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Half Price Good Wear?
- Thread starter DiamondDave
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FlyingYankee
Active Member
Nice goatskin, I like the caramel color
Jason
Active Member
That's the business! Some sort of understatement from JC when he says "we are quite happy with these new hides", surely? That looks fantastic, and will be even more so with a few hundred airframe hours. John has transcended art to the point where even the word 'perfection' seems inadequate.
buzzthetower
Administrator
Gents,
That jacket is big, and so is the original that it's based from. You can see the original no-name 27753 (definitely made by Cable Raincoat) in size 46, and this is the exact jacket used for this pattern. I've handled several in size 46, and they're all very large for the size tag.
This new goatskin is quite fun, and we should have seal brown in a few days. Also, the new full grain Italian horsehide has arrived (a sample batch) in russet and seal, and the stuff is also wonderful. Very grainy and beautiful.
Best,
John
That jacket is big, and so is the original that it's based from. You can see the original no-name 27753 (definitely made by Cable Raincoat) in size 46, and this is the exact jacket used for this pattern. I've handled several in size 46, and they're all very large for the size tag.
This new goatskin is quite fun, and we should have seal brown in a few days. Also, the new full grain Italian horsehide has arrived (a sample batch) in russet and seal, and the stuff is also wonderful. Very grainy and beautiful.
Best,
John
DiamondDave
Well-Known Member
PERFECT for me too... And it's SOLD. Somebody got to it before me. Drats!
FlyingYankee
Active Member
I have it coming, so I will have to see how it fits. My intention is to be able to layer a wooly pulley underneath for walks on the Maine seacoast. If it doesn't work someone here can have it for what I paid.
derleicaman
Member
I have John's Cable Raincoat Sz46 Nr1 which he made back in 2011. Here is a photo from his website with John modeling the jacket. I bought the jacket direct from John at that time.
http://www.goodwearleather.com/photos/C ... _view3.jpg
This was one of the first jackets made with the then new Indian goat skin. Of course, it is a work of art and is one of my favorite Good Wears. I was sorely tempted by the latest one for sale. Quite a bargain and it looks even better than mine! The new one seems to be a fuller cut than mine. This jacket is one of my slimmer GW A-2s, however it is a bit longer than most of my 46s. More like a 48 in length.
http://www.goodwearleather.com/photos/C ... _view3.jpg
This was one of the first jackets made with the then new Indian goat skin. Of course, it is a work of art and is one of my favorite Good Wears. I was sorely tempted by the latest one for sale. Quite a bargain and it looks even better than mine! The new one seems to be a fuller cut than mine. This jacket is one of my slimmer GW A-2s, however it is a bit longer than most of my 46s. More like a 48 in length.
269sqnhudson
Active Member
I knew WWII A2s weren't all tight as sausage skins! A good example of how much they varied in size, I like it.
Superfluous
Member
jschare said:John,
You need to make these test jackets in 40 or 42!
+1.
I volunteer to be JC's model for future test jackets.
