Enigma1938
Well-Known Member
After "Kermit3D" showed his awesome cyclist jacket he bought from "pilot" I decide to show you mine. I'm currently on the restoration of a original cyclist and needed some parts for it, so I came in contact with pilot and after a few messages between us he attracted me to buy one of his replicas. I It's one of his older test-jackets and obviously made by the "little french artisan" back then when he still worked for/with pilot before he decided to retire.
After discussing stocks and sizes pilot told me he has one last jacket in size 42 left. That's the size I usually wear with most of my jackets so I tried it with this exemplar also and couldn't be more happy with the fit. It's trim as it should be and feels like a glove but is also roomy enough to move in it with a sweater underneath.
The jacket itself is beautiful made, everything is exactly like on the original ones. The Cut, the lining, the hardware. Love the little details like the manufacturer mark on the back of the buckle for example, just like on originals. In spite of everything I did some little changes to make it even more authentic. I replaced the zipper pulls with original 40s Eclairs like they were on a big part of the genuine jackets. And I replaced the fragile wooden buttons (one broke apart) with leather buttons, also like it is often seen on european jackets from the 30s / 40s.
In normal light and for the eye the buttons are way lesser reddish like in the pictures.
I hope you like the jacket as much as I do.
After discussing stocks and sizes pilot told me he has one last jacket in size 42 left. That's the size I usually wear with most of my jackets so I tried it with this exemplar also and couldn't be more happy with the fit. It's trim as it should be and feels like a glove but is also roomy enough to move in it with a sweater underneath.
The jacket itself is beautiful made, everything is exactly like on the original ones. The Cut, the lining, the hardware. Love the little details like the manufacturer mark on the back of the buckle for example, just like on originals. In spite of everything I did some little changes to make it even more authentic. I replaced the zipper pulls with original 40s Eclairs like they were on a big part of the genuine jackets. And I replaced the fragile wooden buttons (one broke apart) with leather buttons, also like it is often seen on european jackets from the 30s / 40s.
In normal light and for the eye the buttons are way lesser reddish like in the pictures.
I hope you like the jacket as much as I do.
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