BUCO J-24 JACKET

The J-24, alongside the J-100 were two biker jackets that put Joseph Buegeleisens Buco brand on the map. Developed in 1953, the J-24 jacket is considered to be one of the most iconic depictions of double-riders jacket with D-pocket. We use the same leather as our previous iteration of the J-24 jacket (BJ9111), using a tea-core vegetable-tanned horsehide with a "Rich Water Resistant Black Finish"; a term coined in vintage Buco sales catalogs. From following the same process on our leather as those from yesteryear, we found that the leather is not as water repellent as Buco advertised back then, which couldn't compete with modern leather today, but in turn from this the leather ages beautifully in a way that a modern leather jacket just can't compete with. The lining is made of custom produced quilted nylon fabric, and the colour of the nylon is not pure black, but made to reflect how it will fade and discolour as it ages, just like the originals.