1950s Buco J-24 horsehide leather motorcycle jacket

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271935645735
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1950s in Detroit, Michigan by the Joseph Buegeleisen Company (Buco) out of horsehide. It is their J-24 D-Pocket model motorcycle jacket. From the style of stop box on the main zipper, with its wide ribs, but without the Talon name, this one was made between about 1952 and 1957. The jacket has a D-pocket map pocket with a rounded cornered cigarette pocket. It has zipped sleeves, snapped lapels, snapped belt loops for an external belt, bars on the epaulettes, zippered side storage, a handwarmer pocket, and bi-swing shoulders. At some point, it appears the original owner either broke the main zipper or gained weight, and added snaps, which are offset from the original zip position.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 23-1/2″

Early 1930s cut down Cossack Jacket

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271934443374
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1930s, probably between about 1930 and 1934. This style, with the plain back, side panels with buckle adjusters, leather waistband and small patch pockets, was one of the first jacket styles to become popular following the invention of the separable bottomed zipper in 1930. The jacket has a buttoned throat latch / chinstrap, and while the zipper is a 1950s Conmar, replacing what would likely have been a double branded Hookless/Talon, the grommets from the original zip are still in place at the waistband.

Chest (pit to pit): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 15″
Length (base of collar to hem): 23-1/2″

Levis LVC 1933 501XX jeans reproduction review

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

I bought these Levis LVC 1933 501XX jeans in December of 2012. They’re made from denim from the Cone Mills and were made in Turkey. A little over two and a half years on, they’re still hanging on, barely. I’ve worn them pretty hard in that time. In the wood shop, metal shop, while doing construction, while building architectural models, etc. So they’ve had a rough life. That said, they’ve still worn out faster than any other pair of jeans I have owned. They’ve worn through in the crotch, knees, thighs and seat. A rivet fell out of the pocket fairly early on, the stitching has come undone on about half of the pocket accurate, and there are many spots worn so thin that I’m sure another round of patches is due before too long.

Thin Ribbon western fedora

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271918560412

Opening measures 7-1/2″ by 6-1/4″

Staunton Military Academy overcoat

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400949210594
This vintage overcoat was made by the Shenandoah Tailoring Company, Inc. of Mt. Sidney, Virginia for a cadet at the Staunton Military Academy of Staunton, Virginia. The school closed in 1976.

Chest (pit to pit): 20″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 50″

Church’s Custom Grade Corsica label

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400949191078
These vintage shoes were made in England by Church’s. They are a loafer style, with the model name Corsica.

Church’s brown leather monkstrap shoes

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400949186955
These vintage shoes were made in England by Church’s. They are made in a classic monk strap style, with a plain toe.

1920s Gem Hunting Vest

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271917608054
This vintage hunting vest was made by the Gem Shirt Company of Dayton, Ohio in the 1910s-1920s. The Gem Shirt Co. was founded c.1888, and diversified into canvas hunting clothes in the early part of the 20th century, innovating the usage of lined waterproof game bags. They were a high end maker at the time, making their products from an excellent grade of cotton canvas duck. They ceased production by the 1920s. It has corduroy shotgun shell pockets, ring backed buttons branded with the Gem logo, and a yellow on black label.

Tagged size: 42
Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Length: 23-1/2″

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Lee Riders denim jacket

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271917608053
Chest (pit to pit): 20-1/2″ (doubled = 41″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (base of collar to hem): 23″

Swedish Leather tanker jacket reproduction

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400946560413
This vintage jacket was made in the 1980s France by Alvin York, heavily influenced by the eccentric design of the 1940s Swedish leather tanker jacket. There’s something interesting about a jacket being made in France, reproducing the style of a Swedish jacket of the 1940s, while using the name of Sgt. York, a WWI American war hero on the label. The jacket is made of heavyweight two-tone suede. Like the original, it has a band collar, an internal row of fasteners with a wide wrap which fastens by the side seam, and that oh so distinctive large map pocket right in the center of the chest. This version adds handwarmer pockets and trades out some of the fiddly buttons and fasteners of the original for simpler, and more practical given the material, snaps. Just like the originals, this one sports a generously oversized cut. While it’s a 1940s design, the whole package still looks futuristic today.

Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Waist (side to side): 19″ (doubled = 38″)
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 24″

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Monthly Archives: July 2015

1950s Buco J-24 horsehide leather motorcycle jacket

Early 1930s cut down Cossack Jacket

Levis LVC 1933 501XX jeans reproduction review

Thin Ribbon western fedora

Staunton Military Academy overcoat

Church’s Custom Grade Corsica label

Church’s brown leather monkstrap shoes

1920s Gem Hunting Vest

Lee Riders denim jacket

Swedish Leather tanker jacket reproduction