Globemaster Togs, anyone? New old mysterious jacket!

[Guiltytyler]

Hello all,

Can anyone shed any more light on this particular jacket I recently acquired? I’m able to find ZERO information the brand Globemaster Togs. The previous owner claims it’s a 50s vintage and the lining looks legit of that era but it looks much newer somehow. It fits me well and I’m grateful to have found it but I’m just stumped because it’s one of those jackets that doesn’t exist on the internet, somehow.

Thanks!

 

[AeroFan_07]

@tmitchell59 -- any ideas on this one?

I agree that's an unusual jacket and looks great!

How does it fit you?

 

[Guiltytyler]

@tmitchell59 -- any ideas on this one?

I agree that's an unusual jacket and looks great!

How does it fit you?

I say it fits pretty great. If anything, the waist could be an inch narrower to make it perfect but as is, it’s just fine for me.

 

[tmitchell59]

Can anyone shed any more light on this particular jacket I recently acquired? I’m able to find ZERO information the brand Globemaster Togs. The previous owner claims it’s a 50s vintage and the lining looks legit of that era but it looks much newer somehow. It fits me well and I’m grateful to have found it but I’m just stumped because it’s one of those jackets that doesn’t exist on the internet, somehow.

Your are correct on the red lining, this was popular through our the 1950s on many motorcyle jackets. The Globemaster is a label not a maker of the jacket. I've seen other Globemaster labeled jackets. I don't know the maker of this jacket. They were probably sold at various retail outlets.

All the labels were being sold in Steerhide and Horsehide during the 50s, with out a lable saying horsehide I call it steerhide. Looks good in the pictures, fit you well.

I did find mention of the Globemaster label, but no link to the maker or who carried the label.

Looks like a nice jacket

 

[Guiltytyler]

Your are correct on the red lining, this was popular through our the 1950s on many motorcyle jackets. The Globemaster is a label not a maker of the jacket. I've seen other Globemaster labeled jackets. I don't know the maker of this jacket. They were probably sold at various retail outlets.

All the labels were being sold in Steerhide and Horsehide during the 50s, with out a lable saying horsehide I call it steerhide. Looks good in the pictures, fit you well.

I did find mention of the Globemaster label, but no link to the maker or who carried the label.

Looks like a nice jacket

Right on! Thank you for that insight. I imagine the pattern belonged to some company (Globemaster?) and then various shops built the jackets? It’s fascinating to learn about how so many makers all built basically the same. Jackets while the patterns had to be valuable intellectual property owned by someone(s), right? Maybe the cross-zip MC jacket concept was public domain of sorts?

 

[tmitchell59]

Right on! Thank you for that insight. I imagine the pattern belonged to some company (Globemaster?) and then various shops built the jackets? It’s fascinating to learn about how so many makers all built basically the same. Jackets while the patterns had to be valuable intellectual property owned by someone(s), right? Maybe the cross-zip MC jacket concept was public domain of sorts?

While there were some patents on leather jackets in the 1930s, no such patent exist for the cross zipp motorcyle jacket. The style of your jacket is often referred to as a "perfecto" style referring to the Schott jackets. This style was used by all the makers during the 1950s and on.

Different makers sold jackets under their own names and various labels, or no label. Each maker tweaked their pattern, leaving quite a few similar, but differnt jackets. The quality of the parts made the difference; leather, hardwear, lining, workmanship.

 

[Guiltytyler]

While there were some patents on leather jackets in the 1930s, no such patent exist for the cross zipp motorcyle jacket. The style of your jacket is often referred to as a "perfecto" style referring to the Schott jackets. This style was used by all the makers during the 1950s and on.

Different makers sold jackets under their own names and various labels, or no label. Each maker tweaked their pattern, leaving quite a few similar, but differnt jackets. The quality of the parts made the difference; leather, hardwear, lining, workmanship.

Thank you for completing the picture for me. This helps a lot and I dig the uniqueness of my jacket even more now.

Cheers!