Five Star Leather Jackets

[ton312]

Yes, at their current prices you could have them for a quite reasonable sum.

The Taubers HB is a perfect candidate for Shawn's new 2.2mm soft horse.

 

[Marc mndt]

If you send that to Shawn, I'd buy one.

Me too

 

[tmitchell59]

This is a very long thread. Does anyone from 5Star read this? They should!

 

[Bahabp100]

Those are the photos taken in Shawn’s workshop in Pakistan, but I don’t know why they’re in someone’s eBay listing from the New York suburbs.

Catch and release

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Yes, it does look nice. Did you have them do this Californian?

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The Taubers and the Rough Wear would be instant buys in horsehide for me.

 

[Canuck Panda]

The Windward is from the late 30s early 40s and very detailed. Yes, the lining is a necessary part of this jacket. This jacket has 2 labels, I would expect it costly to reproduce these labels, but it would be nice.

I did visit the 5Star website. Wow! they have quite a large offering of jackets and none expensive.

I could provide them with quite a few jackets; motorcycle and civilian. The Windward just happens to be one I can't wear.

Interesting they have not done a Iconic Sears Hercules from the 30s like every body else. I do have one, but not my favorite jacket.

Their half-belt offering could be a bit more interesting, like this Taubers


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maybe something in Goatskin
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I have never handled one of their jackets, just seen pictures.

Would folks be interested in jackets like these? I don't need repro of these because they fit me.

Could be an interesting project. How do you contact Shawn?

Shawn's prices are not cheap actually. He is 1.5 times to 2 times more than his peers. But that is also the point. I can see that Shawn is trying to make an $800 jacket at $400 instead of making a $200 jacket at $199.

The (authentic) labels are NECESSARY! All of his authentic A2 repros comes with authentic labels. Shawn could do what he does with A2 repros but with his civilian repros.

I'd buy the Winward and the Californian Goatskin in a hearbeat. But I might hold off on the Tauber. It's a great jacket but is too basic to fully utilize Shawn's advantage of lower labor cost. The Tauber is something I would do at Johnson. I hope I made sense with this potential scenario.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

This is the Rough Wear I mentioned that I still dream about

 

[tmitchell59]

The Taubers and the Rough Wear would be instant buys in horsehide for me.

This one? Sorry I missed your post above.

 

[Canuck Panda]

This is the Rough Wear I mentioned that I still dream about

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^^^ I get this too!

 

[Canuck Panda]

This one?

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With the Collar protector!

 

[Aloysius]

The Windward is from the late 30s early 40s and very detailed. Yes, the lining is a necessary part of this jacket. This jacket has 2 labels, I would expect it costly to reproduce these labels, but it would be nice.

I did visit the 5Star website. Wow! they have quite a large offering of jackets and none expensive.

I could provide them with quite a few jackets; motorcycle and civilian. The Windward just happens to be one I can't wear.

Interesting they have not done a Iconic Sears Hercules from the 30s like every body else. I do have one, but not my favorite jacket.

Their half-belt offering could be a bit more interesting, like this Taubers


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maybe something in Goatskin
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I have never handled one of their jackets, just seen pictures.

Would folks be interested in jackets like these? I don't need repro of these because they fit me.

Could be an interesting project. How do you contact Shawn?

These are all amazing, and if you look at the VLJ thread, it looks like he makes a strong effort to correctly repro labels and fix then when there are mistakes.

 

[Marc mndt]

I've also been looking for budget vintages (even in rough shapes) to send him.

Here's one:

https://grailed.app.link/eUmlPUVyNob

 

[Imuricecreamman]

This one? Sorry I missed your post above.

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Still my favorite jacket...So many incredible details.

 

[Hobbes1]

The Windward is from the late 30s early 40s and very detailed. Yes, the lining is a necessary part of this jacket. This jacket has 2 labels, I would expect it costly to reproduce these labels, but it would be nice.

I did visit the 5Star website. Wow! they have quite a large offering of jackets and none expensive.

I could provide them with quite a few jackets; motorcycle and civilian. The Windward just happens to be one I can't wear.

Interesting they have not done a Iconic Sears Hercules from the 30s like every body else. I do have one, but not my favorite jacket.

Their half-belt offering could be a bit more interesting, like this Taubers


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maybe something in Goatskin
View attachment 414191
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I have never handled one of their jackets, just seen pictures.

Would folks be interested in jackets like these? I don't need repro of these because they fit me.

Could be an interesting project. How do you contact Shawn?

Gaaahhh! Must...not....order...more....jackets!


Would be nice though, for Shawn to have some of these to make real patterns. Thanks for considering this.

 

[Aloysius]

Here's one:

https://grailed.app.link/eUmlPUVyNob

In addition to the price, the relatively poor condition is a bonus because it gives him more opportunity to study the construction and the buyer could have him do a restoration of the original.

 

[Hobbes1]

Still my favorite jacket...So many incredible details.

Whoa. That is really cool!

 

[Bahabp100]

Shawn's prices are not cheap actually. He is 1.5 times to 2 times more than his peers. But that is also the point. I can see that Shawn is trying to make an $800 jacket at $400 instead of making a $200 jacket at $199.

The (authentic) labels are NECESSARY! All of his authentic A2 repros comes with authentic labels. Shawn could do what he does with A2 repros but with his civilian repros.

I'd buy the Winward and the Californian Goatskin in a hearbeat. But I might hold off on the Tauber. It's a great jacket but is too basic to fully utilize Shawn's advantage of lower labor cost. The Tauber is something I would do at Johnson. I hope I made sense with this potential scenario.

He can fabricate any labels including leather patch type labels and fabrics too

 

[tmitchell59]

Shawn's prices are not cheap actually. He is 1.5 times to 2 times more than his peers. But that is also the point. I can see that Shawn is trying to make an $800 jacket at $400 instead of making a $200 jacket at $199.

The (authentic) labels are NECESSARY! All of his authentic A2 repros comes with authentic labels. Shawn could do what he does with A2 repros but with his civilian repros.

I'd buy the Winward and the Californian Goatskin in a hearbeat. But I might hold off on the Tauber. It's a great jacket but is too basic to fully utilize Shawn's advantage of lower labor cost. The Tauber is something I would do at Johnson. I hope I made sense with this potential scenario.

Yes, you made sense. I like certain jackets over others because they way the fit me. Taubers half-belt is a case in point, although simple in design it is perfect.

This one is fairly simple, but again it is how it fits. The color also adds to it's charm.

When you are making a standard half-belt the little touches distinguish from another otherwise they all look alike.

This Hercules is a nice aviator look

 

[Canuck Panda]

Yes, you made sense. I like certain jackets over others because they way the fit me. Taubers half-belt is a case in point, although simple in design it is perfect.

This one is fairly simple, but again it is how it fits. The color also adds to it's charm.

When you are making a standard half-belt the little touches distinguish from another otherwise they all look alike.

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This Hercules is a nice aviator look

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While the Sportclad and the Herc would have the same retail as repro jackets, they cost different to make.

The Sportclad only has three pockets and no hand sewn buttons.

The Herc has five pockets and 6 hand sewn buttons, and two machine button holes.

The Sportclad type of half belt I can always find similar replacements, made by Western brands, for about 600 to 800 dollars, using Western branded tannery leather. The Herc I cannot. And that's where Shawn's value comes in. And making the Herc with the original labels just sweetened up the deal much more.

Don't get me wrong, Shawn can do the Sportclad too. But that's something I can also get from many others, even a bit more money but more value. Hope I am making sense. These are just my personal opinion though. Others may see it differently. But one thing I know is button hole seems to be a big deal in the real of custom jackets.

 

[Bahabp100]

In addition to the price, the relatively poor condition is a bonus because it gives him more opportunity to study the construction and the buyer could have him do a restoration of the original.

He did fix up 2 holes in the lining of the original CAL LAPD while there and TBH I couldn’t tell where the holes were once I got it back .