READY? I think SO!! Good Wear update!

[DiamondDave]

Huge day yesterday, the Beatles catalog arrived on iTunes; and John Chapman put up pics of his new shearling line!!

http://www.goodwearleather.com/goodwear_b6/


DD

Damn him, something new to save for! :lol:

 

[dmar836]

Doesn't get much better than that! And that's the prototype.
How will he keep up?

Dave
KC

 

[Tim P]

superb.

 

[TankBuster]

He's been working on it for some time. The D-1 was copied from a original that I sent him last year. The B-6 also looks amazing. He's got quite the variety!!

 

[deand]

Indeed, it's obvious that JC is simply enhancing his sterling body of work with these. And yet, I look at those jackets and think I would simply bake to death in one of them, unless I was at one of the poles. But they are beautiful.




dean

 

[dmar836]

I'll bet JC doesn't have one jacket that's broken in!

 

[dujardin]

arghhhhhhhhhh
gloupsss
woawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

i want one :lol:

maybe next year....

this is a pure beauty
that's what i intend to call ...perfection

maybe just a little remark (just my opinion), for my wish, if a day i order one to J-C, the colour of the shearling less white.
this is not a critic, just my opinion.

congrats John, amazing work.
for sure another question is already on the move on this forum...... when will John produce a B-3

byeeeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[Cobblers161]

Ah man, I wish he'd stop doing this. Just when you've convinced yourself that just the one more jacket will suffice yet another comes along:

http://www.goodwearleather.com/goodwear_d1/Type_D1.jpg

This is the nuts! Well done John, sterling work my man, the collar looks perfect.

 

[Peter Graham]

Stunning jackets. The other makers are outdone already and these are just prototypes. Marcel, I believe the production jackets will have a less white fleece. About time I started saving.

 

[TankBuster]

Stunning jackets. The other makers are outdone already and these are just prototypes. Marcel, I believe the production jackets will have a less white fleece. About time I started saving.

Yes Peter, you are right. The new stuff that will be used for production will have more of a yellow tint.

 

[Roughwear]

I had a feeling John would venture into sheepskin. These two jackets are superb. So what next -a B-3 or Irvin?

 

[CBI]

Congrats John - what an amazing job!

I remember JC telling me about this a year ago.

I wish it was cold enough here at home to purchase one :x

 

[dmar836]

I wish it stayed warm enough here that I wouldn't need one!

 

[Grant]

Once John get's the right color sheepskins both jackets will be killer!

 

[EmergencyIan]

Those are keepers, for sure!



- Ian

 

[767fo]

I am going to get in line for a B6. He did a great job!!!

 

[tater]

This is sorta OT, but as the B-6 is a "bigger" or perhaps better worded "less fitted" jacket, I'd be interested if it was harder to make a "custom" jacket vs exact to spec. I was thinking about my (I'm in line) A-2 I'm having him make. When we come down to final sizing, if my "tailored" ideal fit is close to what the standard size would have been, I could see having it a "perfect" 40R even if that means it's too big on me (slightly). Had I been issued one, I'd have gotten a 38 or a 40, period. Not a 40 with the sleeves 1/2 an inch shorter, and the length 3/4 inch short, etc.

Seems like a less fitted jacket might have speeded production and be in fact a more accurate repro by only coming in "stock" sizes. Course if the typical customer is so far off 20-something WW2 servicemen, that won't work, then obviously business demands custom fits to keep those customers happy.

 

[handworn]

His description seems to suggest that the B-6 is pretty snug.

This is sorta OT, but as the B-6 is a "bigger" or perhaps better worded "less fitted" jacket, I'd be interested if it was harder to make a "custom" jacket vs exact to spec. I was thinking about my (I'm in line) A-2 I'm having him make. When we come down to final sizing, if my "tailored" ideal fit is close to what the standard size would have been, I could see having it a "perfect" 40R even if that means it's too big on me (slightly). Had I been issued one, I'd have gotten a 38 or a 40, period. Not a 40 with the sleeves 1/2 an inch shorter, and the length 3/4 inch short, etc.

Seems like a less fitted jacket might have speeded production and be in fact a more accurate repro by only coming in "stock" sizes. Course if the typical customer is so far off 20-something WW2 servicemen, that won't work, then obviously business demands custom fits to keep those customers happy.

 

[jack aranda]

I am SO glad I live in SF. It's only cold enough to wear that jacket in July, so I think I'm 'safe' from pining away for one.

 

[Vcruiser]

This is sorta OT, but as the B-6 is a "bigger" or perhaps better worded "less fitted" jacket, I'd be interested if it was harder to make a "custom" jacket vs exact to spec. I was thinking about my (I'm in line) A-2 I'm having him make. When we come down to final sizing, if my "tailored" ideal fit is close to what the standard size would have been, I could see having it a "perfect" 40R even if that means it's too big on me (slightly). Had I been issued one, I'd have gotten a 38 or a 40, period. Not a 40 with the sleeves 1/2 an inch shorter, and the length 3/4 inch short, etc.

Seems like a less fitted jacket might have speeded production and be in fact a more accurate repro by only coming in "stock" sizes. Course if the typical customer is so far off 20-something WW2 servicemen, that won't work, then obviously business demands custom fits to keep those customers happy.

Perhaps I'm missing something in your post...but the B-6 is a trim fitting tailored type jacket..probably more than any other military shearling.
Van