I'll also sell outright if that's OK with the forum rules - I'd like to edit the title but I don't seem to be able to do it.
Anyway, I'd be looking for £275 and I'd throw in UK postage. I would dearly love a B-10, though...
This is a lovely Cal-Leather CHP jacket I bought last year. It fits like a glove but my life has - thanks to the Pandemic - veered away from the carefree life of a boulevardier to a full-time chef and this jacket will probably stay in my wardrobe for the foreseeable. I've also just acquired a...
The thing is, it’s just incredibly... cool. It would have fit me better last spring, that’s for sure o_O But it’s always nice to buy something based on photos and a description, and have it actually work for a change!
All the way from Cali, the Cal arrived today. It’s probably the nicest jacket I’ve ever worn - the leather is incredible. It has the outlines of not one but two badge-holders! And it sort of fits me, though I need to shed many Lockdown pounds and the jacket isn’t flattered by what’s wearing it...
Found this on Grailed - bought it, but seller decided not to ship to the UK, so refunded me. It’s disappeared but I expect it will be back . I reckon it’s a Cal-Leathers, made for FirstGear. Damn - it was soooo cheap....
Finally found what I desperately hope is the right chp for me: a 1960s Cal-Leather. Should be with me in a couple of weeks, covid and transatlantic mail being what they are!
Talking of Branded, Johnson Leathers (from the opposite coast, I know) get a LOT of love on here. I’ve seen some of their chps pass through these forums, though I’ve noticed that they are usually members’ custom-made jackets. Their resale seems very... reasonable for reputedly monster pieces.
Thanks! There seems to be a huge variety of labels as well - the ‘made in California’ ones are obviously better quality. The thing I don’t like about their chp jackets is the big, saggy belt loops, which seem to be sort of a trademark, but otherwise...
Where does Golden Bear stand in the grand scheme of things? They don’t seem to get a lot of love around here, but their chp jackets, for instance, look pretty high quality. I’m basically hunting around for an affordable chp, and they come up quite often. Am I comparing them to Cal-Leather, or...
I was actually going to buy that top jacket, but I was holding out for something else (which I also missed). Leather really looked Buco-esque. Some of the AMF ‘police’ jackets come without that super-stiff tail-piece - those ones look like they might be Buco or someone other than Brooks.
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