Greetings! This is my first post on the Lounge and I apologize if it’s a bit long winded. My name is Jon and I’ve been lurking on the forum for a few months as I delve back into the leather jacket world. Where was the Lounge 20 years ago?
When I quit riding motorcycles after my first child was born in 2007, I held onto all my leathers. Unfortunately some of them, like my Vansons (Cobra and Pro Perf), weren’t suitable for casual wear and my remaining jackets (a LL Dominator, a LL Bronx, and a custom Langlitz) are a little too edgy to wear to work. And when I do wear them to work, they rarely fail to elicit “where’s your motorcycle?” questions. I realized that I wanted to get something that didn’t look like I just got off a motorcycle and I decided to sell the Cobra and Pro Perf to fund a new jacket! And that’s what brought me here.
I was curious to see who is still making good quality stuff and I was happy to see many of the players I was aware of back in the early 2000s were not only still in business but still making fantastic quality jackets.
My research led me back to Vanson. Since this jacket is strictly for casual wear, I didn’t want anything quite as heavy as their competition weight, although I got to handle several of their jackets in comp weight and it’s still impressive leather in my opinion. I’ve also wanted a horse hide jacket for over 20 years and never got one. So, I decided to have Vanson make me a custom Ike jacket from Horween‘s new Pinnacle horse hide. After months of planning and the incredible insight I gleaned from this forum, coupled with the help from the good folks at Vanson, my new jacket arrived today. I’m thrilled with how it turned out and it’s very comfortable.
Cheers,
Jon
When I quit riding motorcycles after my first child was born in 2007, I held onto all my leathers. Unfortunately some of them, like my Vansons (Cobra and Pro Perf), weren’t suitable for casual wear and my remaining jackets (a LL Dominator, a LL Bronx, and a custom Langlitz) are a little too edgy to wear to work. And when I do wear them to work, they rarely fail to elicit “where’s your motorcycle?” questions. I realized that I wanted to get something that didn’t look like I just got off a motorcycle and I decided to sell the Cobra and Pro Perf to fund a new jacket! And that’s what brought me here.
I was curious to see who is still making good quality stuff and I was happy to see many of the players I was aware of back in the early 2000s were not only still in business but still making fantastic quality jackets.
My research led me back to Vanson. Since this jacket is strictly for casual wear, I didn’t want anything quite as heavy as their competition weight, although I got to handle several of their jackets in comp weight and it’s still impressive leather in my opinion. I’ve also wanted a horse hide jacket for over 20 years and never got one. So, I decided to have Vanson make me a custom Ike jacket from Horween‘s new Pinnacle horse hide. After months of planning and the incredible insight I gleaned from this forum, coupled with the help from the good folks at Vanson, my new jacket arrived today. I’m thrilled with how it turned out and it’s very comfortable.
Cheers,
Jon
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