What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Nickb123]

GW Cagleco

 

[B-Man2]

That’s another gem to add to your already awesome collection Nick.

 

[MaydayWei]

GW Cagleco

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Perfect fit. No words necessary!
How the heck do you keep getting these bad boys?

 

[Feliz]

 

[Feliz]

Ooops. This is what I’m wearing today, it’s my latest purchase from five star. I just can’t bring myself to take a picture of me and post it on the internet…..sorry. The jacket is a 37J1.

 

[B-Man2]

Feliz
I understand how you feel. Consider posting a photo wearing your jacket and just block out your face. Many of us do that and really that’s ok . We just like seeing the jackets .

 

[London Cabbie]

GW Cagleco

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You have sizing down to a fine art.

 

[Micawber]

It’s not really a can of worms, it’s just that it’s been discussed here a number of times and the pros and cons are always discussed and debated. I’m like you Dany. I prefer to wear the piss out of the jackets ( as much as is possible living in a state with an average year around temp of about 70 degrees ) and let nature take its course. Wearing an A2 in a Florida rain storm will be all the water treatment any jacket requires .

Looking back on some of the past threads on the merits or otherwise of various of shrinking, stretching, pre aging of leather by hot / cold water soaking / natural and artificial drying strike me as a bit can o'worms like. However I agree, nothing beats wearing the wotsits out of them in various conditions, for me that can include mucking out my animals, fixing my tractors and generally wearing both piss and shit of them in rain, sun and snow included

 

[Flightengineer]

Oh, if I could...
But wait, it works ! Look ! the temperature drops in France (we lose 16°C in 3 days !)


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It should be warmer at your place from Tuesday

Not work
When the sun shines brightly but doesn't heat and you want to wear A2.



Incredible cold May ( +7С = 44F ) and only one of my dogs in his great fur coat is happy with such "warmth"

 

[CombatWombat]

I know it was about to make the leather mature, but cold water, rain water, will have the same effect on leather. When we refer to Hot Water, it's pretty much in a context of wanting to gain or even lose some cm's. Motorcycle jackets, the nice one's, always look good cause we wear them in pouring rain sometimes and then the sun come out and it dries nonuniformly too quickly and then the skin gains patina or character.

Dany

That's a trade secret of us bikies mate..... you're not supposed to break the vow of silence on how we make our cafe racer jackets look good haha
I've never been one for getting pre-worn looking jackets since a month if motorcycle riding usually brings out the grain for me.
Though I did wear my Christie's in the shower (to get the shoulders a tad bit wider and the elbow creases)

 

[Nickb123]

Perfect fit. No words necessary!
How the heck do you keep getting these bad boys?

I found I wear exactly John’s size. The past 5 or so I’ve purchased through him, I haven’t even asked for a single measurement!

I used to suffer for years wanting a Goodwear, believe me. Always thought I had to go full custom because I’m tall. But his standard test sizes are all fit just a little longer which really works for me.

Crazy full circle it’s become. I am blessed. Studying the info on this forum daily to try to learn as much as I can.

One thing about repros is that they cause you to become more knowledgeable on originals. There’s a lot of truth to be found in the statement that plenty of wearable original Naval jackets exist - a repro isn’t really needed in that realm. But this was a fun jacket, and John captured the nuances of the original goatskin in this particular hide. It’s a bit stiff and heavier- much like the 1952(approx) original Werber I owned.

Though I don’t see a year date for this Cagleco, I imagine it’s 1957-ish, prior to the Ralph Edwards name change.

 

[Pa12]

That's a trade secret of us bikies mate..... you're not supposed to break the vow of silence on how we make our cafe racer jackets look good haha
I've never been one for getting pre-worn looking jackets since a month if motorcycle riding usually brings out the grain for me.
Though I did wear my Christie's in the shower (to get the shoulders a tad bit wider and the elbow creases)

Maybe the bug juice does it. Probably the size of birds where you are

 

[Spitfireace]

I found I wear exactly John’s size. The past 5 or so I’ve purchased through him, I haven’t even asked for a single measurement!

I used to suffer for years wanting a Goodwear, believe me. Always thought I had to go full custom because I’m tall. But his standard test sizes are all fit just a little longer which really works for me.

Crazy full circle it’s become. I am blessed. Studying the info on this forum daily to try to learn as much as I can.

One thing about repros is that they cause you to become more knowledgeable on originals. There’s a lot of truth to be found in the statement that plenty of wearable original Naval jackets exist - a repro isn’t really needed in that realm. But this was a fun jacket, and John captured the nuances of the original goatskin in this particular hide. It’s a bit stiff and heavier- much like the 1952(approx) original Werber I owned.

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Though I don’t see a year date for this Cagleco, I imagine it’s 1957-ish, prior to the Ralph Edwards name change.

Yup, looks darn close. I have an original 66 Ralph Edwards. So it looks pretty similar to me.

 

[Spitfireace]

While I'm not a big Top Gun enthusiast, I have to wear this one in honor of the Top Gun movie. I worked on a Mission Impossible movie with Tom Cruise. Here in Vancouver. It was Ghost Protocol. I was a gate guard. Tom drove himself in and out in a black Lexus or something like that with blacked out windows, which are actually illegal I think. On the other hand when I worked with Russell Crowe on a Superman movie

, he rode in by himself on a bicycle from his downtown hotel.

 

[Pa12]

Sounds about right from what I’ve heard. Used to meet a few celebrities when I worked at the North end of the airport where all the vips come in. Met Tom cruise about 30 years ago. I had thought he was bigger. Kurt Russell and Goldie hawn seemed like really nice people. They had a place in muskoka and used to come every summer.

 

[CombatWombat]

Maybe the bug juice does it. Probably the size of birds where you are

Haha more like Holden Barinas (Opel Astra I think it's called in the Uk and no idea what it is in North America)
Though seriously,I think it's the crazy weather we have in my part of Australia.... raining hard then sunny the next minute haha

 

[Greg Gale]

@Flightengineer that's a shame to hide that nice Dubow if only partially

 

[Flightengineer]

@Flightengineer that's a shame to hide that nice Dubow if only partially

You're in your tropics Greg probably forgot what the cold is . I usually swam in the lake these days in past years, but this morning it was only +2 C , so shame of course ...

 

[Peter242]

I´ve did it-- orderd my first GW Jacket JC had a test-jacket of an AN6552 in my size.....so i had no chance to pass. The Goatskin looks amazing....
Shipping with Fedex from US to Germany - the jacket arrived 5 Days after the first mail contact with JC. Can´t believe how fast.....

 

[entertainment]

I´ve did it-- orderd my first GW Jacket JC had a test-jacket of an AN6552 in my size.....so i had no chance to pass. The Goatskin looks amazing....
Shipping with Fedex from US to Germany - the jacket arrived 5 Days after the first mail contact with JC. Can´t believe how fast.....
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Sweet! Is that the Mexican goatskin?