How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

[Man of Vintage]

Arriving this week - vintage 40's era Mission Leather Sportwear horsehide jacket. If it doesn't fit, I'll be throwing it up in the classifieds.

 

[JMax]

Arriving this week - vintage 40's era Mission Leather Sportwear horsehide jacket. If it doesn't fit, I'll be throwing it up in the classifieds.

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Beautiful jacket. I found a MC cross zip by them on eBay a couple years ago. While I was dithering it was snagged by a more decisive buyer. I look forward to the review.

 

[handymike]

Arriving this week - vintage 40's era Mission Leather Sportwear horsehide jacket. If it doesn't fit, I'll be throwing it up in the classifieds.

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If you find it fits like a 38- please contact me.

 

[Man of Vintage]

If you find it fits like a 38- please contact me.

Will do!

 

[borisna]

A modded Idaho from Field Leathers should arrive this Friday!!
My first Shinki

 

[marker2037]

A modded Idaho from Field Leathers should arrive this Friday!!
My first Shinki

What did you modify?

 

[Mrfrown]

Some incredible pieces on the way for y’all!

I’ve just added another to the shipping lanes.

Seller torpedoed the price on this Bates crosszip I’ve been watching for a while. With all the Bates talk lately I couldn’t resist giving it a shot. Fingers crossed to be lucky like @TheOldFashioned and all you other lucky buggers out there

 

[handymike]

What did you modify?

Did you get a “Seabiscuit” shaped collar?

 

[TheOldFashioned]

Some incredible pieces on the way for y’all!

I’ve just added another to the shipping lanes.

Seller torpedoed the price on this Bates crosszip I’ve been watching for a while. With all the Bates talk lately I couldn’t resist giving it a shot. Fingers crossed to be lucky like @TheOldFashioned and all you other lucky buggers out there

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Well, shoot. I guess I'm going to have to set up an Instagram account since I've now achieved influencer status.

Congrats on the get. Obviously the requisite fit pics will be expected upon arrival.

 

[Superfluous]

A modded Idaho from Field Leathers should arrive this Friday!!
My first Shinki

 

[Mrfrown]

Well, shoot. I guess I'm going to have to set up an Instagram account since I've now achieved influencer status.

Congrats on the get. Obviously the requisite fit pics will be expected upon arrival.

Of course of course

 

[borisna]

What did you modify?

1) snap button cuffs
2) angled chest pocket
3) internal pocket
4) 3" strip of leather at bottom hem

 

[regius]

Where is the tannery located?

Looks good!

I honest have no idea, it's a US tannery, i bought it from Hidehouse the distributor.

 

[regius]

Well, shoot. I guess I'm going to have to set up an Instagram account since I've now achieved influencer status.

Congrats on the get. Obviously the requisite fit pics will be expected upon arrival.

The Bates Highwayman is among the best crosszip MC jackets out there. I had one just like this. What size is this, let me know if the kidney panel is soft or has the cardboard in it

 

[Mrfrown]

The Bates Highwayman is among the best crosszip MC jackets out there. I had one just like this. What size is this, let me know if the kidney panel is soft or has the cardboard in it

The one coming to me is tagged 40. Will let you know about the kidney panel once it gets here, maybe Friday

 

[TheOldFashioned]

The Bates Highwayman is among the best crosszip MC jackets out there. I had one just like this. What size is this, let me know if the kidney panel is soft or has the cardboard in it

I think mine might have been a custom inspired by the Highwayman. The back is different and the belt loops don't have snaps:

No tags but it fits 38, maybe a tight 40. I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head but I can get specific dimensions if you're interested. I'm pretty sure, though, you're a size or two bigger than I am.

EDIT 20200610: Cleaning up my old posts where I incorrectly identified this jacket as a Bates. Thanks to the keen eyes of members more knowledgeable than I this has been determined to be a Vanson.​

 

[ton312]

I think mine might have been a custom inspired by the Highwayman. The back is different and the belt loops don't have snaps:
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No tags but it fits 38, maybe a tight 40. I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head but I can get specific dimensions if you're interested. I'm pretty sure, though, you're a size or two bigger than I am.

That looks like the back of a Vanson Model C. The cuffs look like Vansons rolled cuff too. Bates doesn’t do that cuff...could yours be a Vanson with a Bates puller tag attached? Got any pics of the interior? Looking back at the pic of the front I think yours actually might be a Vanson...I’ve def never seen that back or the rolled sleeve cuff on a Bates. My model C had that exact same back!

 

[TheOldFashioned]

That looks like the back of a Vanson Model C. The cuffs look like Vansons rolled cuff too. Bates doesn’t do that cuff...could yours be a Vanson with a Bates puller tag attached? Got any pics of the interior? Looking back at the pic of the front I think yours actually might be a Vanson...I’ve def never seen that back or the rolled sleeve cuff on a Bates. My model C had that exact same back!
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Much closer if not the same. When I first posted this jacket I did acknowledge that the Bates pull was the only inconclusive ID. There was mention of maybe it being a Vanson C2 but a counterpoint was made and the discussion died after that. Maybe it is the older Model C? I'll be the first to admit I know little compared to most here.

Here is an old photo and some crappy indoor ones just taken since the sun won't return till tomorrow. The last remnants of Cristobal and the system from the Plains is moving through and should be out of here tonight. Weather's been crap the last couple days, though it looks like Chicago got hit harder than here in northern IN.

Calling it a quilted liner is being generous but there is a thin layer of padding. Obviously not that lemon-lime color often seen in Bates. Don't see any evidence (stitch holes or glue) of a brand label having been attached at one point. No interior pockets.

Checked all the exterior pockets and didn't find any tags. Simple black lining for all as shown in the one displayed. Talon main zip, 7/L zips on the sleeves (I remember reading about these a while ago but don't remember the brand), don't see any ID on the ring pulls on the pockets.

I humbly defer to the collective expertise of the forum and offer apologies for incorrectly calling this a Bates.

 

[Monitor]

Looking at the back pic, I'm pretty sure that's Vanson, too. There's their signature sleeve seam that used to be very low back in the days as well. Beautiful jacket nonetheless.

 

[ton312]

Indeed. Win/Win. But looking at yours and mine together I’d hang my hat on it being Vanson.