newenglandcliff
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This circa 1970 cowhide biker jacket by Walter Dyer Leather is being represented as a "Rare Vintage 40's " horse hide jacket. I have this identical jacket (old eBay purchase) and have purchased their wares off and on since the70's. On one visit to their (still existing) shop in Framingham, Massachusetts, I brought this jacket in and picked the brain of the current generation Dyer (Walter died in 2004). He explained that his grandad made footwear from about '65 to '70, when he started making jackets and other apparel. Only cowhide was used..never horse. You can actually read much of this online in Walter Dyers interesting obituary.
One identifying feature is the leather patch Walter would sew into the inside neck area of the jackets. All he typically would write on it was his signature in pen plus the size, both which would often fade away with time and wear.
So I had to ask this eBayer how it was that he new this was horse hide. His response: "Hi, the tag is blank. I know the jacket is horsehide because I have handled numerous horsehide jackets to verify this. Thanks
-John"
The zippers are certainly not vintage '40's, but who's to doubt this fellows acumen? I know we have some zipper experts here. l explained to him what this jacket was but he hasn't replied nor changed the listing. He actually has impeccable feedback, but don't fall for this one.
This circa 1970 cowhide biker jacket by Walter Dyer Leather is being represented as a "Rare Vintage 40's " horse hide jacket. I have this identical jacket (old eBay purchase) and have purchased their wares off and on since the70's. On one visit to their (still existing) shop in Framingham, Massachusetts, I brought this jacket in and picked the brain of the current generation Dyer (Walter died in 2004). He explained that his grandad made footwear from about '65 to '70, when he started making jackets and other apparel. Only cowhide was used..never horse. You can actually read much of this online in Walter Dyers interesting obituary.
One identifying feature is the leather patch Walter would sew into the inside neck area of the jackets. All he typically would write on it was his signature in pen plus the size, both which would often fade away with time and wear.
So I had to ask this eBayer how it was that he new this was horse hide. His response: "Hi, the tag is blank. I know the jacket is horsehide because I have handled numerous horsehide jackets to verify this. Thanks
-John"
The zippers are certainly not vintage '40's, but who's to doubt this fellows acumen? I know we have some zipper experts here. l explained to him what this jacket was but he hasn't replied nor changed the listing. He actually has impeccable feedback, but don't fall for this one.
