Category Archives: Leather

Hair On Cowhide jacket

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This vintage deerskin leather jacket has a classic western style, with yokes shoulders and a shirt style collar.  It is fully lined, belted and has hair on cowhide trim, for that true cowboy look.Chest: 21″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 26″    Photobucket

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Rewag German Leather overcoat

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This vintage leather overcoat was made post-WWII in Germany.  It is a double breasted style, with yoked shoulders.  It has a interior snap belt and exterior adjustable snap tab.  The belt which would have gone overtop is missing.Chest: 22″Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″Sleeve: 25″    Photobucket

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WB Place Deerskin Leather Jacket

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This vintage deerskin jacket was made by the W.B. Place company of Hartford, Wisconsin.  They were tanners- you sent them a deerskin, they tanned it and tailored it into a jacket or gloves.  This jacket has a classic design for this kind of leather, very outdoorsy, with a western yoked front and back, contrast leather stitching and fringe.  There are issues with the finish of the jacket, which seem more to do with the quality of the original tanning job than with wear.  There is wear just above the cuffs, where the owner rolled the sleeves under to shorten them.Chest: 23″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 25″    Photobucket

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El Paso Chaps

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Vintage chaps with El Paso lettering. Saddlebag style pockets with leather knot closure.  Great detailing, with creme colored leather and red lettering. Wonderful patina and grain. Star conchos, riveted pockets.
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BWS German leather jacket

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This vintage overcoat was made post-war by BWS.  It is a classic german style, double breasted with no buttons.  There is an elaborate setup whereby the interior side of the jacket is secured with snaps on a belt, and the exterior is fasted by means of a hook and clasp attached to the belt.  It has a yoked front and back, belted cuffs, and an interior “zipp” branded zipper on the pocket.  It is made of heavy dark green leather.
Chest: 21″ (can adjust larger)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 46″

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1980s D-Pocket motorcycle leather jacket

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This leather jacket was probably made in the 1980s or 1990s, but recalls an earlier 1950s style.  It has a D-pocket, with a smaller cigarette pocket.  It has snaps on the lapels, but not the collar.  Instead of a front belt, it has small adjuster belts in the back, though it does have belt loops. It has zipped sleeves and a yoked back. Relatively lightweight leather, with some staining.
Chest: 22″
Sleeve: 24″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
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Foster Sportswear long halfbelt

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This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1950s by Foster Sportswear.  It has a yoked back and front, a pleated and belted back and saddlebag pockets. It has pinked details throughout, giving it a casual western vibe. It has a Scovill / Conmatic zipper, which still works well.  The leather has damage and repairs- there is a tear under one of the pockets, an old repaired tear on the side/back panel, and scuffing to the shoulder.  The jacket is lined in Alpaca pile by “Inca Paca” / “Timme Tuft”.
Chest: 22″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Sleeve: 25″
Length: 33″
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Foster Sportswear motorcycle jacket

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This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1940s by Foster Sportswear.  It has an asymmetrical zip front, a forerunner to the modern style epitomized by the Schott Perfecto.  While most jackets of this style turn up in horsehide or goat, this feels like it’s capeskin. Very nice and supple leather.  It has slash handwarmer pockets, with flapped cargo pockets and a diagonal zipped map pocket. At the time, this probably would have been advertised as an aviator style.

The jacket has a quilted body lining and flannel sleeves, with knit storm cuffs. It has a conmar pocket zipper and a conmar main zip, though the slider is missing on the main zipper.  There is one broken tooth about halfway up the zipper track, which is probably where it would have jumped. Somewhat surprisingly, the jacket does not have the standard half-belt back, opting instead for a paneled design with small elasticized side panels. The leather has some wear and patina, but overall is in very good condition. There is a small section of dropped stitching under the right armpit. The lining has a hole, see the photo. 
 
Chest (pit to pit): 22″
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″
Length (collar to hem): 26″

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Diagonal Zip Vintage Leather Jackets

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The black leather jacket epitomized by the Schott Perfecto wasn’t always the motorcycle jacket default. Here is a small sample of diagonal zip leather jackets, ancestors of the style, which date from the 1930s-1960s. Top to bottom: Monarch, no label capeskin, Foster Sportswear, British Sportswear, no label Columbia. The silver British Sportswear jackets has exposed studs on the lapels, but none on the collar. The Columbia has concealed studs on both. The top three have none. They display a variety of pocket styles and placements, and of cuff styles.

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