How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

[MrProper]

Mines has now changed to "Exchange"! Pretty excited now.

Chloe at Aero had emailed me just prior to this changing to confirm the final spec was all correct.

I think then the status will quickly change to "in production" and then it is foreseeable ... that we will see new pictures here

 

[jonbuilder]

Heavy non label Cal racer arrived and I am thrilled. This is my second Cal racer and it is much different hen the one I purchased from Monitor and previously owned by ton. The new to me Cal is heaver and I will give 5 to 1 odds made from horsehide. The hide lining and zips are in excellent condition no signs of excess wear only well-developed graining. The obvious difference is this jacket has a 6 panel back, no shoulder guests, and is longer in length. Overall this is a large jacket I would say size 46, the largest Cal racer I have noticed in fact large on me but I am not complaining. I not one of the need the perfect fit king of guys. I will be posting comparison pictures in the Cal Leather thread.
Fit pictures in the next post

 

[jonbuilder]

Cal pictures. the jacket has 50s zips one pocket zip has a replacement pull same diamond as the original pull

 

[JMax]

Cal pictures. the jacket has 50s zips one pocket zip has a replacement pull same diamond as the original pull

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Nice. You can definitely see the difference between this hide and the later hides more commonly seen with the teardrop pulls.

 

[jonbuilder]

Nice. You can definitely see the difference between this hide and the later hides more commonly seen with the teardrop pulls.

Right my other Cal racer has the 60s teardrop pocket zips and very little graining I would not want to bet either way if it was horse or steer. @ JMax I think you would really appreciate handling the earlier 6 panel Cal. Both are steller jackets

 

[JMax]

Right my other Cal racer has the 60s teardrop pocket zips and very little graining I would not want to bet either way if it was horse or steer. @ JMax I think you would really appreciate handling the earlier 6 panel Cal. Both are steller jackets

Exactly. I always say the early Cal hide is amazing, and it is, but IMO the later hides are still great. Just not as great. And the later, later hides are excellent too.

I’ll keep an eye out for one of these.

 

[TREEMAN]

Nice jacket Jon....

 

[JMax]

@jonbuilder Mine has the round pulls, so probably a jacket that came out after your diamond pull-equipped jacket but before the teardrop bad boys. An in-betweener, that's my guess at least. Looks like the transition in leather already started. I've owned Cals with the "thinner" hide, less prone to grain. This is not that. It will grain and is thick, comparatively. But it isn't as thick as the earlier hide your latest acquisition seems to be made of.

The seller of mine did not know it was a Cal. Hee hee.

 

[dannyk]

@jonbuilder Mine has the round pulls, so probably a jacket that came out after your diamond pull-equipped jacket but before the teardrop bad boys. An in-betweener, that's my guess at least. Looks like the transition in leather already started. I've owned Cals with the "thinner" hide, less prone to grain. This is not that. It will grain and is thick, comparatively. But it isn't as thick as the earlier hide your latest acquisition seems to be made of.

The seller of mine did not know it was a Cal. Hee hee.
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There’s a lot of unlabeled Cals out there. Unfortunately most people know what they are. But there’s always a few that are out there for the taking. If you know Cals you know them when you see them.

 

[Monitor]

So nice to see you guys in the US can get their jackets from the UK while just today, after three days of fighting with the customs office, I finally requested of them to send "my" red jacket back to sender because it's no longer possible to import anything from outside the EU. I don't even care if anyone refunds me or not but I am never buying anything from UK ever again. Lession learned. Enjoy your jacket, @jonbuilder. I'm this close to being out of this hobby.

 

[ABCD]

So nice to see you guys in the US can get their jackets from the UK while just today, after three days of fighting with the customs office, I finally requested of them to send "my" red jacket back to sender because it's no longer possible to import anything from outside the EU. I don't even care if anyone refunds me or not but I am never buying anything from UK ever again. Lession learned. Enjoy your jacket, @jonbuilder. I'm this close to being out of this hobby.

If there were any nice jackets to be found at all here in Europe, they were listed in the UK.

 

[handymike]

It’s probably a sign that you should focus your energy and sights on a Thedi.

 

[Monitor]

It’s probably a sign that you should focus your energy and sights on a Thedi.

If only Thedi accepted those as payment.

 

[handymike]

Dunno, but it sure would make for a great Summer job. If I were younger and without “responsibilities”, I’d be off to Seattle...or maybe Ventura.

 

[jonbuilder]

@jonbuilder Mine has the round pulls, so probably a jacket that came out after your diamond pull-equipped jacket but before the teardrop bad boys. An in-betweener, that's my guess at least. Looks like the transition in leather already started. I've owned Cals with the "thinner" hide, less prone to grain. This is not that. It will grain and is thick, comparatively. But it isn't as thick as the earlier hide your latest acquisition seems to be made of.

The seller of mine did not know it was a Cal. Hee hee.
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Also, your has shoulder gussets mine does not

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

On a serious note... Got this on the way.

From Europe??
B

 

[Monitor]

From Europe??
B

Ignore this post and pretend it never happened. I have nothing on the way.

 

[dannyk]

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Ignore this post and pretend it never happened. I have nothing on the way.

I really hope the book makes it too. I’d be furious if there’s an issue with that.

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

To keep the Cal training running. I posted this elsewhere, but I'm just too excited about it. Should have on Monday.

It's a slightly longer body which is just great because my other ones are really pushing the limit of how short do I want to go. But the teacore is what has me excited. Looks like a 50's model. I got a diamond pull replacement coming too so I can restore this thing to all its greatness. I'm hoping one of my mutton collars fits this and I'm all set. Might sell off some of the other Cals as I don't think I'll be wearing anything other than this (hope I don't jinx myself, but owner seemed like he knows what he's talking about and kept it in good shape)

 

[TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead]

Yeah, if I was in Europe, I'd be focusing on Thedi. Too bad there's not a lot of used ones out there yet. I was on that site last night, and there's like 5 end game jackets on there for me.