"I need a vaction" T2 Leather Jacket from Bates!!!!

[ReturningSon]

Hi guys


After ordering an Indy VI jacket from Tony Nowak, I have decided to go ahead and maybe get an original Bates Leather T2 jacket. Just curious but does anyone have one and would like to share some thoughts, pics??? Here is a pic of the jacket bates has. I am going there this Saturday to talk to Dawn Bates and get measured. They also have a screen used Hero T2 jacket there ( might snap some pics). Just curious if anyone bought from them before and how accurate the jacket is in terms of authenticity and screen appearence!

 

[asoncsm101]

Hi,
how did you get on at Bates? Dawn is a really nice person, very helpful. I'll be ordering a T2 jacket soon.It would be great if you managed to get some pics of the screen used one they have in the shop.
T.

 

[ReturningSon]

I had to miss it. i was called into work on an emgergency. I will go later!

 

[PHArchivist]

AND, a thread fades into oblivion. Almost.

I may also be paying Bates a visit. They've been just off my main commute home for twenty years now, and I've never stopped.

I am very curious as to the quality, grade, look, and feel of the original leather. Seems from the film that the leathers (jacket and pats) drape and flow as if they are a thinner, lighter grade of leather compared to the almost "couch-like" leather of some cheaper knock-offs.

Also curious exactly what the specs / measurements were on the pants, and how they were sized and cut to fit over the Austrian Oak's tree-trunk legs...