@jstark:

Update. Actually took these yesterday.
Been debating whether or not to artificially inseminate with Vitamin D and give it a coat of Pecard. It’s 0 degrees here and not much sun.  So far, holding strong. 

I gave in.
First wiped it down with some water and then a coat of Pecard.  Let it sit out a bit but seriously sunless in the east still.  Pretty much the Mister Freedom freedom treatment.
Included a shot of one half treated.  It’s not extreme but just expediting the inevitable. 

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A fellow addict said, wait what are you doing, you have that one don’t you? Well maybe I do in black. Maybe I have a new natty leather Mister Freedom Ranch jacket, but I had a dream about a natural type iii ever since 3sixteen did their Simmons Bilt black and brown ones with Standard & Strange a couple years back. So I had to do what was right, and honor my prescience.
The fit is fantastic, the leather is nuts, definitely a bunch warmer than the unlined Mr. freedom that’s already too cold to wear here in the east United States. I just pity the fool has to button this thing. Oh yeah me. PS my black one is for sale on Grailed, not that I don’t love it, do, but it was a little deal I made with my fevered brain when I saw this guy.

I know I know, I’m casually looking off into the distance. But I swear I was looking at a vintage 911 that was driving by.

Update. Actually took these yesterday.
Been debating whether or not to artificially inseminate with Vitamin D and give it a coat of Pecard. It’s 0 degrees here and not much sun.  So far, holding strong. 

@jstark:

Update. Actually took these yesterday.
Been debating whether or not to artificially inseminate with Vitamin D and give it a coat of Pecard. It’s 0 degrees here and not much sun.  So far, holding strong. 

I gave in.
First wiped it down with some water and then a coat of Pecard.  Let it sit out a bit but seriously sunless in the east still.  Pretty much the Mister Freedom freedom treatment.
Included a shot of one half treated.  It’s not extreme but just expediting the inevitable. 

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Update. Actually took these yesterday.
Been debating whether or not to artificially inseminate with Vitamin D and give it a coat of Pecard. It’s 0 degrees here and not much sun.  So far, holding strong. 

@LewisStonehouse:

@jstark nice dude, what’s the belt buckle?

Dan Ewing (Ewing Dry Goods) got a bunch of vintage Harley buckles, you pick a buckle and he puts it on one of his belts.

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A fellow addict said, wait what are you doing, you have that one don’t you? Well maybe I do in black. Maybe I have a new natty leather Mister Freedom Ranch jacket, but I had a dream about a natural type iii ever since 3sixteen did their Simmons Bilt black and brown ones with Standard & Strange a couple years back. So I had to do what was right, and honor my prescience.
The fit is fantastic, the leather is nuts, definitely a bunch warmer than the unlined Mr. freedom that’s already too cold to wear here in the east United States. I just pity the fool has to button this thing. Oh yeah me. PS my black one is for sale on Grailed, not that I don’t love it, do, but it was a little deal I made with my fevered brain when I saw this guy.

I know I know, I’m casually looking off into the distance. But I swear I was looking at a vintage 911 that was driving by.

So I'm not going to say this is the best jacket on earth, but it is currently the best jacket on earth that I'm wearing and certainly the best M65 and is going a long way to making its case as my favorite denim jacket, which is a bold statement given my collection of such….Here's some pics folks. Keep in mind, I wear a medium in nearly everything IH--maybe I'm large in UHF, but I was a medium in the overdid M65, but the medium dwarfed me. First images are of the small, following images in the ill fitting medium.
This thing is truly nuts, guys. An added bonus is the high stiff collar makes hoofing the smell of fresh (or wet if it's raining) denim particularly convenient.

@Paul9221:

The amount of shrink you got on this is perfect, especially in the sleeves and body length.

This makes me think the water I'm using to hot soak isn't hot enough. I gotta see about turning up the temp on our water heater

Thanks, yeah I didn't get much out of a conservative cold soak. I didn't do too hot, but warm for about 90 min maybe?

@neph93:

@jstark great example of how a soak can nail the fit. The length of the body and arms post soak give a classic type II look.

The thing about Haraki-san and his versions of the classics is, he seems to nail the timeless aspect. They never stray too far from the OG design DNA, but they never come up hokey vintage either.

Also I dig your wallet.

Yep, totally agree. Thanks re: wallet. Check out The Blackacre on Instagram (this one done with/for Snake Oil Provisions).

Hey long time voyeur here, thought I'd give a little back, it being Thanksgiving and all (here anyway)…
This was slightly box and a little longish on me. Took a 38 (which fits great in the LHT type 3). I'm 5'11", 165. Actually looking back, I think I'd have been just fine breaking it in without a soak. But decided to see if I couldn't get a little shrink out of it and set some creases. First cold soak didn't do much, so I gave it a hot soak and air dried, then wore it damp. An it's pretty perfect. Really super dig this jacket. Right in the wheelhouse of maintaining a classic type 2 vibe but without the boxiness on one hand and the complete redesign so many brands, i.e PBJ are doing.  The denim is fantastic. Here's some before soak and after. Yes at a gas station for the latter. Had about 40 gallons to kill.

PRE:

POST:

Hope that helps, folks!

Hey Alex, so this seems to be measuring a bit bigger than the overdyed. Is it fitting much bigger?