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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

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Vintage Cal. Still trying to figure out if it's 50s or 60s
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Are teardrop pulls earlier than ring pulls, or the other way round?

No, later. Teardrop are late 60's and mainly entire 70's. Simple ring and diamond pulls have been manufactured since the 1940's though they've been produced for a while. The cruder, the newer.
 
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They went into the 80’s with Vanson and Bates m/c gear. Brooks too.
I actually have the YKK and Talon version on this jacket:
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Yep, they go well into 80's for some makers. Apparel Annex used them all the way until they went under and like you said, they were pretty much trademark of Brooks cafe racers. I think it is safe to say that most jackets with them are from the seventies. Rarely earlier.
 

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