My wife splurged and got me this amazing custom leather coat by Pop's Leather, and had the patches painted directly onto it by a great leather-jacket artist: Dan McQuality. Oh, and we had custom material shipped to Turkey so they could make the liner from a "tropical island print" since my entire career has been served in the tropics/Iraq/hot-fucking-places. Pop's Leather was extremely helpful and easily used our fabric, no extra charge.
I'm posting images here, in case any of you are thinking about getting one of Pop's jackets, or want to see what a painted jacket can look like. I had a LOT of trouble finding detailed photos of Pop's jackets, and what all the options were or how they looked. Photos like these would have made me feel a lot more at ease while ordering. The fur collar is nice, and has been redesigned so it is not so "1970's porno" in size like they used to make. The color of the fur perfectly matches my issue jacket, the leather is superb.
I figured this might help someone out there, even if this isn't your style or you find it gauche. The entire album can be seen at: http://imgur.com/a/6D5qo and anyone can feel free to PM me with questions if they are considering ordering one of their own from Pop's or having Dan do paintwork on a jacket they already have.
Everyone should be able to find a link to Pop's Leather, so I wont include one. The painter, however, is a great veteran who has a shop in Illinois, and his site is: http://www.noseartismypassion.com/ I encourage you to look at his other works (including the one he made for Bush '41).
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Here's what the side entry pockets look like, and yes they are mounted at a perfect angle. They feel very natural:
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Here's what the pen/pencil sleeve pocket looks like:
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Here's a show of the inside of the jacket, with the zip-out thinsulate liner removed. Shows you where they mount the bloodchit, and where the "Custom made for" patch on the left side of the image gets sewn. Also, you can see the optional interior pen/pencil pockets installed.
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Speaking of the zip out liner, here's what it looks like removed. The sleeves zip onto the vest, and then the ends of the sleeves have a button to keep them in place so they don't ride up when installed. Hard to see, but there are access slits so you can still utilize the jacket pockets when the liner is installed:
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Here's what the collar looks like when the really well designed "removable fur-collar" is taken off:
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And here are some close-ups of the detailed patch-painting done by Dan McQuality, just awesome work. He uses a flex-paint and says his jackets he wears have been painted and are chip-free after 20 years:
I'm posting images here, in case any of you are thinking about getting one of Pop's jackets, or want to see what a painted jacket can look like. I had a LOT of trouble finding detailed photos of Pop's jackets, and what all the options were or how they looked. Photos like these would have made me feel a lot more at ease while ordering. The fur collar is nice, and has been redesigned so it is not so "1970's porno" in size like they used to make. The color of the fur perfectly matches my issue jacket, the leather is superb.
I figured this might help someone out there, even if this isn't your style or you find it gauche. The entire album can be seen at: http://imgur.com/a/6D5qo and anyone can feel free to PM me with questions if they are considering ordering one of their own from Pop's or having Dan do paintwork on a jacket they already have.
Everyone should be able to find a link to Pop's Leather, so I wont include one. The painter, however, is a great veteran who has a shop in Illinois, and his site is: http://www.noseartismypassion.com/ I encourage you to look at his other works (including the one he made for Bush '41).
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Here's what the side entry pockets look like, and yes they are mounted at a perfect angle. They feel very natural:
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Here's what the pen/pencil sleeve pocket looks like:
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Here's a show of the inside of the jacket, with the zip-out thinsulate liner removed. Shows you where they mount the bloodchit, and where the "Custom made for" patch on the left side of the image gets sewn. Also, you can see the optional interior pen/pencil pockets installed.
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Speaking of the zip out liner, here's what it looks like removed. The sleeves zip onto the vest, and then the ends of the sleeves have a button to keep them in place so they don't ride up when installed. Hard to see, but there are access slits so you can still utilize the jacket pockets when the liner is installed:
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Here's what the collar looks like when the really well designed "removable fur-collar" is taken off:
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And here are some close-ups of the detailed patch-painting done by Dan McQuality, just awesome work. He uses a flex-paint and says his jackets he wears have been painted and are chip-free after 20 years:
