DiamondDave
Well-Known Member
Gents,
Another new jacket style that I am producing...in my down time from working on GW jackets. This keeps me sane and interested, as only so many A-2's can be done, in one stretch.
This time it is the earliest Moto/Aviation jacket by Beck. This one from the early 1930's served as the template for MANY jackets to follow. Though Rin Tanaka swears in his books that these were made by Schott, I think he may be off. Beck was located in Everett, Mass as was Leathertogs, and I firmly believe that the latter made these jackets. The styling is just so very much like their own offerings of the day.
Offered here in Dark Seal Brown, is a 3oz, chrome tanned, veg retan, Front Quarter Steerhide. Waldes copies of early "Hookless" zips throughout. This style has a much smaller shoulder profile, higher arm hole and fits very differently to the later Buco. It is a very trim fitting jacket.
HWT has been applied to the leather prior to cutting. And a small amount of light aging has been done overall.
NOTE OF INTEREST... since several Japanese companies make this jacket, with the original "Beck Northeaster Flying Togs" label, and I have no interest in being sued, I have chosen to make my own
version under a slightly different name, and with rather more updated graphics! Thank God for a background in Adverting graphic design!
Another new jacket style that I am producing...in my down time from working on GW jackets. This keeps me sane and interested, as only so many A-2's can be done, in one stretch.
This time it is the earliest Moto/Aviation jacket by Beck. This one from the early 1930's served as the template for MANY jackets to follow. Though Rin Tanaka swears in his books that these were made by Schott, I think he may be off. Beck was located in Everett, Mass as was Leathertogs, and I firmly believe that the latter made these jackets. The styling is just so very much like their own offerings of the day.
Offered here in Dark Seal Brown, is a 3oz, chrome tanned, veg retan, Front Quarter Steerhide. Waldes copies of early "Hookless" zips throughout. This style has a much smaller shoulder profile, higher arm hole and fits very differently to the later Buco. It is a very trim fitting jacket.
HWT has been applied to the leather prior to cutting. And a small amount of light aging has been done overall.
NOTE OF INTEREST... since several Japanese companies make this jacket, with the original "Beck Northeaster Flying Togs" label, and I have no interest in being sued, I have chosen to make my own
version under a slightly different name, and with rather more updated graphics! Thank God for a background in Adverting graphic design!