Belstaff Jackets

[DaveB]

I've found an antique photograph from around 1980 of mine with my Belstaff jacket - including oily fingers and finger nails ...

I was 23 yrs old. ... those were the days (tm):

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Here's one for the long memory department.
Me when I was 15

 

[emax]

most of the Porsche driver do not have the money of a Porsche driver neither...

OK: I do however not have the money a standard Porsche driver pretends to have.

 

[DaveB]

Stopped smoking three years ago. Now I'm "vaping".

Still not optimal, but
- costs less (20ct/day)
- no more tar
- no more carbon monoxide.

In particular the latter two are a 90% improvement over smoking. And I'll hopefully quit vaping as well soon.

I stopped smoking in 1978 when they hit $0.45 a pack. I had left home and moved to Sydney to find a job. Had a choice between cigarettes and food. Picked up a job paying $75 a week for Monday to Friday and half day Saturday. My rent was $55 a week. Luckily I turned 16 a couple of months later and my pay went up by $2.26 a week.

 

[emax]

Here's one for the long memory department.
Me when I was 15

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With that hair you could have ended up as a woman.

 

[DaveB]

With that hair you could have ended up as a woman.

But never a bitch

 

[Halliwell Jones Chester]

In face of about 320.000 cigarettes I smoked in my life, I'm still in pretty good shape.

But I stopped smoking three years ago. Now I'm "vaping".

Still not optimal, but
- costs less (20ct/day)
- no more tar
- no more carbon monoxide.

In particular the latter two are a 90% improvement over smoking. And I'll hopefully soon quit vaping as well.

Although that picture wouldn't have looked half as cool if you had a vape in your hand different times.

 

[emax]

But never a bitch

But what is the male word for 'bitch' ?

 

[ECrider]

But what is the male word for 'bitch' ?

Mr. Bitch

 

[Caladan]

I've found an antique photograph from around 1980 of mine with my Belstaff jacket - including oily fingers and finger nails ...

I was 23 yrs old. ... those were the days (tm):

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Antique? No sir. This style holds up very well indeed.

 

[stickshifter]

I've got a Vanson motorcycle jacket if anyone wants it. It was $600 about 20 years ago, and has been well-cared for, and frankly, not used very much. It has perforations on the front, and an inner liner you can unzip so that you get a little air flow on hot days. Very heavy leather, and it will protect you as well as any jacket (other than body armor).

P.S. - This is not me

 

[grenadierboy]

In face of about 320.000 cigarettes I smoked in my life, I'm still in pretty good shape.

But I stopped smoking three years ago. Now I'm "vaping".

Still not optimal, but
- costs less (20ct/day)
- no more tar
- no more carbon monoxide.

In particular the latter two are a 90% improvement over smoking. And I'll hopefully soon quit vaping as well.

that's a pack a day (20) for 45 years!

 

[emax]

About like this.

 

[Shopkeep]

A very quick google search states when Ineos bought Belstaff they moved production back to the UK. So yes there are skilled workers in the west.
A friend of mine owns a very cool old school shop. They sell Doc Martins, those made in the UK are more expensive than the “Chinese” ones. Take longer to break in but last a LOT longer.
Maybe the cheaper Aussie Belstaffs are made in China.?

Incidentally the Barbour Classic waxed jackets are also still made in the UK….

I bought a Belstaff Trialmaster waxed jacket last year and they are made in Albania, I don't think that is a county in England. Maybe like the Grenadier there was an intention to make them again in England but when the numbers were crunched production remained elsewhere.

There is no Australian Belstaff shop or website, you need to purchase via the UK site and they ship to Australia or many other far flung locales. As I have ordered a Trialmaster edition and don't need another Trialmaster jacket was hoping to get a Fieldmaster jacket instead......

 

[ECrider]

Every time I want to buy some King Gee shorts I have to buy them from a website in the USA, hence I bulk buy a dozen at a time and hope not to need a bigger size within 2 years. Same but different. Costs me a small fortune in duty but you can't beat KG's

 

[beg]

I just want my contract to arrive .

 

[Beormund]

I just want my contract to arrive .

Same here. Mine is supposed to be built next month and no contract still!

 

[ECrider]

someone mentioned on here that while at Goodwood an Ineos rep said the first contracts were due to be rolled out Friday this week. No doubt will hear here soon after any actually received.

 

[Krabby]

My plan as of now is a Trialmaster (which up until today I thought was TRAIL- master) and if someone is willing to throw $500 my way for the jacket I’d dance a jig. I know style is style and every area has its own look, but I’d never wear those jackets. Something from Carhartt, Patagonia, Mountain Hardwear, etc, yes, but Belstaff just isn’t me.

 

[MRO]

There doesn’t seem to be a mention of the Belstaff jacket on the contract. Do we think we are still getting one with the Belstaff editions?

 

[bemax]

Good question