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Yeah I wasn't very surprised, but it was kind of funny.Not surprising at all, the san Mateo is very unique, people are just not used to it
Yeah I wasn't very surprised, but it was kind of funny.Not surprising at all, the san Mateo is very unique, people are just not used to it
I remember you....you were the cool teach!I'll do a Socratic seminar on vegetable tanned vs. chrome tanned leather. I will give them specific threads from this forum to read in preparation.
Then we'll move on to teacore vs. leather that is dyed all the way through.
After that, I'll teach a lesson on how modern reproductions came about and then we'll finish by covering the great debate of Japanese makers vs. the rest of the world: which is better?
Should make for a pretty good mini unit, especially given that I will be wearing primary sources every day.
When I wore almost exclusively my first Eastman Luftwaffe in the early 90's I was the ONLY one I ever saw !
Wore it to work with shirt and tie ( pleated dress pants/trousers )
AND at the weekend with 501's and Lucchese roper western boots. Jacket was a "chick magnet" to the max
( the older I get the better I was haha...self deprecating humour ( sorry humor !)
To quote Nic Cage in the 1990 movie "Wild at Heart"...
Sailor: Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?
AND to ride my then motorcycle ( before my exclusively Harley days of the last 23 years )
Indeed it was the "Hayzoos" of cool. Two of my friends subsequently bought the EXACT same jacket, same size !
HOWEVER as I never had mine off my back they would only wear theirs when I was not there haha..( I kid you not !)
Now it's obviously old and "beat up" but I still wore it one day last week , occasionally do.
Most recently it has been my Schott HH café racer , as shiny as a shiny thing , gets a few comments.
Interesting. Isn't that style called single rider or racer before Aero or Schott tried to link them to Kafff racer? Anyhow, that is the name given by Schott and Aero to one particular model.I never usually make comments like this but being British this makes me loose all sense.
Historically I do not believe there is such a thing as a Café racer, not by the London boys that met at the Ace or Busy Bee. It has and always will be pronounced Kafff racer with a heavy emphasis on the 'K' sound and also the 'FFF' with no é at the end. I do believe that that awful TV show of Mike Seat is trying to establish to change British history of young peoples ideals to America's own.Please do not think of this as an insult to your post, but if we the British can use American terms to describe Americas culture such as hot rod and custom cars etc, why not accept ours for our culture.
As applied to jackets, who made the first jacket to be called a Cafe racer style? It may have even been Aero as there's was the first I saw even though most Rockers I knew from the 1960s to 70, the vast majority wore the Lancer style with the cross over zip.
Oh yes nearly forgot.
I also have an Early ish Luftwaffe jacket and wear it exclusively while riding my Triumph Bonneville. It's a really nice design but mine has zip pockets all over. If it has faults it is that it creaks like Dracula getting out of his coffin unless I oil it up in some form.
Seeya, John.
I never usually make comments like this but being British this makes me loose all sense.
Historically I do not believe there is such a thing as a Café racer, not by the London boys that met at the Ace or Busy Bee. It has and always will be pronounced Kafff racer with a heavy emphasis on the 'K' sound and also the 'FFF' with no é at the end. I do believe that that awful TV show of Mike Seat is trying to establish to change British history of young peoples ideals to America's own.Please do not think of this as an insult to your post, but if we the British can use American terms to describe Americas culture such as hot rod and custom cars etc, why not accept ours for our culture.
As applied to jackets, who made the first jacket to be called a Cafe racer style? It may have even been Aero as there's was the first I saw even though most Rockers I knew from the 1960s to 70, the vast majority wore the Lancer style with the cross over zip.
Oh yes nearly forgot.
I also have an Early ish Luftwaffe jacket and wear it exclusively while riding my Triumph Bonneville. It's a really nice design but mine has zip pockets all over. If it has faults it is that it creaks like Dracula getting out of his coffin unless I oil it up in some form.
Seeya, John.
So this is Not My Jacket - I confess I could not seem to dig up our old thread on "nightmare" jackets. This probably belongs there. It's from a Minneapolis Craigslist ad -- Python Jacket. $1200!!!
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Currently lsited in Minnneapolis Craigslist, if anyone is interested. There do not appear to be tags, but the zippers indicate RIRI
Never know what you may find out there....
So this is Not My Jacket - I confess I could not seem to dig up our old thread on "nightmare" jackets. This probably belongs there. It's from a Minneapolis Craigslist ad -- Python Jacket. $1200!!!
View attachment 222643 View attachment 222644 View attachment 222645
Currently lsited in Minnneapolis Craigslist, if anyone is interested. There do not appear to be tags, but the zippers indicate RIRI
Never know what you may find out there....
Well all right! Matches my black python cowboy boots.So this is Not My Jacket - I confess I could not seem to dig up our old thread on "nightmare" jackets. This probably belongs there. It's from a Minneapolis Craigslist ad -- Python Jacket. $1200!!!
View attachment 222643 View attachment 222644 View attachment 222645
Currently lsited in Minnneapolis Craigslist, if anyone is interested. There do not appear to be tags, but the zippers indicate RIRI
Never know what you may find out there....
Well all right! Matches my black python cowboy boots.
Now...if only i could find those python pants......nahh
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Too safe and tame, you need a kilt