Three of a kind...

[Sloan1874]

Couldn't help but notice that, as of this week, these three separate makers all seem to be offering the same jacket.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BD3IYXdn3zw/
https://www.facebook.com/billkelsomfg/photos/pcb.1219413184755637/1219412944755661/?type=3&theater
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEJXTBPqYzE/

By all accounts, you could be forgiven for thinking that Simmons Bilt, Block Bilt and Bill Kelso are one and the same. I'm not sure it makes any difference to anything, but in a saturated market like the jacket one, it seems a strange thing to do. Am I wrong to think that?

 

[Monitor]

lol but that's the same guy modeling in the first two links?

 

[hondurasdave47]

Weird. But the first two jackets both appear to be made by BK, no? The comments on the first IG post indicate that the jacket is made by BK. And the third jacket is made by SB I believe.

 

[handymike]

In this instance, the Block Bilt IS Kelso
That other B-B is still a mystery.

 

[hondurasdave47]

lol but that's the same guy modeling in the first two links?

Sorry Ivan, didn't see your post.

Andy, is that you?

 

[Monitor]

So what the hell is all this, then? The comments at the BK instagram had me laugh, especially the last one, after the schitzoland explanation; 'I am not confused anymore'. Brilliant! XD

 

[Otter]

You gotta love that Wide Boy, sorry, Wild Boy.

 

[handymike]

It's a nice jacket, but my $$ would still be on the Norshor!

 

[pawineguy]

You gotta love that Wide Boy, sorry, Wild Boy.

I know we're not supposed to comment on them anymore, but that waist on the Wide Boy is around 3 inches too big???

 

[Otter]

You might think that; but I couldn't possibly comment. To quote Francis Urquhat.

 

[Sloan1874]

lol but that's the same guy modeling in the first two links?

That's the thing foxing me. What's the point of having you're own label and then promoting another one, even if you're making them on their behalf? How separate is the BK - BB relationship? The Simonds-Bilt is basically the same thing again (though maybe a bit shinier, though that may be down to the flash). It's just very odd. I wish I could get my head around what they're trying to do, because it just it seems self-defeating.

 

[Fanch]

 

[dudewuttheheck]

BK is the biggest pile of garbage to ever exist in leather jackets. That is all.

 

[Plumbline]

Don't know about the BK or the Block Bilt .... but the last one is the SB "Oakland" and it's been around from the early Alexander days .. I've got a customised version without the D-pocket and copying the pocket angle and collar of an original SB jacket .... the more the merrier though, keeps the prices keen and the producers mean

 

[SpeedRcrX]

T-Bird is just a Parisian stockist for BK but also Eastman, Pegasus, Schott....

https://www.facebook.com/T-Bird-398520436853153/

 

[pawineguy]

T-Bird is just a Parisian stockist for BK but also Eastman, Pegasus, Schott....

https://www.facebook.com/T-Bird-398520436853153/

It's actually a great looking shop, I may be stopping in there this summer on vacation if I can break away for a few hours.

 

[SpeedRcrX]

Yeah next time I'm going to Paris I will make a stop, too

 

[Superfluous]

It's actually a great looking shop, I may be stopping in there this summer on vacation if I can break away for a few hours.

I visited T-Bird last year while in Paris. Its a tiny shop, but very well stocked and the owner is a cool guy. He gave each of my daughters a flying tiger key chain.

 

[feltfan]

The third jacket does seem to use different leather and has straps on the wrists.
D-pockets have been around for a long time, with variations.

 

[Mark]

BK is the biggest pile of garbage to ever exist in leather jackets. That is all.

Yawn, not again!