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Kubatu

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Monitor said:
Will do, and if you see something you're not sure about, don't wait to ask me. I've bought a lot of jackets from many European brands while being a member here tho I'd rarely report about it so should I be able to, I'll more than happily help you out. European racer jackets are as quality as anything US just that most people don't know and nobody talks about them. I wish Tanaka'd write a book about those as there are some brilliant jackets here.

Quick list of brands for you to mind:
Polo - earlier, late 70's to 80's jackets, back when they used that dinosaur leather
Harro - also earlier but it's not hard to tell the good stuff apart from later junk. Harro's jackets are some of the most beautiful pieces of outerwear I've ever seen
Hein Gericke
Segura
Furygan
Schuh - They did suits in mostly goatskin but super nice
Dainese, naturally
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What about Echtes Leder? Isn't that a really good European brand? ;)

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll start looking around! It's a bit annoying navigating ebay.de since I don't know where a lot of stuff is, but I'm getting more used to it. I've found a couple of neat Harro jackets, but they all have a furry interior lining that doesn't look removable. This one looked nice, but the sleeves are too long I think.
 
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Kubatu said:
What about Echtes Leder? Isn't that a really good European brand? ;)

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll start looking around! It's a bit annoying navigating ebay.de since I don't know where a lot of stuff is, but I'm getting more used to it. I've found a couple of neat Harro jackets, but they all have a furry interior lining that doesn't look removable. This one looked nice, but the sleeves are too long I think.
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Harro is my favorite. It's a Buco of the European brands. Leaves Lewis Leathers in the dust and people in Germany are beginning to be aware of it but not so much elsewhere. Ones with the furry lining are very early jackets. It is their most classic model called... I forgot what but it's THE Harro to have.

Check out this article, you can translate it to English fairly well with an auto-translator. But the amount of workmanship, details, etc. invested into these jackets is another world altogether.

http://www.klassik-lust.de/harro-rennweste-der-kultklassiker-aus-den-60er-und-70er-jahren/

I won't ever forget when a couple of decades ago, long before I was seriously into this hobby, I went to a local flea market and some dude had two of these lying on the ground, selling 'em for like $30. I thought the jackets looked nice even then but completely ignored it and walked by. I couldn't' stop thinking how nice the jackets were and went to buy one next week but they were gone, of course. Something I never forgot to this day...
 
Kubatu

Kubatu

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Monitor said:
Harro is my favorite. It's a Buco of the European brands. Leaves Lewis Leathers in the dust and people in Germany are beginning to be aware of it but not so much elsewhere. Ones with the furry lining are very early jackets. It is their most classic model called... I forgot what but it's THE Harro to have.

Check out this article, you can translate it to English fairly well with an auto-translator. But the amount of workmanship, details, etc. invested into these jackets is another world altogether.

http://www.klassik-lust.de/harro-rennweste-der-kultklassiker-aus-den-60er-und-70er-jahren/

I won't ever forget when a couple of decades ago, long before I was seriously into this hobby, I went to a local flea market and some dude had two of these lying on the ground, selling 'em for like $30. I thought the jackets looked nice even then but completely ignored it and walked by. I couldn't' stop thinking how nice the jackets were and went to buy one next week but they were gone, of course. Something I never forgot to this day...
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Yeah, I think the jackets were that model, except they had black buttons on the collar, not the brass / gold. Looks very nice. This is one of the ones I looked at. Unfortunately, the lining is probably a dealbreaker. I live in the southern part of the US and furry liners tend to make jackets too warm for me, especially if the leather is already heavy and thick.
 
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