Looks great imo, once it softens up a bit the leather will drape much better
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I wore my vintage Schott today while running to get supplies for my cat (a very rugged activity).
The back is punctured because I sometimes hang this on the end of a chair. Realize most people wouldn't want this on a lambskin or shearling, but I don't think it's a big deal on a Schott.
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Loose grain wrinkling under the sleeve.
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Cuffs are dried and cracked.
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The jacket also has a mismatched grain, as you see on Fine Creek Leather jackets. The left panel has some weird grain. The right panel is smooth.
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When I first bought this jacket, I had a tailor replace the lining with boro fabric. I bought the fabric from a Japanese antiques dealer in NYC, who told me the fabric is from the early 20th century, but who really knows if that's true. The fabric has since developed a hole.
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I know I've posted these pics here before, but here they are again. Back is "autographed" by Colossus of Roads, a folk art hero of mine when I was a teen. He used to paint graffiti on railcars.
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I think those heavy leathers look better when they're old and beat-up. If you're anything like me, you're basically a desk warrior who never moves. I imagine whatever damage you can put into the jacket is a good thing.
I hang all my clothes. There are guys on the Fedora Lounge forum who also treat their leathers in the way Lem describes above. They don't hang them. They only lay them on a chair or something. They cover them in dust bags and condition them. I don't get it, tbh. I just can't imagine having a jacket take up that much space, like on my floor, or dedicating a chair to jacket storage.
On a fine lambskin jacket, I get that you don't want a bump though. I looked at my NMWA hanger today and the shoulder is totally smooth. Do you have a metal thing coming up from the top?
Id like to change out the lining on my schott as well, did a tailor in NYC do that for you?
Warned you!
have all seen the threat of automation (in my very first job, I wrote code that end up taking out bunch manual crap done by others, and it was disgusting dumb code), but who says it has to be this way.
A bit too big for my taste. Sorry buddy.
Agreed with @hoodog. You should send it to me.
Looks great imo, once it softens up a bit the leather will drape much better
I feel like its big in chest/shoulders based on your pics and maybe you can go a size down? If I am mistaking and that just the fit then the jacket will look fine after some wear.
in the rivet + hide pic notice near the armpits and chest area there seems to be less room
Gotcha, I dont mind paying for good work, just gotta find the right guy to do it. Where did you source that boro fabric if you dont mind my asking?Bay Area. I think I paid about 100 bucks or so for the work?
Gotcha, I dont mind paying for good work, just gotta find the right guy to do it. Where did you source that boro fabric if you dont mind my asking?
Hope u sprayed jacket down w Lysol before u put it on! Nice fit