retro touch. But the zippers are known to me pretty bad. I just liked it up and Hookless were made by Talon.
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The dark seal colour is the most common, so the one I’m likely to find used for a reasonable price - but this tobacco colour is really nice:
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So this dude in Canada who beat me to the deal on the bargain Japanese Hercules jacket in Sweden decided it was too big for him and offered it to me. It arrived this morning and is a really beautiful jacket. The leather quality and the construction quality is amazing. It’s also the Goldilocks thickness - not stiff and super comfortable. I thought the 40 could be too big on me, but I’m so glad I didn’t go for a 38. This is a comfortable slim fit over a tshirt.
Hard to come up with negatives. The zipper isn’t original, which is part of the reason it was so cheap and I’m fine with that. It still has a bit of squeak, but not too bad and that should fade with time. The wool lining on the body adds some warmth, but I would’ve expected a satin sleeve lining - the wool in the sleeves feels a little scratchy.
Now I need to sell some shit from my closet to make space and financial room for this.
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It’s always good when an internet deal works out so I’m happy for you if you’re happy.
I can’t help feeling a bit of dislike for this particular model. Just seems like a bit of a hotch potch combo of a moto, an A-2 etc with a few other details thrown in like that utterly pointless collar tab. If I was throwing down $$ for a casual leather jacket I’d be looking at the other more traditional models over this one.
I can’t help feeling a bit of dislike for this particular model. Just seems like a bit of a hotch potch combo of a moto, an A-2 etc with a few other details thrown in like that utterly pointless collar tab. If I was throwing down $$ for a casual leather jacket I’d be looking at the other more traditional models over this one.
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Each to their own, but IMO you can’t get more traditional than a 1930s Hercules from the Sears-Robuck catalog.
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To add to my point about seemingly mixing details from other traditional jackets, the fact that the advert you posted shows two guys smoking pipes and one wearing a fedora with his quasi biker jacket kinda illustrates my feelings perfectly.
. Anyway - wear yours in good health as the SF trope used to go!
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I just need a pipe and hat for my trad 30s cosplay, huh?
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Swap the Levi’s for some fuzzy grey flannels and I sincerely hope you’re wearing some stout leather walking shoes!