Y'2 Leathers

Herrvallmo said:

You may be unto something with the neck holes(and maybe the rather high arm holes Y2 seems to go for?) making them wear longer than the measurements would suggest.

I really enjoyed the HR-56 design, but sadly it wore a bit strange with a big front drop(6cm), narrow shoulders and little to no taper making it look very "tube like".
Very sad as it had one of the best looking leathers I've handled yet, just stunning!(hard to get on photo, but in the flesh in was gorgeous)
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Same thing with the HR-55, while not as bad as the HR-56, but I still think it wears to long for the style, also had the same narrow shoulders and high arm holes and that "tube-ish" look compared to other similar repros from Japan/US
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This is my own two cents ofc, but from what I've seen online this seems to be a recurring "problem" for a lot of body types with Y2's patterns, but hey I'm sure some people are made for them

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ton312 said:

Personally I have stopped subscribing to the notion that a jacket (or any item in a sense) has to be at a specific price point to be of a certain “quality”. We have discussed this ad nausea before and in my own collecting experience the ratio just hasn’t bore any fruit. I could legitimately argue with greater ease to the opposite.
Setting a limit, as Marc states, for diminishing returns is exactly where the value/satisfaction curve intersects. For example, would crown sprung zippers on my LW’s given me proportionately more joy in ownership related to cost, surely for me, the answer is no. It might be yes for others but you see the point.
With regard to the hides, piece of ****? No. The stretch marks referenced in the FC jackets are actually sought out and quite desirable to some folks. I think that’s a bridge too far to call them ****.
Pattern and fit are the same way. If you do not like a certain pattern or it doesn’t suit your body type, then that’s one thing. Calling them poorly made is unjust. We’ve seen these jackets posted here on actual members (not phony, retouched and filtered IG) and they do not look cheap or of poor quality.
I personally find a large swath of the Japanese market to be purely hype. I promptly sold or returned both my RMC jackets. One was so bad I wouldn’t dare post pictures here, and I’ve purchased some pretty awful stuff. As much as I like the Y’2 I posted above it is not as well built as Aero, SB, LW etc and I dare say it is even a tier below the 5 Star jacket I paid $300 for, some $500 less than the Y’2.

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dinhnguyen57 said:

Can anyone enlighten me on whether the HR-55 with repeated wear will soften up and mold to your body? It's quite "boxy" new. I bought a size 40 (I am 5'6", 152 pounds, waist 30 inch) and it was obviously too big. I saw another jacket with the same size 40 but measurements were smaller so I bought it. And it does fit better, but it is still a fairly new jacket and still boxy, although less boxy. I actually have it for same on the forum classifieds right now.

I am wondering if I should keep the jacket and just wear the heck out of it and see if it will 'shrink" and be more form fitting to my body or if this is wishful dreaming?

I've seen a lot of comments on how it fits "new" but I have not seen any long-term reviews of a broken in HR-55 jacket yet.

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dinhnguyen57 said:

The natural hide is a different type leather. I am skeptical that the HR-55 will age the same way. I haven't be able to see real examples, whether it's pictures or videos of this jacket that has bene worn extensively. It's always new jacket pictures.

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dinhnguyen57 said:

I'm so tempted to try a size 38 for size but buying and selling jackets to get that right size can be terribly expensive. Oddly enough, the measurements on my size 40 jacket should fit me ideally, but it "feels" like I am wearing one size bigger, a size 42.

My problem with living in California, is there are not a lot of cold days to wear jackets and when you have a number of jackets, I always seem to grab the most comfortable and versatile one and the others get neglected.

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ProfG said:

Do any of y'all have any experience with their aniline steer teacore jackers? These are SH which are treated to age like HH, if I understand correctly. Here is a product link:

y'2 leather | aniline steer single riders (lsr-42)- black (teacore)

the clean single riders jacket lsr-42 by y'2 leather is made in japan from 1.5 mm thick steerhide. the leather has a fine grain like that of horsehide and a transparent coloring by finishing with aniline dyes at a tannery specializing in horsehide. with increasing wear, the jacket develops a...

stuf-f.com

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