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  1. shadowrider

    Anyone owns a buckskin jacket by Uber Glove Company?

    Uber Glove Company is a tannery in Owatonna, Minnesota that's been tanning hides and making leather garments since the 40s. I'm thinking about having them sew me up a deerskin jacket (I don't hunt, so I'm not sending in hides, they'll use their own). Any folk here have a jacket or other leather...
  2. shadowrider

    Couple of questions about leather jacket features

    Hi folks, here are some questions I have been wondering about lately, and whch I'm sure some of you vintage leather gurus can help shed some light on. With old motorcycle jackets that had beltloops around them at the bottom, was the belt provided with the jacket or there was none? Were these...
  3. shadowrider

    First hat buy - help!

    Hello gentlemen! I've been a member here for a while, but never posted on "hats". The reason being that except caps and one cheap panama I never had any "real" hat". But this is going to change. I'm turning 30 next fall so I decided it's time to start dressing like a grown-up - and get a hat...
  4. shadowrider

    Horsehide vs steerhide?

    This is probably a noob question, but I can't find a reasonable explanation anywhere... When it comes to a leather jacket, why is it that horsehide is usually regarded as higher than steerhide? For example, in Aero jackets. All my current jackets are steerhide or goathide.
  5. shadowrider

    Cleaning vintage items

    This is a problem I bet most of you folks have had to deal with in the past... We all love vintage items and most of the time you get great deals on them. But, being the clean freak I sometimes am (ok, most of the time...) I find it difficult to accept the idea to buy and wear, say, a pair of...
  7. shadowrider

    Crack lines in leather

    Long story short, I've been offered a motorcycle jacket: the style is a cafe racer and seems to be from the 70s. Although the leather is in good condition, the issue is that on the sleeve back panel, especially close to the cuff, the leather presents some superficial "crack lines". The leather...
  8. shadowrider

    Vintage Barbour jackets

    Gentlemen, let's talk Barbour! My father seems to be obsessed with this British waxed jackets, and I never understood why. Lately though, my curiosity sparked (mostly after i saw his one after a rewaxing treatment), and I decided to do a little research about their history. I found some infos...
  9. shadowrider

    The last express - pc videogame

    It was June 1998 and summer vacations had just started at my high school. I remember going to the store one sunny day and buying myself a pc video game I had wanted for a while: its name was "The Last Express". You might ask, what's that to do with this forum? This ain't pcgamer.com! Well you...
  10. shadowrider

    Lee strom rider dating

    I have a Lee Storm Rider jacket and am wondering about its age. I know there are ways to figure that out by looking at some details but I don't really know much. The jacket liner has stripes of the horizontal kind, the back waist buttons are black plastic, no hand warmer pockets and the tag...
  11. shadowrider

    Question about Baracuta Harrington jacket

    The Harrington jacket has got to be the ultimate golfing jacket. It seems that the original manufacturer of such jacket is Baracuta, with its g-9 model. Now, Baracuta has different models out there of this iconic jacket, and this confuses me. I am considering buying one in red, but I can only...
  13. shadowrider

    Custom made Indy jacket

    http://www.makeyourownjeans.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=180&products_id=1660 Any of you fellas know this website? The indy jacket they make is dirty cheap, but it looks like three different ones in the pictures, which confuses me. Any thoughts?
  14. shadowrider

    Sailor pants

    Hello gentlemen... Summer is approaching and I've been considering getting me a pair of white sailor pants for the season. I'm talking about the classic military ones, à la Corto Maltese, for those of you familiar with the character - very large at the bottom (shape called bell, even though it...
  15. shadowrider

    Driving shoes

    Hello to all, I am in need to replace my old Bata driving shoes for the summer with a new pair, just because mine are ready for retirement. Anyone has a suggestion of what maker has good ones that aren't way too $$$? I'm looking for something like this: which is from Timberland. THey should...
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