What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[Psant25]

That’s an awesome jacket Psant, what is it?

Hey thanks! Aero zip sleeve Highwayman
http://www.aeroleatherclothing.com/product-detail.php?id=66

 

[Psant25]

One black, one brown.

 

[Jejupe]

Thedi cross button halfbelt in goat

If I was forced to pick one jacket among my collection and let go of the rest, I’d pick this one!

 

[JMax]

Brown Cal. (BTW, one of my Cal's is FS in classifieds, shameless plug).

 

[casechopper]

Yesterday - 80's Aero A2

Today - Diamond Dave Buco Repro

 

[Monitor]

Yesterday - 80's Aero A2

Today - Diamond Dave Buco Repro

Cool!!!

 

[Tommer45]

BK Californian all day e'ry day.

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[Psant25]

Highwayman

 

[barnabus]

After shuffling around the house for a couple of weeks like a sad-faced ghost, with my busted arm mostly immobile and unable (and un-needing) to wear a jacket, yesterday I took a brief walk around the village with my son to get some fresh air.

I wore the Barbour International I was wearing on the day I had my off (it seemed fitting!), and was pretty pleased to see how it had survived the impact and slide mostly unscathed. Just a small hole worn through the sleeve where we went down, which I'm sure Barbour could invisible-ise if I asked them nicely.

No fit pic, because arm movement is still pretty awkward, but here it is draped over Manuel, my eBay mannequin:

Edit: oh, and in case it occurs to you that of course I'm all broken if I was relying on just a Barbour jacket for riding; I was wearing that as a top layer over a fully Kevlar lined shirt jacket, fitted with full Revit SeeSmart armour.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Cold rainy and windy today so I wore one of the Thedis....

 

[Benny Holiday]

@barnabus glad you're not busted up beyond what you already suffered. From the tone of your post you sound (very understandably) down - hope I'm reading too much into it - but you can bet we're all cheering for you to heal as good as new and be back to your old self again soon.

 

[barnabus]

@barnabus glad you're not busted up beyond what you already suffered. From the tone of your post you sound (very understandably) down - hope I'm reading too much into it - but you can bet we're all cheering for you to heal as good as new and be back to your old self again soon.

Thanks Benny. I'm actually in pretty good form now and a much more positive mood, happy to be noticeably healing up and seeing improvement even from one day to the next.

I admit I was fed up immediately after the accident. Those days in the hospital I was in a pretty grim mood, a lot of pain and unable to do much at all due to immobility, being wired up to IV pain relief, and with a drainage tube inserted between my (broken) ribs into my chest, to drain the fluid from the collapsed lung into a bucket I had to have beside me all the time.

Horrible. But I was lucky to get away as lightly scathed as I did, and I'm mending much quicker than I even dared too hope.

Sorry if I came across gloomy in my post! I'm way past that now and feeling much happier.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Glad you're on the mend mate, you have every right to come across gloomy after all that so definitely no need to apologise. I just wanted to let you know you're thought of and send you well wishes even if we're half a world and at the same time only the click of a button away.

 

[Thuggee]

This arrived today assuming zippers/tag are original to the jacket I date this to the 1930-40s?? It wears like a half-belt, I assume that’s what it is???

Amazing wearable condition like it’s been hanging in someone’s wardrobe with my name on it waiting for me, no issues at all with this jacket even smells ok, nice clean intact lining, perfectly good working Talon zippers,

it’s a very light weight goat with some crazy graining, patina and heaps of character, weighs

in at around 1kg so great for the Australian climate


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[Seb Lucas]

This arrived today assuming zippers/tag are original to the jacket I date this to the 1930-40s?? It wears like a half-belt, I assume that’s what it is???

Amazing wearable condition like it’s been hanging in someone’s wardrobe with my name on it waiting for me, no issues at all with this jacket even smells ok, nice clean intact lining, perfectly good working Talon zippers,

it’s a very light weight goat with some crazy graining, patina and heaps of character, weighs

in at around 1kg so great for the Australian climate


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That's a classic, Mate! A keeper and, as you say, ideal for our part of the world. I would have had this as 1940's-50's but that's just a hunch. They are generally called utility jackets.

 

[Thuggee]

That's a classic, Mate! A keeper and, as you say, ideal for our part of the world. I would have had this as 1940's-50's but that's just a hunch. They are generally called utility jackets.

Thanks I’m a noob when it comes to vintage, I didn’t think it was a half-belt


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[Seb Lucas]

A half-belt is a utility jacket too, but with a 'belt' running along the back. The belts look cool but they are useless. These styles of jackets were of course the classic worker's outerwear before the advent of nylon bomber jackets and fluro fleeces.

 

[Gamma68]

This arrived today assuming zippers/tag are original to the jacket I date this to the 1930-40s?? It wears like a half-belt, I assume that’s what it is???

Amazing wearable condition like it’s been hanging in someone’s wardrobe with my name on it waiting for me, no issues at all with this jacket even smells ok, nice clean intact lining, perfectly good working Talon zippers,

it’s a very light weight goat with some crazy graining, patina and heaps of character, weighs

in at around 1kg so great for the Australian climate

Beautiful jacket. Here's proof that goatskin does acquire patina and more graining over time. I'd place this in the 1940s era, but @tmitchell59 would probably know more.

Fit pics, please!

 

[Gamma68]

M-1951. Thrift store find from yesterday. MINT condition. Seriously appears to have never been worn.

It has an aluminum zipper with snap-closure front placket, two drawstrings, and the bottom pockets are wool-lined.

Does anyone know how to date these? I included pics of the interior labels as thumbnails for reference.

 

[Hh121]