FS: Schott Suede Western Shirt / Jacket, Gray, Sz. 40

[Monitor]

⛏ PRICE ⛏
€200 shipped to EU. IBAN or PP/FF.


⛏ INFO ⛏
Schott's suede Western shirt from their Rancher line. 1970's manufacture, I believe.

Industrial grade blue(ish) gray suede - This shirt is as heavy as anything they do so even though it's styled like a classic western shirt, I don't suppose Schott ever intended it to be worn as such, exactly. It's deadass a jacket. Fully lined. Two chest pockets. Snap-on closure (those super strong snaps!).

Once again & just in case; Don't expect to wear this thing under a jacket or have it tucked in.


⛏ CONDITION ⛏
The shirt had seen substantial use though none of it shifted outside of a visual domain. All wear had manifested only as creases, discoloration & patina in the suede. I have thoroughly & carefully cleaned it myself, brushed & conditioned it with an aerosol leather lotion.
Not a single fault anywhere on it, inside or out. Leather is totally healthy, soft & pliable.

Note that this old, rough suede isn't nearly as uniform and pristine as what they're using today so there are quite a few natural blemishes on the jacket which are common to mostly all utilitarian suede clothes of the time.

In short...

Structurally: Great, flawless
Visually: Good
Olfactorily: Great


⛏ SIZE ⛏
Size 40. Slim, athletic cut with slight taper around the waist and the measurements, taken to the best of my abilities, are...

• Chest width (P2P): 56 cm / 22 inches
• Waist width (measured across lowest button): 50 cm / 19.5 inches
• Shoulders width (back): 48 cm / 18.5inches
• Sleeve length (outside curve): cca. 64 cm / 25 inches
• Back length (without collar): 71 cm / 28 inches

⛏ MISC ⛏
Shipping from the European Union. I'm more than happy to help with any questions you may have. Thanks!

 

[technovox]

So cool! Wish it was in the US

 

[Mandarin]

I understand the sleeve length is 25 inches if 64cm is correct.

 

[Monitor]

So cool! Wish it was in the US

Aye, I understand...

I understand the sleeve length is 25 inches if 64cm is correct.

Yes, correct. Thank you for noticing. I also messed up inches for shoulders width but all corrected now. Sleeves are 25" long.

 

[ton312]

I have this exact same jacket in a 42”! Ivan is right. It’s no shirt. It’s a shirt styled jacket. I found the sleeves on mine to be a bit short so I made some custom cuffs and two toned it. It’s one of my absolute favs and I’d ****** this up in an instant if I didn’t already have it.

 

[Monitor]

I have this exact same jacket in a 42”! Ivan is right. It’s no shirt. It’s a shirt styled jacket. I found the sleeves on mine to be a bit short so I made some custom cuffs and two toned it. It’s one of my absolute favs and I’d ****** this up in an instant if I didn’t already have it.
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Thank you very much, Ton! It's all that. Yours is in a finer condition and appears much more blue which it actually is supposed to be. One I got is gray with a hint of blue, even on the facing panels.

Either way, brilliant piece!

Oh, and I'm thinking that brown leather would work great on the collar, too.

 

[short_lefty]

You don't ship to us right?

 

[Monitor]

You don't ship to us right?

I do actually but only things that are made in the USA.

Current US administration is forcing sellers to pay the US import tax and/or custom duties for the item they are shipping to the US, which, of course, is not an option - However though, goods that were originally made in the US are entirely exempt from any taxes as they are treated as returned U.S. made goods so thus far, shipping Schott stuff to the United States is not a problem for me.

The shipping to the US is 20 Euros or 25 Euros if the jacket is over 2 kg but I think I can get this one to just under that, if I don't use a box.

 

[Mandarin]

I do actually but only things that are made in the USA.

Current US administration is forcing sellers to pay the US import tax and/or custom duties for the item they are shipping to the US, which, of course, is not an option - However though, goods that were originally made in the US are entirely exempt from any taxes as they are treated as returned U.S. made goods so thus far, shipping Schott stuff to the United States is not a problem for me.

The shipping to the US is 20 Euros or 25 Euros if the jacket is over 2 kg but I think I can get this one to just under that, if I don't use a box.

Any tip on how to return US made goods? I'm studying the question right now, but so far, it's a bureaucratic nightmare.

 

[Monitor]

Any tip on how to return US made goods? I'm studying the question right now, but so far, it's a bureaucratic nightmare.

If a jacket was made in the United States, you only have to state so on the Customs declaration.

No matter where you ship from, all these forms should contain all the same information so under Country of origin, enter United States of course & under the tariff code, list the number 9801.00.10 which stands for the American Goods Returned. That's it.
This automatically makes the parcel exempt from any and all import duties - Provided that the stated information is true, naturally. US customs officers should, technically, physically inspect the jacket to determine this but if the Made in US label sewn into it, that's all the proof they need.

You can still declare the jacket as a gift in this case but I stopped doing that.

The whole thing with the tariff codes is actually very interesting! So far, I haven't ever had to use them (because until Trump, the US de minimis was something insane, like a thousand dollars or something) but now that I had to figure it out, there's so much more to it. . .

For example, garments made from different material/textile all have different tariff codes and it turns out that a leather jacket has a much lower duty rate (6%) than any textile jacket (9,4% to 28.2%)! So regardless where the jacket was made, I always could've always just used the leather garment code (4203.10.40) to cut the cost down for the buyer located in the US.

 

[Mandarin]

Thank you so much! This is extremely helpful, as I wasn't aware of the tariff code for american goods returned.

 

[Mandarin]

And while I'm at it, do you need to register at the CPSC Product registry when returning a US made goods?