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Excellent post, you couldn't have said it better and got to the point! PerfectLeft.
Fit can be debated and is very subjective, both imo fit you great. The designs and such on both are great. I think most people would be happy with either jacket if it looked like that on them, I know I would be.
I'll expound on what @ton312 has said, although I think it's not so much a craftsmanship/workmanship/quality thing, but to his point it's more of an attention to detail thing. 5* builds jacket to a spec sheet and goes about it in a workmanlike way, not a craftsman/artist way. So while they're technically proficient and produce a well made product (generally), they're just something about them that lacks character.
The proportions of the chest pocket, location relative to the d pocket, the design of the belt loops, the angles on the bottom edge of the d pocket, the general proportions of the d pocket relative to the jacket, the pleating on the sleeve, you can tell someone took time to make the small adjustments here and there to get it to look right, while the other was reading through the spec sheet and delivered and what was asked.
It's like tying a tie, you always need to know how to tie it in more than one way, some ties make a tighter smaller knot requiring you to double knot to get a more proportionate knot, and also straightening it. Details.
And that's before we get into the leather character, it's not even close.
In a vacuum and not in a side by side, I would celebrate that 5*, it's a piece worthy of admiration especially the way it fits on you. But if we're doing a critical side by side, I think we can clearly see where the extra dough goes.
Another Eetail between the ELMC and the FiveStar is the angle of the right side Pocket. With the ELMC it is perfect with the FiveStar I can hardly take anything out of the bag because it is too vertical. And other fact as mentioned before the breast zipper is too high and wrong positioned. You pointed it out perfectly, 5* builds jacket to a spec sheet and I forgot to mention exactly position of chest zipper But in the end I'm still happy how the Jacket turned out overall...
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