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Hercules Black label. nice price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-19...349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0

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Kubatu

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It is a Buco, but it's Buco M.K.S., which is widely considered a poor quality diffusion product that was made when Buco allowed their label to be outsourced. I've never handled them, but I know some here have stated it's basically an entirely different brand than J. Buco.

You can tell by the different label.

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tmitchell59

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Killer Vintage HB Size 40. Untagged/Unlabeled and has a missing stitch in a sleeve but really cool jacket with awesome Talon and Buckle details.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284518044249?hash=item423e98d259:g:MRUAAOSw2eBhhZdH


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That jacket needs to be in the "show your graining" thread. Spectacular jacket! Has the fancied up front popular in the late 30s. Check out the lining. This was a high end jacket of the Day. I seem to identify California Sportswear as maker, but I don't see this as their work. I have similar CSC jackets from this time with fancy front work.

I may ask for some measurement details on the chest.
 

Claybertrand

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That jacket needs to be in the "show your graining" thread. Spectacular jacket! Has the fancied up front popular in the late 30s. Check out the lining. This was a high end jacket of the Day. I seem to identify California Sportswear as maker, but I don't see this as their work. I have similar CSC jackets from this time with fancy front work.

I may ask for some measurement details on the chest.

Its a goodie for sure. First I thought it might be Canadian. Then I saw the Talon and the zipper construction (the sides the male and female are on) and knew it must be American. Its got that 30s-40s Talon and the details on the half belt buckles also point to that era. That sleeve seam issue is relatively minor for a jacket of this age and caliber. And the graining and developed patina are excellent. Too small for me or I woulda been on it like STINK ON A MONKEY.

CONFESSION: I have never actually sniffed a monkey. I am lazily ASSUMING they have a stink. Is it a crude stereotype that paints monkey's in a bad light? Probably. But in zoos, they throw their feces at people. OKAY.....THIS is also a generalization. Not ALL monkeys do this..... Alls I'm sayin' is I would have bought the jacket if it fit me. Stinky monkeys aside.:p
 

Coriu

One Too Many
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Its a goodie for sure. First I thought it might be Canadian. Then I saw the Talon and the zipper construction (the sides the male and female are on) and knew it must be American. Its got that 30s-40s Talon and the details on the half belt buckles also point to that era. That sleeve seam issue is relatively minor for a jacket of this age and caliber. And the graining and developed patina are excellent. Too small for me or I woulda been on it like STINK ON A MONKEY.

CONFESSION: I have never actually sniffed a monkey. I am lazily ASSUMING they have a stink. Is it a crude stereotype that paints monkey's in a bad light? Probably. But in zoos, they throw their feces at people. OKAY.....THIS is also a generalization. Not ALL monkeys do this..... Alls I'm sayin' is I would have bought the jacket if it fit me. Stinky monkeys aside.:p

My friends at the Simian Lounge asked me to remind the haters on TFL that Australeatherpithecus was sporting leather jackets long before Homo sapiens.

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jonbuilder

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It is a Buco, but it's Buco M.K.S., which is widely considered a poor quality diffusion product that was made when Buco allowed their label to be outsourced. I've never handled them, but I know some here have stated it's basically an entirely different brand than J. Buco.

You can tell by the different label.

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most definitely not a Buco an M.K.S. with a Buco label not made in joe's factory
 

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