Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

[KBlake]

Size 50 Al’s for $239

 

[Yevhen]

Amazing 3 pocket suede Half Belt.
Size S
On Ebay

 

[blm14]

here's a find. NOS Beck (made by schott I think) CR in size 44:

Vintage Beck 666 Leather Cafe Racer Leather Jacket Size 44 NOS New With Tag HTF | eBay

This piece is museum quality. I will try to take better pics as it is unwinding from being folded for who knows how long.

www.ebay.com

 

[AHP91]

BLM14 - it is an awesome collection, and this fellow is a typical collector. Looks like it's all pretty recently added to ebay, so find a few that you know would fit (or at least come close) and watch them. Ask the seller some questions, re-check dimensions, etc, details about the jacket. See if he makes you an offer, then when you think you have found what really would be a great addition to your collection, make him an offer. Least he can do is decline. Many of these folks start high, but at their core, just really want to sell off some items. worth a try, at least.

When I see a group of listings like that, I see this as - "don't bother asking, I want top dollar for this and am prepared to wait years". This is a group of jackets that I wouldn't come back to. My own interpretation

 

[KBlake]

Sportclad 40 $450 obo

 

[Yevhen]

Already started researching Field and Stream, and have a find in Japan, $340, described as a women's jacket, but I'm not sure, very interesting collar design
Yahoo Japan

 

[cbez]

Sportclad 40 $450 obo View attachment 637125

too bad about patch. one of the nicer beef jerkies I've seen recently.

 

[tmitchell59]

Amazing 3 pocket suede Half Belt.
Size S
On Ebay
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A beauty! Wartime cut out zipper.

 

[KBlake]

Harley AMF D pocket 40 $500

 

[Mysteryo]

:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)

 

[newtojackets]

:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)

Think brooks did quite a bit of the Amf jackets. Though that one doesn’t look like a brooks

 

[blm14]

White label vanson flight jacket size 40, BIN $140

Vintage Vanson A-2 40 US Bomber Aviator Leather Jacket | eBay

<p>Old Vanson associates bomber aviator style jacket, perfect for daily wear some small little wear as could be expected from an old jacket but as shown just one little hole in the cuff knit and it would be a great every day jacket size 40 US just see measurements in photos</p>

www.ebay.com

 

[AeroFan_07]

:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)

There is a lot of information about this out on the Internet - the "bad old days" of AMF (American Machine & Foundry) from 1969 - 1981. They outsourced much of the motorcycle parts & even bike themselves, and for a time produced snowmobiles. So it's not surprising that the jackets they offered as well also suffered in both quality & design control. I owned a couple AMF-Harley jackets a while back and they were decent simple jackets. Not much else.

AMF Years Of Harley Davidson

Take a look at some of the more interesting motorcycles and machines produced during the AMF years of Harley Davidson.

deadbeatcustoms.com

What is perhaps a lot more interesting is that a group of H-D enthusiasts and investors bought the company out from under AMF in 1981. This does not happen all that often, so it's interesting that they managed to do it in this instance.

Now - back to the finds & deals again!

 

[Mysteryo]

There is a lot of information about this out on the Internet - the "bad old days" of AMF (American Machine & Foundry) from 1969 - 1981. They outsourced much of the motorcycle parts & even bike themselves, and for a time produced snowmobiles. So it's not surprising that the jackets they offered as well also suffered in both quality & design control. I owned a couple AMF-Harley jackets a while back and they were decent simple jackets. Not much else.

http://[URL]https://deadbeatcustoms.com/amf-years-of-harley-davidson

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What is perhaps a lot more interesting is that a group of H-D enthusiasts and investors bought the company out from under AMF in 1981. This does not happen all that often, so it's interesting that they managed to do it in this instance.

Now - back to the finds & deals again!

Very interesting, thank you!
I have a couple of AMF jackets too, they are decent, but smell like mass produced goods!

 

[KBlake]

:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)

You’re totally right. Something looked wrong to me when I posted it and that’s it!

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Bates kidney belt, BIN $45 OBO:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176554895596

 

[newtojackets]

Nice burgundy leather jacket from a brand called Howard's (haven't heard of it, but seems to be US made, and looks great)

Pardon our interruption...

 

[blm14]

They're still around, I think. I was there once (before COVID) but have not been since. Website is VERY dated lol

Official Site: Howard's Leather Store, Spofford, New Hampshire 800-427-4038

Howard's Leather Store (Call 800-427-4038) is the best source for quality Leather Goods, Apparel, Western Wear, Jewelry and Gifts. Howard's Leather Store, 1651 Route 9, Spofford, NH.

howardsleathernh.com

 

[newtojackets]

They're still around, I think. I was there once (before COVID) but have not been since. Website is VERY dated lol

Official Site: Howard's Leather Store, Spofford, New Hampshire 800-427-4038

Howard's Leather Store (Call 800-427-4038) is the best source for quality Leather Goods, Apparel, Western Wear, Jewelry and Gifts. Howard's Leather Store, 1651 Route 9, Spofford, NH.

howardsleathernh.com

how's there stuff? Appearance-wise, it reminds em a lot of vanson

 

[blm14]

dude honestly I think it was like 6 or 7 years ago, not sure I remember. It's about an hour and a half from where my parents live in VT.

If there are any members in NH/MA, even RI this is not far. I think it is the first or second exit off of 91 over the border from MA.