Cal-Leather

[jonbuilder]

No. Star Glove became Cal Leather.

I am happy to hear you got somewhere with Cal Leather. I got through to someone in the store but Gren never returned my call or answered my two emails. I've lost interest after my recent Star Gove scores.

 

[El Marro]

I am happy to hear you got somewhere with Cal Leather. I got through to someone in the store but Gren never returned my call or answered my two emails. I've lost interest after my recent Star Gove scores.

Jon,
It wasn’t me, it was @Keith Garrison who had the Star Glove Relined by Cal recently. I had the same experience you did a few years ago when I tried to reach out to them.

 

[sweetfights]

I reached out to them in the past year a few times.
No answer.

 

[Kalmer]

Picked it up a while ago, and I think it might be a Star Glove, although never have I seen one with kind of collar shape before. Also the cuff configuration seems rare.
I’ve sent an email to Gwen to see if they could help confirm, but still any kinds of inputs are welcome.
Especially about the main zipper, I think the Talon remains are replacements of the original, if that’s the case, should the original one be a Conmar or a spring-loaded Crown?

 

[JMax]

^^^ I swooned looking at this masterpiece. Like a teen girl at a Beatles concert. Awesome.

 

[Monitor]

^^^ I swooned looking at this masterpiece. Like a teen girl at a Beatles concert. Awesome.

Ditto. Sherpa lined MC jacket is an endgame piece for me. There's nothing else.

 

[JMax]

Ditto. Sherpa lined MC jacket is an endgame piece for me. There's nothing else.

There is one on Etsy that may work for you. Shorter sleeves but I would rock’em if I thought the chest would fit. I’m borderline on this one...

https://etsy.me/3leKUVx

 

[roadking04]

although never have I seen one with kind of collar shape before.

I am assuming that is a repair job on the collar. Very interesting repair if that is the case. Usually collars wear out first. Could bring back older jackets to their glory days. I like it. Jacket looks awesome.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

There is one on Etsy that may work for you. Shorter sleeves but I would rock’em if I thought the chest would fit. I’m borderline on this one...

https://etsy.me/3leKUVx

Heartbreak sleeves here.
But my, hell of a piece!!
B

 

[jonbuilder]

The main zip is a replacement. Star Glove (now Cal Leather) didn't use Talon zippers until later (60s). So Conmar would have been the typical main zip.

I have three 40s star glove jackets. On has a paper clip Talon main zip that is original

 

[jonbuilder]

Current Cal Leathers jackets

Three Star Gloves all fit and near mint

Three Racers note the different backs

Chest zip, epaulettes, and shoulder gussets Gove like horsehide

 

[J Leather Investigater]

Current Cal Leathers jackets

Three Star Gloves all fit and near mint
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Three Racers note the different backs
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Chest zip, epaulettes, and shoulder gussets Gove like horsehide
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If you ever sell one of these can I kindly ask for a pm?

 

[sweetfights]

Current Cal Leathers jackets

Three Star Gloves all fit and near mint
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Three Racers note the different backs
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Chest zip, epaulettes, and shoulder gussets Gove like horsehide
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Great collection!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[jonbuilder]

The recent post of a Star Glove in the finds and deal tread got me thinking about the Star Gloves I owned and still own.
Here is what I notice about SG, they were custom-made just like the latter Cal Leather jackets. The proportions and zips for instance will change from jacket to jacket. What is consistent is heavy horsehide with a distinct good leather smell. The only failure I had was the tape failure at the male zip insection pin on my first well-worn police SG. I found a replacement crown cheap but sold the jacket due to damaged leather at the shoulders. I had and still have a cross zip Star Gove at the time in near-mint condition.
Star Gloves have large colors compared to more recent Cals

 

[Will Zach]

Current Cal Leathers jackets

Three Star Gloves all fit and near mint
View attachment 338583

Three Racers note the different backs
View attachment 338584 View attachment 338585
Chest zip, epaulettes, and shoulder gussets Gove like horsehide
View attachment 338587

@jonbuilder , could you post a close up of the paper clip Talon off your 1940s Star Glove? I am trying to date a no-name jacket I just bought which has a very similar #10 paper clip talon. BTW - your collection of near mint Star Gloves is museum-quality.

 

[jonbuilder]

The recent post of a Star Glove in the finds and deal tread got me thinking about the Star Gloves I owned and still own.
Here is what I notice about SG, they were custom-made just like the latter Cal Leather jackets. The proportions and zips for instance will change from jacket to jacket. What is consistent is heavy horsehide with a distinct good leather smell. The only failure I had was the tape failure at the male zip insection pin on my first well-worn police SG. I found a replacement crown cheap but sold the jacket due to damaged leather at the shoulders. I had and still have a cross zip Star Gove at the time in near-mint condition.
Star Gloves have large colors compared to more recent Cals

This should have read large collars

 

[Bahabp100]

Cal Leather late 60’s(?) with original fur collar and belt next to fivestar replica black horsehide

 

[Bahabp100]

 

[jonbuilder]

@jonbuilder , could you post a close up of the paper clip Talon off your 1940s Star Glove? I am trying to date a no-name jacket I just bought which has a very similar #10 paper clip talon. BTW - your collection of near mint Star Gloves is museum-quality.

 

[Will Zach]

Jon, thanks for the detailed pictures. I can see that the Talon box and the slider and the same as my zipper, but the teeth, as @photo2u correctly pointed out in another thread, are from 1940s on your zipper, and likely 1950s on mine. It is amazing to have so many experts in one place. The snap cuff looks identical to the one on my jacket, so it may be a carryover into the 50s, at which point they were replaced with zippers.