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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Yeah exactly, I like jackets with buttons because I like wearing them with two buttons fastened since I can leave it like that, sit, stand, drive, whatever, and it vents well too. The jacket designs that led me down this rabbit hole were the Schott Raven and their other minimalist designs, and...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Half belt with button front, ala Aero Maxwell. I think the leather choice suits the style nicely. If you want in on this hide, you better act quick because this batch wasn't very big apparently. The first jacket with it should be done soon if not already...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Shoot, I'll be flying to Hawaii, maybe you can preview my jacket for me while you're there.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    That's the damn jacket that made me get my jacket in burgundy, man that color is glorious, I hope I can pull it off, lol.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    So... you like it then?
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    A little, but it's because I used larger than normal buttons and their machine couldn't make it any bigger so it just made it a really tight fit.
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    Despite everything I said, end of the day though he did deliver a jacket that by all accounts is what you paid for. It's a jacket that you gave some input to get it just to your liking, and a hide that you probably will never ever come across in the wild, heck maybe even on the internet not...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I have a car coat made in skived black CXL HH overdye. Too bad you're not local, they almost always have an m200 or 500 in the showroom in CXL, not sure about the skived one. I considered doing it with my M500, then considered the aforementioned tumbled stuff, but ended up using one of their...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Wish I could take credit but someone ordered a custom cafe racer for whom the leather was ordered for, I just piggy backed. At the 2oz or whatever it still has some thickness to it. I have a car coat made with skived black cxl hh from JL. It's still stiff but very wearable and breaks in...
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    Oakland. Well, neighboring town these days. They're a small chain. But yes I agree.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    So, interesting story. I always had a soft spot for a burgundy jacket, I never really liked brown jackets and the ones I did were more burgundy in tone, hence burgundy. But I noticed I only liked Horween's burgundy for some reason, and I def did not want another CXL HH jacket. So I was in there...
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    At the risk of derailing this discussion, I'll be the first to say I'm not versed on those jacket makers. But when it comes to VW and Bugatti, and Audi, Lambo, etc etc for that matter, I think the equivalent would have been VW going under for the diesel scandal, then the company deciding to bury...
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    Yeah, I was excited about their Oakland heritage since I try to support our town business, but then saw it was all vapor. It's almost like cultural appropriation...
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    Agreed, and really making repros within this context is not a knock... off (see what I did there?), but just underscores the distinction of art vs craft as others have mentioned. I perused through some vintage jacket books and yeah, there are no real original designs anymore, unless you go...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Negative, a burgundy one.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I saw your box the other day when I stopped by. Didn't get to see what was inside, but judging by the size of the box, quite the pandora box you have coming your way. Btw, one of your jackets that they finished up inspired my leather choice on one of my jackets, lol.
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    Hmm, this may be unfair, but my biggest takeaway from all this is you're paying tier 1 prices to get a masterpiece that's not made by the master, all while getting tier 3 service. Living here in CA, I get dealing with artists is different from dealing with a professional business, artists sorta...
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    Himel: An Existential Review

    I don't think it's a matter of being able to wait or patience on the client end, but rather the way it was handled by Himel. There no reason a jacket should cost that much unless you're providing some intangible benefit, like a brand or an experience, so perhaps Himel thinks it's the brand. Me...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That leather is gorgeous. Where is it from?
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    US leather jacket makers

    I think we're getting into the weeds here with nuance. Bespoke covers alot of ground, usually in the higher end of the price spectrum, but end of the day there's two distinct camps that seem to emerge when it comes to custom vs bespoke. One camp that will only make minor alterations to an...

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