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I've come late to this one. I used to regularly buy jackets from Mars Leathers on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne in the 1980's-90's. They were still making this pattern of jacket in dark blue for our parking inspectors back then they said. They must have had a contract. Victorian motorcycle cops...

Not really old enough to be vintage. I remember the brand. In the 1980's a bunch of companies made a range of oilskin jackets on the back of the success of the movie The Man From Snowy River. I guess they were trying to compete against Drizabone and by extension, Barbour. Most of those companies...

Yes and I heard a story that Sinatra was originally given a WW2 original as owned by Western Costume and angrily said something like: "I'm not wearing some shitty second hand jacket, make me a custom job and use a light leather it is f'ing hot under studio lights."

This is very nice Skyhawk - there's been a market for a good basic A1 for years and you've finally done it. How thick is the goat, is it 2.5oz? Does your manufacturer make other leather garments?

I don't think you want to use sandpaper and a wire brush. Silly idea best left to movie costume people for that horribly fake aged Indiana Jones look. A machine cycle won't hurt it a bit but will make it look broken in. Cold or warm but not hot. You can also use rubbing alcohol to remove the...

A lot will depend on the tanning process. Older goat is more likely to be veg tanned which will age better than chrome tanned Nevertheless, I take the sheen off them by putting them in a front load washer with detergent and running it through a full cycle. Hang in the shade to dry.

This is not new. The Schott version of movie history has been contradicted before both on FL and here some years back. Don't know where the threads are but might be fun for someone with patience to find them.

Don't like the jacket or the camo pants but it's a look isn't it? He pulls it off. Aging hipster? You tell me.

Lovely leather, great execution, brilliant job, great fit. It may be period accurate but that center back seam looks awful.

Re: Fresh Californian half belt jacket as worn by Bruce Will That's one of the nicest half-belts I've ever seen. Well done fellas.

I've washed around 9 leather jackets with standard detergent and warm water in a front loader (much more gentle) never had one shrink even slightly.

Thanks guys. Anyone here know about the specs of the nylon used in the vintage jackets? I know little about this but I do know that good nylon is a great fabric. From Wikipedia: Nylon 6-6 is frequently used when high mechanical strength, great rigidity, and good stability under heat is...

In repo MA1's is this nylon material still used? Interested in what nylon teh Buzz repos use and if any of the current repos actually use flight satin any more or just a comparable nylon of a similar but thinner denier. I have a pretty ordinary new Alpha that seems to use a thinner nylon than...

I'd much rather drive a Volks that a Rolls, but I understand the point you are trying to make.

Re: Hercules 1920 half belt - "live" jacket development thre Impressive work Platon. You've excelled yourself with this.