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This is still clothing- You talk about clothing with a model wearing the piece. 20 minutes of a jacket flat on a table is a SIN

Appreciate the history. Thank you.

what is the CRT game behind you? it looks neat. Can you do a video comparing 1960 Cal Leather horsehide CHP Policeman Riders Jacket vs Schott Perfecto? it's a very specific request, and you're not doubt busy but I feel you'd do the comparison justice since you have so many leathers. Thanks for reading, regardless if you fulfill the request or not.

A leather jacket will last a lifetime...or until you gain 10 pounds.😅

Suport from Belgrade - Serbia !!

Pattern making and designing is most of the fun of it for me. I love taking inspiration from classic old apparel designs and reworking them into something new. I was trained in manual drafting and working with paper patterns is a joy for me. There's a level of engagement that just isn't there when I do CADD, it feels sterile and removed. Glad to see there's still a place for these skills.

Very beautiful congratulations . Just wanted to say I always wanted to see a dressy leather blazer (double or single-breasted) or the wild side leather trench coat too.

Is this something like the effect that Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli's first leather jacket in the Happy Day's series had? If you look at it in certain shots you can see the fine lines and wrinkles in places. It looked like a high quality leather but sadly was stolen from the costume department at some point early in the series. Is that the same thing as tunneling?

Jews in newyork do most of the tunneling

Absolutely gorgeous. I will get one some day! This is a perfect heritage style jacket

Love this David, so good. Golden Moose looks like an amazing hide, more of it please!!

More Opal!! :) Love this coat.

Is the a location in Toronto where jackets can be tried on?

It’s a great point that was brought up about horse leather vs cow leather from ethical perspectives. I feel like maybe I am a bit of a contradiction because I'm very close to vegan but I will still accept wearing horse hide jacket or shoes. Y'all had thoughtful takes on the topic, thanks for sharing your perspectives.

Hi Dave. I have recently begun watching your videos mostly out of my shared interest in vintage clothing and sewing machines. I am a younger guy who’s main hobby is sewing myself shirts out of old wool blankets. What I mostly wanted to say was thank you for showing the imperfections of that beautiful antique coat because many times when I am sewing I can’t leave well enough alone which can sometimes cause me to restitch a certain aspect so many times to get my lines perfectly straight that I will end up just ruining my project all together. I need to learn to let myself embrace structurally sound and visibly minor imperfections and get on with the joys of sewing and actually finishing projects again so I can bring my finished work from my mind into reality. The ‘good-enough’ mentality that someone put into this coat certainly held up and allowed the garment to live a long life instead of never being finished in the first place and that inspires me. Thank you.

What is a “Nazi” jacket?

It is incredible to see originals to inspierd yours. Great stuff. Im so happy you are great source of this kind of knowlage. I hope you do a series of inspirations videos from your collection. This is incredible value

Another masterpiece 🍻💯

I'm saving up for this jacket... its incredible

As much as I respect your craft I can't help but feel disgusted every time you mention viberg and their horrible business model. They are just useless pretty boys who can't even construct a boot my size. If you support this type of trashy business then you'll eventually end being one of them. Enjoy!

Keep it up!

Awesome.

Your ability to innovate and create original designs with such a rich appreciation of the past is unsurpassed. Not to blow smoke but in this regard (and so many others), there is really no one doing what you are doing. Showing us so many examples of earlier construction and design and then explaining it, this is incredibly interesting and helpful. The Chinook is truly one of my favourites but seeing how you arrived there, well, that's extraordinary. Please do more videos that place Himel designs in these historical contexts and show us more and more of your collection.

Great to see you showing the fit of the jacket David. Another beautiful work of art!

I love the chinook! It’s my favourite of all your jackets.

What a beautiful jacket, had this on my wishlist for a while.

I have two of your jackets. They are literally the best.

I appreciate your explanation and motivation from 70s leather designs. As a proud owner of several East West Musical Instruments pieces I can now see how these early jackets provided inspiration for your Northlander.

These videos are a gift to the world. Seeing someone at the top of their craft discuss their decision-making process is invaluable and fascinating.

Thank you for the history and for the jacket exposition. I've done a little bit of research that leads me to believe there was a decline in the quality and changes in how hides were tanned in the 70s and 80s. They say you can identify a Schott leather jacket that was made during that time just by looking and feeling the jacket as opposed to one out of the 50s and 60s. It seems that manufacturers started using thicker hides in their jackets sometime in the mid 2000s, returning to an earlier standard of craftsmanship. Maybe you can make a video about that? Thanks, your knowledge and jackets are works of art.

Great stuff David, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

Very interesting video, keep them coming !

There are few "heritige hype" products that I like. I think the iron ranger is superb boot but I don't much care for the schott perfecto. I think their pea coat is far better value for money. I think selvedge denim is a scam unless you personally drink indigo dye and snort cotton power. But your jackets are really something else. Every aspect of these jackets is built with their aesthetic in mind, with how they look 5 years from now, all whole refashioning if not entirely redesigning classic patterns. I always wondered why my sleeves didn't look like yours. I wondered why my buffalo hide sleeves were stiff and unflattering and why my goatskin sleeves just creased. But then I watched your Japanese horsehide video and learned that the skin is allowed to contract. Would it be possible to recreate this effect with goatskin? My problem is that goatskins tan more quickly than hides which would allow me to experiment withing a shorter time frame. Also, they don't require much space or a particularly large container.

Excited for the upcoming release!

I have a J-100 from RMC and while I absolutely love the way it looks, smells, and patina, it does not move much. This is very interesting, I wish I could try one and see how the "mechanical panels" makes this ridable.

Great Collaboration! Products of this collab will be unique, bravado and legendary! ✊

I got your quality control joke… :)

Love both your brands and have supported both 😊

You should finish these thoughts on CZcams… very interesting history I hadn’t heard before, thanks for putting together

Great Jacket 🤩

Gonna be ordering one, more than one. Your workmanship and artistry is greatly appreciated

I like what you do. And how you do it. I am willing to (and do/did) pay the extra money to get something special, extraordinary, non-standard, to support an idea and a philosophy. I like when people are crazy and totally addicted to their field/work. They completely entered and live in this world. That appeals to me. And that's why I finally ended up with one of your jackets after having experienced a few other well known leather jacket brands. My Nipissing I will never sell. It's Rock'n'Roll. The others are gone.

Very well said, Dave and way to stand up for the brand you've built from the ground up. You and your entire team are true pioneers in this industry. Thanks for what you do.

I am planning to place an order next month mr Himel. Looking forward to talk to you. Have been waiting for 3 years now. 😊

Hey Dave, I’m just a guy that likes to make my own leather stuff at home. I dye my leather with Fiebing’s CORDOVAN colored dye. What I’ve learned is Fiebing’s will bleed when wet. What I’ve done to stop this is, after the dye dries a couple days. I go over the leather with a wet/ damp rag & you’ll get a lot of green color & that weird rainbow effect will be almost gone. I had a new motorcycle jacket made in 2022, it’s that odd milk chocolate horsehide, dye’d it Cordovan. 1st wet ride my hands turned green when I took the jacket off. That’s how I figured out to wipe it down until it stops bleeding dye. I haven’t used Resoline to seal leather because I like to beeswax my leather for water resistance. When the rag gets green toss it & use another rag, that green is semi permanent especially on skin😂

Gotta say. I appreciate you speaking directly about what you do. I haven’t bought a jacket from you. Maybe one day. I know your quality is good. I see good reviews and I’ve seen an occasional complaint. I don’t judge or comment because I don’t know you and I don’t want to perpetuate the myth vs reality. Good doing you man! Kudos to your team.

Boss Leather jacket 😎

As an amateur collector of East West Musical Instruments jackets and pants this post especially appealed to me. Although I am not a musician myself, there's just something about the infectious magical power of a leather jacket. I am most definitely a fan of rock 'n' roll, leather, and denim.... and a bit of a rebel from time to time.

Interesting, thanks for your insights, especially regarding adoption of the black leather jacket in the era of hippies. I can only think of Jim Morrison who wore a black leather jackets before and at the beginning of the seventies, maybe Jimi Page in 68-69, but he wasn't that famous then yet.

There's a lot of imitation and downright plagiarism, thievery, and pilfering these days in jackets and boots. (You didn't even mention that your brilliant Viberg collaboration has been...umm, recently ripped off.) But once you've owned a real Himel, well, there really is nothing like it. Integrity counts for all. Carry on, David.