Score made awesome jackets! They are the grandad to Brimaco and British cycle racers! Post pics when you have it!Yet another racer coming my way. I need to stop!!!! (not, ). This time it is the Score brand from Canada - I am intrigued by the CR front and the trucker-ish back combination. We shall see...
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Warning: you might not care for repros after this if the fit is good. I love that one. Saw it today. Really solid looking and that Herc HH is fab.My first foray into vintage horsehide. A very nice-looking Hercules half belt. Should get here during the week?
Pretty pumped, fingers crossed for the fit!
These are from the listing:
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Warning: you might not care for repros after this if the fit is good. I love that one. Saw it today. Really solid looking and that Herc HH is fab.
I know exactly the jacket you are talking about. It’s been in my Etsy “heart” collection for a good long while. That’s why I pounced on the one that I knew would fit! You’ll get far more use out of the Herc for sure. Something about the OG vintage stuff. Lately it just really scratches where I itch. There’s something unmistakably genuine in these 50’s jackets too. They feel more legit. I didn’t always feel that way.I actually had followed that listing for a while and he didn’t relist. I messaged him and he was willing to put it back up as a BIN for to make the sale.
Ive actually been eyeballing a Goodgal that looks to be the same model as the one you just outfitted. It’s just so impractical for me down in Louisiana that it’s pure fantasy to think I’ll get use out of it. Now if I move....
Will do a review with pics!Score made awesome jackets! They are the grandad to Brimaco and British cycle racers! Post pics when you have it!
yes The cross twistlock jacket lolol, I change the cuff to look taller probably half my forearmIs that from the latest drawing?
My first foray into vintage horsehide. A very nice-looking Hercules half belt. Should get here during the week?
Pretty pumped, fingers crossed for the fit!
These are from the listing:
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Looking forward to your review of this Hercules. I kept looking at it, but I did not recognize it. Not like any 50s Hercules I have seen. It has an older look with the front pocket configuration and the Cuffs. I recently sold a 50s HH Hercules that I had not seen for sale. I did find it in a Sears catalog. I will look this one up.
It is not the standard/typical 50s Hercules jacket that I see for sale. During the 50s the line up seems fairly consistent. The catalog offerings were smaller and show up regularly on the second hand market. Interesting jacket.
My eBay 613H came in. It's been lightly used with good grain showing so far, but still has a lot of breaking in to do to get it to mold to my body and drape better. I think it's a great fit to start though even if it's on the shorter side as it was custom 1" shorter than stock. I think I can make it work though.
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My first foray into vintage horsehide. A very nice-looking Hercules half belt. Should get here during the week?
Pretty pumped, fingers crossed for the fit!
These are from the listing:
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Congrats on this pick up!!!! I'm a true vintage fan myself and particularly a fan of the American made older jackets. I was able to snag one of these same (or very similar) jackets in my size (Vintage size 46) this past Christmas Day. It really was a Festivus Miracle!!!
I had been following the jacket you bought for awhile because I hadn't seen this design other than the one I have. The Horsehide is as advertised on these early Hercules jackets. Mine has more surface wear than yours appears to have. I haven't cleaned/conditioned mine since getting it but the thickness and the sturdiness of the hide is just what you hope for. THIS jacket is what they were peddling in Terry's Sears Catalogs for like, $22.50 in the 50s!!!!!!!!!!
Its odd to not have seen a Hercules design like this before (and if even Terry hasn't seen it--that's saying something). Its odd to me because the design aspects are all very typically seen on many jackets: the combo handwarmer/pouch style lower front pockets is commonplace as are the upper chest zipper pocket and the pleated back panel flowing into the half belt with side adjusters. Its just that we haven't seen this combination of features together on a Hercules of this presumed era. Not that I can recall anyway.
I am really curious to see and hear about your new/old Herc! Looks to be in really good shape. Below are a quick few pics of mine. I see but a few minor differences in the two:
1.) The label location on yours is near the collar while mine is in the lower left inside of the jacket.
2.) The chest pocket on your jacket seems to be angled whereas mine is straight horizontally.
3.) I believe your cuffs are shaped a bit differently than mine with the part where the button hole is being pointier on mine.
4.) Lastly, mine has the diamond shaped Talon pocket pull instead of the round/hoop one.
I'd guess that these subtle differences would place these jackets very close in age. The Liner appears to be identical.
I have a feeling you are going to be stoked!!!!!! Looking forward to your reporting back to us!!!!!!!!
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All the little details!
And imagine paying roughly $250 at the department store for a quality Horsehide jacket!
Here’s the label picture from the listing. Maybe @tmitchell59 or someone else with the knowledge can get relative dates between our jackets.
Cool jacket @Claybertrand
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It's 70° in western Michigan today, headed for the 80s by the weekend. So naturally, my Wested Captain America shipped out today.
Drove there again today when I went out to buy lunch, cant make it before the long holiday break, but i tried it on again, a bit softer today and i can obviously ride in it, from various hand position the sleeve doesnt ride up and perfectly seals, i get right decission on having this one end right at the wrist, any longer and my wrist wont be able to move. I love how the upper sleeve already almost drapes