Educate me on A-2 leather finishes

[Juanito]

I often see posts on here about people having sold their Goodwear. Hard for me to square in my brain: waiting a year for an expensive, made to measure near perfect repro, then selling it. Where do you even look after that?

Most are bought used so, selling it is as easy as buying that next greatest thing. I've personally owned probably a dozen Good Wear jackets over the years. The only one that was close to new a d bought from John was a Rough Wear that he made and had about 2 hours worth of Wear by him. For a 30%+ discount, I took it.

 

[Juanito]

Hi
Just a quick post that you might find useful .
Years ago Lost Worlds produced a chrome tanned DuBow A2. I don’t know if they still use that method of tanning today but if you can find an older Lost World A2 it might work for you . See photos of the Lost Worlds A2 at the top and an original RW 23380 below it .
Pretty damn close I’d say . View attachment 161423View attachment 161425

Yes, they still do.

 

[B-Man2]

I’ll wear this RW 23380 heavily over the next year and see what it looks like.

I missed the maker on this one , who is it ?

 

[B-Man2]

Yes, they still do.

Thanks Juanito … I wasn’t sure if that was the case or not .

 

[Nickb123]

I often see posts on here about people having sold their Goodwear. Hard for me to square in my brain: waiting a year for an expensive, made to measure near perfect repro, then selling it. Where do you even look after that?

There is nothing to surpass it, only different models

My Good Wears have always been bought second hand or from the sale page so I don’t have that allegiance had I waited months for one (or much sense). But I will miss this one.

 

[Camel24hrs]

I missed the maker on this one , who is it ?

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