IHAL-01 - Horsehide Cafe Racer with Collar

[superfuzz]

Thanks for breaking down the price, G. The collar is totally what sold me on this jacket. Guess you can't please everyone.

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[Friday]

All is well G-San. No harm done.

my 2 cents worth. Everyone here knows how to and how much it will costs ordering to those lovely staffs at AL. This is just another offering through Iron Heart. Customized zippers, specs (collars), tags and what not. None of us are impliying that you're trying to trick anyone, and I believe including Simon himself. If so he wouldn't asked to get one without the collar option. Using 'cafe racer' in the description is nothing but respecting the original design from which the jacket is based on. So all in all it's all good.

Maybe just a bit of miss communication along the way.

Cheers.

[Aetas]

Hi Gil,
can you show us the inside of the Jacket?
Please tell us something more about this exceptional combination of Ventile and Moleskin?

[Giles]

I have no images of the inside and the jacket and I no longer have it here.  Sorry.

Moleskin for heft and warmth, ventile over the top of it for smoothness and possibly some waterproofing if there is any water ingress through the FQHH, which there should not be as FQHH is effectively waterproof anyway.

[davito]

Jacket looks great G

[mclaincausey]

I love the jacket, including the collar, for both functional and stylistic reasons. As a non-rider, collarless cafe racers are a bit too "motocycley" for me. Would sort of feel like a poseur wearing one. The collar makes this a mainstream jacket to me.

[pillowPANTS]

^^ What he said

[Cutlasshound]

Spot on McLain. I have a belstaff one and it never feels right being collarless unless I throw a hoodie over the top! Love the Ih one.

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[Jordan23]

Agree with MCL.

Enjoy ya addiction!

[superfuzz]

G, so will H tweak this sample and then there will be changes before the final version? Just curious.

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[Giles]

I think we are probably there, size-wise.  I will know for sure in 2-3 days….Positioning of the labels will change, that I do know.....

[long218]

Hi, this might be too long ago, but @Giles do you know if this jacket was tea-core tanned? (i.e. does the black color (shed) its outer layer to reveal the brown patina underneath?
I tried to look at the archived listing but idk if we use "tea core" as a marketing term 10 years ago.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140616103132/http://www.ironheart.co.uk/jackets/ihal-01.html

[Giles]

I suspect not, but I can't remember for sure....Sorry.