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    should i buy or not hat moulds and last.

    Hats Its funny the guy you bought the stuff from was my neighbor for 20 years, his family was in the hat business for ever. Its a sad story in a way. I should take some pictures for you guys at the lounge. Interestingly if you want to learn about hatmaking you should really go speak...
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    should i buy or not hat moulds and last.

    lol Rotman agreed to sell, better get in there fast!
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    1950s Sears Hercules Half-belt

    Repairs The standard in repairs of vintage jackets has always been vintage repairs. First the way to avoid cracking is to make sure oil is put into the skin. Tanning involves adding oil back to the skin and over time this can dry out breaking the fibres causing cracking. Any oil will do...
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    Vintage 50's Sears Hercules Horsehide MC jacket!!

    Boyz wear The build is because this one was part of their youth line, fedelity marketed at boyz and teenagers...thus the wide shoulders and narrow waist, blame not the jacket for the middle age drift! http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
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    Zippers

    I was curious what your source for this was...Talon Inc. A Romance of Achievement?: Could you site for me please or send to info@fevintage.com best David.
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    1940s Goatskin Motorcycle Jacket - Canadian

    lol Sorry I dont have a lot of time to peruse the site..I wish I had a copy of the book, I only have the library privileges, and online databases...all of lightnings patents and court cases are public and much of the paperwork is available at Brock University in St. Catherines. I sent a fedora...
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    1940s Goatskin Motorcycle Jacket - Canadian

    your jacket knocked me off my feet http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/ ok a couple of things: I collect and write and replicate old leather jackets. Your jacket is one of the best I've ever seen from Canada. I own almost a 1000 jackets, and yours is absolutely one of the best. I...
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    Help ! Fake Schott 689 horsehide ?!

    What sane heterosexual man isnt a fan of Betty? One would have to be from another species!
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    Vintage Green Horsehide Varsity Jacket - Opinions please?

    Your Jacket Nice Jacket...Made in Toronto somewhere between 46-55. Horsehide, very nice, most likely made on Spadina. The horse came from Dominion Tanners (there were one or two companies that made this style outside toronto). Leather is sweet use beef talo treatment nothing stronger so you...
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    Langlitz: Why not horsehide?

    blog http://vintageleatherjackets.blogspot.com/
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    Help ! Fake Schott 689 horsehide ?!

    hmmm therapy Yeah perhaps I need therapy, but its what I do for a living, I buy sell and trade leather jackets and vintage design...I do it for movies, I have a personal collection, and Ive been doing it for 20 years. Im not the biggest in collecting, there is a guy in L.A. that has over 10k...
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    Langlitz: Why not horsehide?

    Horween Yup they crank it out, they buy it all from Canada, they even bought Dominion Tanners and their client list, Horween is very difficult to deal with, they are very busy and tend not to return phone calls or emails
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    Help ! Fake Schott 689 horsehide ?!

    aero I haven't bought from Aero, but I know schott frontways and backways, and they are an american made mass produced jacket. Its not that they are bad they just aint made the way they used to be, Im sure Aero is a small shop, they use expensive materials and probably have a lot of pride...
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    Langlitz: Why not horsehide?

    Horsehide facts and fiction Horsehide is still quite available today. It was used in garments due to its durablility and its natural water repelentcy. Horsehide also has a superior fibrous structure with multidirectional collogens which allow for greater strength. Horse slaughter for non...
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    Help ! Fake Schott 689 horsehide ?!

    Shott Aint What it Used to Be I think the moral of the story is that some jackets just arn't made as well as they used to be!!!
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    how many types of jackets do you own?

    Ive lost my mind I own 600 vintage leather jackets, i lost my mind about 14 years ago. I try to sell them off here and there but Ive accumulated more than I can sell so Im going into the repro business!!
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    1940s Trojan H/H Motorcycle Jacket?

    Your Jacket I saw when this one was listed on ebay. I emailed the guy and told him it was not an original Trojan Jacket but a lost worlds copy. The jacket leather is incorrect, the liner is from the 80s and the stitching is polyester. As well the talon zipper is the modern replica vintage...
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    MC Jacket Opinions Wanted....

    the jacket 100% gaurenteed not harley davidson or Indian. Both companies were very specific about their jacket models. Sears, Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penny and numerous other makers all copied or made one star jackets of this type. The red nylon liner, spot work and cord bit on the liner makes...
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    Just won this 1940s beauty

    pony sorry if its the wrong post
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    Just won this 1940s beauty

    Your Jacket The jacket looks to be calf skin, or pony. The grain is very fine, and the tannage has left the jacket open to a very soft wear, this was typical of early 40s late 30s jackets in order to make a more flexible jacket, easier to break in and wear. Whats really interesting about the...

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