What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[Alexlutov]

It's an ACE Western Belt availble at thurston bros, eastwestapparel or ACE Etsy store. For custom orders contact ACE Western Belt directly. These belts have become very fashionable again in recent years, so a longer waiting time has to be expected for a custom one. These are truly works of art, not cheap but for the immense time it takes to manufacture such a belt by using vintage original stud machines (sometimes nos hardware) it is always worth the price. There are also plain ones for a resonable price available...

Brown, Ltd. 5th Anniversary Edition
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Black, Standard One some yrs ago, but I don't remember No.
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Brown, Custom made after a picture in an old advertisement (in picture above I am wearing this one)
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Wow, these belts are a work of art! looks like I just got another hobby))

 

[handymike]

Of all the Bates I’ve owned over the years...I like this one best. Far from perfect. Patches removed, sloppy main zip replacement. All that aside...This one is a keeper. Stop rolling your eyes. LOL.
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I’m glad it found it’s new forever home (for now)!

Now to find one in a 38...

 

[Docxm]

This Himel x Hollywood Trading Co finally came in from Australia (found on the Papa Nui Cap Co sale page for some reason, it was a steal...). If only it weren't hot as hell. Took a picture anyway to show it off.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

This Himel x Hollywood Trading Co finally came in from Australia (found on the Papa Nui Cap Co sale page for some reason, it was a steal...). If only it weren't hot as hell. Took a picture anyway to show it off.

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Really cool jacket. I'd swap the chambray and denim up top for a white t-shirt for a little bit of contrast.

 

[Docxm]

Really cool jacket. I'd swap the chambray and denim up top for a white t-shirt for a little bit of contrast.

For sure. White tee+leather jacket is a classic look. Just having fun layering and dreaming of jacket weather here in California

 

[Monitor]

This Himel x Hollywood Trading Co finally came in from Australia (found on the Papa Nui Cap Co sale page for some reason, it was a steal...). If only it weren't hot as hell. Took a picture anyway to show it off.

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Cool!

 

[Fonzie]

So glad you kept this, looks great on you!
(But, you gotta shape that collar )

Cheers mate, yeah I was kind of hoping it would shape itself naturally with wear but looks like it might need some help, as the jacket is 4 years old already and it hasn't changed much the shape of it. I kind of like it a bit flat like that though...

 

[marker2037]

Thanks. This is a size M. I usually wear size 38 (Aero 20's/30' style) and usually size 40 Japanese makers

Same here: I'm a 38 and wore a MEDIUM in Thedi.

I am a size 40-42, 5'11", 187 lbs, 42" chest wearing size XL in Thedis. Ask for sleeve lenght because Thedi Jackets come with very long standard sleeves...

Here we go: Both jacket bought from a authorized Reseller. He asked Thedi Leathers to shorten sleeves for his shop collection because, as mentioned before, standard sleeves are too long in general...

MTC127980 with 25.75" (65cm) sleeve lenght, straight measured
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MTC127996 with 25.25" (64 cm) sleeve lenght, straight measured
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Theodoros got back to me with these measurements for his size Large:

chest 56cm. armpit to armpit (22 ").
waist, 53 cm navel height (21 ")
foot, 52 cm (20.5 ")
Rear length, 60cm. (23.5 ")
Shoulders, 47cm (18.5 ")
long 66cm. (26 ") can be shortened

So yes, the sleeves might be a tad long for this style, but if I can get them to 64 or 65cm then that would work for me.

 

[Bennarion]

IH 21oz

 

[Seb Lucas]

Of all the Bates I’ve owned over the years...I like this one best. Far from perfect. Patches removed, sloppy main zip replacement. All that aside...This one is a keeper. Stop rolling your eyes. LOL.
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Sorry man, but that fantastic jacket looks better than any of your beautifully made over specced custom jobs.

 

[58panheadfan]

Wow, this grain looks like on a 60-y/o jacket! How old is your Mulholland?

The jacket is not that old, it comes from the 2018 season. At first, the leather had an even texture, but wearing it during rainy conditions the grain pops out in no time. Also these conditions developed nice wrinkles on sleeves like a HWT.

Edit: I have to say that this is the most spectacular leather in terms of pop out grain, I have ever seen on a leather jacket (it was similar to my switchyard jacket, which I sold to a fellow member and is now owned by guppy). The change is terrific! Question @Guppy ... any evolution pictures of the switchyard available?

 

[ton312]

Sorry man, but that fantastic jacket looks better than any of your beautifully made over specced custom jobs.

I couldn’t agree more.

 

[58panheadfan]

Theodoros got back to me with these measurements for his size Large:

chest 56cm. armpit to armpit (22 ").
waist, 53 cm navel height (21 ")
foot, 52 cm (20.5 ")
Rear length, 60cm. (23.5 ")
Shoulders, 47cm (18.5 ")
long 66cm. (26 ") can be shortened

So yes, the sleeves might be a tad long for this style, but if I can get them to 64 or 65cm then that would work for me.

Hmmm... not sure if a size L would work... it seems too tight for your body measurements? Okay, it's all about which style/leather you are looking for and how trim you like to wear your jackets...

 

[Seb Lucas]

I couldn’t agree more.

Cool. What thickness would you say it is? What's the lining like?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I normally wear a size 40L in a leather jacket, however both of my Thedis are XL and fit great, IMO.

 

[58panheadfan]

I normally wear a size 40L in a leather jacket, however both of my Thedis are XL and fit great, IMO.

+1

 

[Fonzie]

Imperial Leathers 70’s G-1.
I replaced the knits and fake fur collar for a real “rust” mutton fur that I ordered from Aero and got quality wool knits also.

 

[Edward]

Also, IMO a grizzly will resist water much better than a "fur on the inside" jacket. Getting rained on in a B3 is not going to be great. Getting rained on in a grizzly is fine, the water gets trapped on the fur and you can just wipe it off. It doesn't really soak through like it does when the skin is on the outside.

Interestingly it seems a lot of traditional Inuit/Eskimo coats have the fur on the outside, maybe it's not a coincidence...

it's how the animals have it, after all, and there's usually a good reason for our traditional clothing designs that use organic materials to mimic nature.... It's a point well noted, howeve,r as I think it's easy to assume a grizzly would be icky in rain. I know I've been careful not to get caught without an umbrella in rain when wearing an Irvin or B3 as the shearling collar feels icky very quickly! REally got my eye on a grizzly, though. I do like the shape of the Aero one. It reminds me of the cut of Brando's Johnny Strabler Durable - big on the shoulders, neat on the waist, creating that 'hero' silhouette a lot of young men crave. My understanding, of course, is that the Grizzly was a young man's jacket back in the day, and intended to be as much of a style statement as was Strabler's Durable., so that similarity makes sense.

I think that just about any mismatching (unless it's a huge mistake in colouration) will wear in and become more uniform over time: mismatching would be less visible in battered seal, I'd think, but even when Aero states that there's actual mismatching on a jacket, it wouldn't bother me or I wouldn't be able to tell.

Yes.... and TBH It's probably much more accurate to the period in that sense. It's easy to forget that what we buy from the top tier makers these days, panel matched and perfect, is 'better' than most of the originals. Like buying a custom-shop, master-built (single craftsman) reproduction of an original 1950s Fender guitar that was assembled on a standard factory production line... Or bespoke, hand-building a Model T replica - the very opposite of the Ford production model.

 

[J Leather Investigater]

Of all the Bates I’ve owned over the years...I like this one best. Far from perfect. Patches removed, sloppy main zip replacement. All that aside...This one is a keeper. Stop rolling your eyes. LOL.
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Cool jacket looks so much like a suburban

 

[Trenchfriend]

Storebrand type III