What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[ChewingWax]

Yikes! Looks like you need a nice warm jacket brother!

15 for a high today

 

[Nickelman2005]

Nice jacket! How old is it? I just purchased one...fits well and all but my gripe with it is the leather is TOO perfect...feels artificial, like vinyl. Weird, eh?

Thanks. I bought this new from Schott in March of 2021. I know what you mean. There's a soft slight sponginess that goes away. I bought it because I loved the black 618 I had bought from Schott a couple years earlier. It's 5 years now and the brown 618 is starting to show some character. It's also pretty good in the cold. Don't give up on it.

 

[Bennarion]

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Fried Ostermann M422a from 1942.

Cool

 

[TartuWolf]

Outside I'm wearing (and enjoying every moment) my Pike Brothers N1.
It's around -10c around here these days.
Leather pants also work great with the lower temps.

But inside I am wearing the newly altered/tailored Vanson Octagon B all the time now, can't get enough of it.
As the lighting is good today I took some shots of it paired with the leather pants I've been wearing very regularly all winter (also Vanson "El Paso").

 

[DRW62]

Outside I'm wearing (and enjoying every moment) my Pike Brothers N1.
It's around -10c around here these days.
Leather pants also work great with the lower temps.

But inside I am wearing the newly altered/tailored Vanson Octagon B all the time now, can't get enough of it.
As the lighting is good today I took some shots of it paired with the leather pants I've been wearing very regularly all winter (also Vanson "El Paso").

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Looking super awesome! I have also ordered a pair of the El Pasos' but due to the production times I am going to have to be patient...

 

[Mysteryo]

Himel’s Chevalier

 

[Tom71]

Wow, thanks for the photo and more than that for the great post. Unfortunately, it further fuels my desire for a Donkey Coat, and equally unfortunately, I am stgill biased towards the Navy Blue/Brown Horsehide version from Simmons Bilt.
Fortunately tholugh, I am so shocked at my recent jacket spree, that I am sure I am done for the next months for sure.

Really cool photo of the two of you as well. My sister used to live in Derry for fice years, so I recommended the bio to her just now.

So, I did it.

Simmons Bilt Donkey Jacket. Black Melton Wool with Black horsehide patches.

I went for the Black/Black version as the very beautiful variant Blue Wool/Brown Leather was too flashy in the end.

Of course, the blue-collar appeal of the originals completely vanishes with something like this. A bit like getting a Real McCoys Repro of an M65 or so.
Over here, Donkey Coats have no cultural background at all, so I am fine wearing it as just an overcoat.

 

[mumpy]

Schott 613

 

[oneterrifichog]

Nice Chilly 28 degree wallk with the wife today around the neighborhood

 

[X83]

Jl horween Es*** western jacket paired with jackrabbits Mto vachetta leather

 

[Peter Mackin]

Schott 613
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Have the stars been removed?

 

[JonS1967]

wearing this beautiful Attic Clothes Tri-Jacket from Butterscotch LB today.
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Killer jacket!

 

[carolofthebarbells]

LW All Weather

 

[ABCD]

Jl horween Es*** western jacket

@Peacoat can the profanity filter be removed? It makes no sense.

 

[JonS1967]

Jl horween Es*** western jacket paired with jackrabbits Mto vachetta leather View attachment 762937

Great looking jacket and outfit!!

 

[X83]

@Peacoat can the profanity filter be removed? It makes no sense.

Yeah second time it gets me this week

 

[Leathergato]

Johnson Leathers Trocadero

 

[coolhandluke_7]

Sheeley Monarch AN-J-3A

 

[gainghiskhan]

Johnson Leathers Trocadero
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Really nice, what leather is it?

 

[Bawheid]

At this time of year here early morning jacket choice can be critical.
"Coolest" day for us for the next week, and we had a motorcycle run into the hinterland, 150K's loop ride.
Vanson Sturgis size L with the arm and back vents open today was the best guess.
Some of the ride was open country roads with high speed sections for "miles".