What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[ton312]

I really like the part with "Please don´t rush. Please calm down."

I wish somebody had given me that advice when I was in my late teens. I would have been so much more sucessful in dating...

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This is actually the best advice one can offer with a hookless. Personally, I never had problems but I know many folks have. It’s important to be mindful with the hookless. Seat the pin. ALWAYS seat the pin!

 

[navetsea]

I really like the part with "Please don´t rush. Please calm down."

I wish somebody had given me that advice when I was in my late teens. I would have been so much more sucessful in dating...

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Hillarious, they should draw the zipper as cartoon character, i like how in product manual they draw rice cooker, toaster, etc as cartoon character. But probably it is a lot more effective if the whole manual is just a QR code you can read with your phone and auto translate to english and your local language.

 

[Yamahana]

91F. No jacket. I just added 2 window AC’s to make this brick pizza oven i live in bearable.

Brrrr 91*

 

[dudewuttheheck]

@Tom71 looks like a great fit! The Mulholland is a modern classic. No doubt about it.

 

[navetsea]

Came home after visiting my newly born niece.

 

[Tom71]

Thank you all for the kind words on the Mulholland. A special piece for me!

As for the zipper: It's actually not that bad if you stay focussed handling it. That said, it's been a Hookless that deserted me twice despite all the care in the world. I am not going to ramble on about that any longer; it's just that a repro of a functional jacket (ANY functional jacket) should simply - function.

 

[dwilson]

Yeah I agree I tend to prefer making some slight modern improvements on reproduction style but I also understand the argument of where exactly does the line get drawn on what is considered a minor modern improvement versus what violates being repro. I just want a well constructed garment made out of quality material I'm not cosplaying a railroad worker.

 

[roadking04]

47 degrees last weekend, 85 degrees today and the 618 handled both extremes. Cross zips are great M/C jackets. Snap open the lapels, open the sleeve and pocket zips to let in some air. With a proper/snugger fit the jacket doesn't balloon up. A little warm in town, but fine at highway speeds.

 

[Rosecitymike]

Picked up this 70s era Bates on eBay. It’s my first Bates and am very impressed! Hard to imagine a better fit!

 

[regius]

Strike Gold, very unique denim, I lack the terminologies to describe it. It’s the SGJ50 slubby denim.

 

[Tom71]

Cooler and cloudy today. RMC A-2 "Canyon red".

My Eastman A-2 has become too small for some time now. So very sorry, because their HH is really so nice. Initially wanted to swap for one size up, but Eastman didn't want to exchange the jackets (understandably enough). I saw this one locally and went for it.

My first RMC. It's a very blousy cut and certainly not my best fitting jacket, but after owning it for two weeks I am madly in love. The execution is flawless, and the Shinki is among the nicest I have seen. Very stiff out of the box but already loosening up nicely. Leather is very similar to Himel´s "oil tan" (and shows resemblance to the leather Greg Field uses, only heavier) and very dissimilar to my FW "Mulholland".

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Freewheelers lot. 667

 

[Jin431]

Freewheelers lot. 667

That jacket is so cool every time I see it, really perfect for Southern California. Is that a new pair of boots I see?

 

[dudewuttheheck]

That jacket is so cool every time I see it, really perfect for Southern California. Is that a new pair of boots I see?

Thanks! I'm still ao thrilled that I was able to grab this jacket. It is indeed perfect for socal as is the other new jacket I just got thst I will post later today or tomorrow.

They are fairly new boots. They're a Christmas present from my fiance. They're Red Wing pecos boots in gold russet sequoia that I had resoled on a proper sole rather than the horrific wedge sold they were on originally. I love how they turned out.

 

[JoeNiblick]

Not quite ready to wear today…

I was inspired by @ton312 to dabble in vintage Cowichan sweaters. This one came from eBay, so I decided to give it a little bath before wearing.

From the listing:

This was the first rinse:

And then after about a dozen:

I’m currently taking a break and letting it soak.

 

[navetsea]

We have cool morning last few days, even misty.

 

[Jin431]

Thanks! I'm still ao thrilled that I was able to grab this jacket. It is indeed perfect for socal as is the other new jacket I just got thst I will post later today or tomorrow.

They are fairly new boots. They're a Christmas present from my fiance. They're Red Wing pecos boots in gold russet sequoia that I had resoled on a proper sole rather than the horrific wedge sold they were on originally. I love how they turned out.

I saw that black one and kinda felt you would eventually own one considering your style and how much you like the cossack from ooe yofukuten

Got it, those look great. I always felt the lack of a leather midsole and a nice outsole (on some boots as I like the vibram 430) of the standard RW is a little lacking. Great project!

 

[AeroFan_07]

Rainy, slightly cooler evening so working to break in this Vanson...

 

[regius]

Another 90 degree day. MF shirt, denim grail, I guess?

 

[dudewuttheheck]

I saw that black one and kinda felt you would eventually own one considering your style and how much you like the cossack from ooe yofukuten

Got it, those look great. I always felt the lack of a leather midsole and a nice outsole (on some boots as I like the vibram 430) of the standard RW is a little lacking. Great project!

Well you were right! I did end up with one and I love it! Yeah I think it's a huge improvement on the boots.