Recent content by plaidlining

.....and it's a wonderful letter too, isn't it - very informative and beautifully handwritten. I always meant to frame it to display with the jacket. I bought the book myself (Aeroplane Affair). Having sold off most of my collection over the last decade I now seem to have been bitten by the...

John, I used to own this jacket and it looked even more like a brand new Eastman back then than it does now! I can see that the guy I sold it to in 1999 must have worn it a couple of times. I bought it from Buck Taylor's son back in 1991 and when I opened the box I was quite simply stunned by...

ouch, false post, read on.....

I look forward to seeing them! Good Companion seem to have been one of the main makers. They made a few early greaser jackets and then seem to have disappeared around the early 60s.

no, West Yorkshire, right on the Lancashire border. If I get time I'll scour my files for some more pics....might even get round to taking some more! These early British jackets are now surprisingly rare, and survivors are often well beaten up. IMO the preferred soft lightweight leathers...

I was asked in the Spanish Civil war thread to post some pictures of my 1930-1960 era British leather jackets. My immediate reaction was shock horror as I hate taking pix, but I do have a few in my files already for one reason or another - also some pics of jackets I've sold. If I have time I...

yikes! I loathe and hate digital photography with a vengeance! Partly because my camera is crap, partly because I have to do a lot of it as part of my vintage business, and partly because life's too short. But I'll have a look through my photo files and see what there is already......

most of the Lincoln Brigaders' jackets look like American jackets to me - the main clue is the knitted waist and cuffs. In Europe (especially the UK, but also France and Spain) leather jackets of similar design (patch flapped pockets etc) were very common, but usually with button or snap cuffs...