Skyhawk
Well-Known Member
What is it about the Cockpit 37J1 that allows it to sell in the $300 range? Is it the ersatz Bedford cord? the acrylic knit? the nonrepro zipper? I don’t think the nylon camo liner, oversize pockets, or ultra low collar save any money in mfg.
And what allows Bronson to make a more faithful copy of this jacket and sell it even more cheaply? It can’t just be the lack of large sizes???
These are large businesses with big factories. They have the benefit of capital, credit lines, and a big labor force that allows them to make large amounts of product. They can afford to make product at a volume that results in a small per piece production cost.
Simple economics is how they do it.
We are a small company. We have a small team of leather crafters. We are set up differently and have to pay a lot of production costs to get the jackets made how we want them. I guaranty that our quality and authenticity is miles above these kind of products and that is part of what you get when you make jackets in this manner. Which is one or a few jackets at a time instead of 100.
I could settle to make reproductions that are just barely passable, or cut the quality way down and cut the price, but I don't want to make those types of products.
Regards,
Jay