LOST WORLDS
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'BUCO' PJ27

MOTORCYCLE JACKET

Genuine American Black or Russet BROWN Horsehide Leather
$2750.00

Genuine American Black or Russet Brown Steerhide Leather
$2100.00

Sizes 38-48 Regular

Buco PJ27/J23/Trojan Optional Horsehide Belt
 $275.00
(w/ Jacket Purchase)

The PJ27, one of the highly sought after Buco brand designs of the defunct Joseph Buegeleisen Company of Detroit, a longtime and leading postwar motorcycle and police equipment manufacturer. Originally for highway patrol applications, with oversized chest pocket and badge mount. Now, of course, for anyone who rides or wants an extraordinary vintage jacket design that drips individuality. Anyone who covets performance, quality, durability, originality and beauty. (Unless, of course, it's important to have an embossed logo on the back and a "Made Where It's Cheapest" non-USA tag! In which case you've stumbled on the wrong website.) The Buco PJ27 is yet another incredible LOST WORLDS classic recreation of a horsehide classic known but to a few ardent collectors and old-timers who've been there. Consider the detailing above, the cut and profile, the dramatic sense emanated by workmanship and accuracy of pattern. LOST WORLDS jackets exude so much presence, are so pure and unadorned, that the usual marketing cliches of pseudo-hipster social media cookie cutter conformity would only contaminate, not enlighten. The jackets are the thing.  A true jacket can buffet you from serious injury in a road spill as we hear over and over LOST WORLDS jackets doing, to the amazement of our customers and our deepest gratification. This is, after all, what we do. Our jackets are equipment, not fashion, performance is primary. Back then, in the heyday of classic motorcycle jackets, form and function were indivisible. So with ours, religiously.   Built to take punishment, destined itself to be an heirloom one day. Amazing craftsmanship without equal anywhere, lessons in the lost art of American build quality. And built, of course, in our unique signature heavyweight Chrome-Tanned, Drum-Dyed Horsehide Leather or Steerhide, as originals were, everything made at our NYC factory.    Horsehide was preferred in the old days because it's one of the toughest hides extant but, when broken in to a soft, buttery hand (a rapid process -- wear it and wear it in the rain), never diminishes in strength. On the bike, legendary for shock absorption and abrasion resistance, both qualities absolutely essential in an accident or spill. Infection from road rash is one of the great risks of motorcycle mishap.     Our NEW American Steerhide is tanned exactly the same as our Horsehide and is and was historically itself a premium high performance motorcycle leather of benchmark strength, water repellency, durability and beauty. Lower priced than Horsehide -- then and now -- because there are a lot more steers than horses and, significantly, steerhide yields more usable footage than horsehide. Why? Horses show range abrasions, marks, etc., steers virtually none, so when we cut our horsehide, there's more on the floor than on the cutting table! A steer hide can yield up to 50% more usable leather than horse and it takes us 8-12 months to resource our horses, exclusively selected for us for weight and size, not price. So great steerhide Lost Worlds classics, which are tough as nails and eye candy beautiful with the depth and richness of our finishing, can be offered at a much lower price. Same incredible workmanship that astonishes customers new and old. A lifetime purchase!     3.0-5.0 OZ. AMERICAN LOST WORLDS HORSEHIDE   3.0-5.0 OZ. AMERICAN LOST WORLDS STEERHIDE     100% Pure Nylon Quilted Satin Lining  Cotton Drill Sleeve Interlining NOS Brass Talon or Scovill Front Zipper and Pocket Zippers    All-American in production and materials, as it was and as it should be. Quality in itself an education. What other clothing enriches one's knowledge and appreciation of what America was -- and what, alas, can never be again? Well, let's try to enjoy the deluge.   "Got the jackets. Both are awesome .Your workmanship is spectacular. Fit is perfect. Thanks again." M.S. Escondido CA 10.14