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After my Caboose quickly became my favorite and most worn jacket last year, I began craving another Freewheelers jacket. The fact that my Himel cossack has to be sold due to being too large only expedited this process. While the Caboose was the first Freewheelers jacket I fell in love with, the second was the Sunset.
What I loved about this jacket was the design. It is a cross zip, something that I have never owned before, but it doesn't look too much like a motorcycle jacket. Specifically, I love the fact that it has button cuffs instead of zip sleeves. The deerskin was the only worry. However, after handling it at Desolation Row in December and hearing universally positive feedback on FW's deerskin (I believe it is Shinki, but not completely sure).
I was fortunate to find one in my size (42) at The Wild One and the transaction was quick and easy (tax was removed without request and shipping was speedy.) The measurements seemed to be perfect, but the sleeves would likely be a little long as with the Caboose.
When it arrived, this was exactly the case, but the situation was better than I expected. This jacket fits nearly perfectly. My Caboose is definitely fitting better now, but I still need to drop more pounds. The Sunset fits perfectly already. I fixed the sleeve length issue by cuffing them. I'm sure it looks sort of awkward to some, but I like it. I also realized through cuffing this one that I in fact can cuff my Caboose and have done that as well. I will post some shots of that eventually too.
People on Instagram have already suggested having the sleeves shortened, but I really don't want to. Firstly, I like the cuffed look. Secondly, with Freewheelers' quality being so incredibly high, whoever works on this won't do as good of a job as they did and that would kill me so I simply will not consider that an option for this or the Caboose.
Overall, the quality is exceptional as it was with the Caboose. I have yet to seen a non-Freewheelers jacket sewn and finished as well as a Freewheelers jacket and I've owned or tried on pretty much every brand around today. This is in fact partly why I pursued another FW jacket. Wearing their pieces genuinely make me feel happy. I admire my Caboose every time I put it on. The only other pieces I do that with are my White Kloud boots.
This jacket absolutely has that Freewheelers quality upon first inspection, but there is something more here. This jacket is without question the most comfortable jacket I have worn. Obviously, the deerskin plays a major role, but the fit very much helps as does the wonderfully soft and stunning burgundy flannel liner that is used everywhere from the body to the sleeves to the pockets. I also am very excited to have a cross zip in my collection. It is difficult me to stop gushing on this one. My happiness right now is even higher than it was when I first got my Caboose. This almost certainly will not be my last Freewheelers leather jacket. Each one makes me love the brand more.
Enough rambling, I'll have a full review on my website eventually. On to the pics!!
What I loved about this jacket was the design. It is a cross zip, something that I have never owned before, but it doesn't look too much like a motorcycle jacket. Specifically, I love the fact that it has button cuffs instead of zip sleeves. The deerskin was the only worry. However, after handling it at Desolation Row in December and hearing universally positive feedback on FW's deerskin (I believe it is Shinki, but not completely sure).
I was fortunate to find one in my size (42) at The Wild One and the transaction was quick and easy (tax was removed without request and shipping was speedy.) The measurements seemed to be perfect, but the sleeves would likely be a little long as with the Caboose.
When it arrived, this was exactly the case, but the situation was better than I expected. This jacket fits nearly perfectly. My Caboose is definitely fitting better now, but I still need to drop more pounds. The Sunset fits perfectly already. I fixed the sleeve length issue by cuffing them. I'm sure it looks sort of awkward to some, but I like it. I also realized through cuffing this one that I in fact can cuff my Caboose and have done that as well. I will post some shots of that eventually too.
People on Instagram have already suggested having the sleeves shortened, but I really don't want to. Firstly, I like the cuffed look. Secondly, with Freewheelers' quality being so incredibly high, whoever works on this won't do as good of a job as they did and that would kill me so I simply will not consider that an option for this or the Caboose.
Overall, the quality is exceptional as it was with the Caboose. I have yet to seen a non-Freewheelers jacket sewn and finished as well as a Freewheelers jacket and I've owned or tried on pretty much every brand around today. This is in fact partly why I pursued another FW jacket. Wearing their pieces genuinely make me feel happy. I admire my Caboose every time I put it on. The only other pieces I do that with are my White Kloud boots.
This jacket absolutely has that Freewheelers quality upon first inspection, but there is something more here. This jacket is without question the most comfortable jacket I have worn. Obviously, the deerskin plays a major role, but the fit very much helps as does the wonderfully soft and stunning burgundy flannel liner that is used everywhere from the body to the sleeves to the pockets. I also am very excited to have a cross zip in my collection. It is difficult me to stop gushing on this one. My happiness right now is even higher than it was when I first got my Caboose. This almost certainly will not be my last Freewheelers leather jacket. Each one makes me love the brand more.
Enough rambling, I'll have a full review on my website eventually. On to the pics!!
