leathers?

[quote="JPT":10z7tate][quote="prillernut":10z7tate]I'm looking for a new set of riding pants - I've kinda [i:10z7tate]outgrown[/i:10z7tate] my old ones. I'd love to have a pair of the real thing, Torsten Hallman goatskins [img:10z7tate]http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3624/loverb3.gif[/img:10z7tate] from Vintage Iron, but at $500 it's gonna be a while before I can get my CFO to approve the acquisition... I figure it's gonna have to be some modern textile pants, but I'd rather not have some of these multi-patterned heavily logo'ed pants that are so common. I'd prefer something that's closer to vintage styling. What are you vintage guys wearing - any suggestions?[/quote:10z7tate]

$550? Wow, I got mine for X-mas back in '71 so I don't know how much they were, but I'm guessing considerably less.[/quote:10z7tate]

yeah man, actually $499.95. Santa must have been getting a good deal on 'em back then - I got a pair for Christmas also, but I'm figuring it was probably '74 -

[img:10z7tate]http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4168/maico004yg1.jpg[/img:10z7tate]

I still had them up until about 10 years ago - they were kinda stiff, moldy, & smelly from being stuffed in a duffel bag in the garage since the last time I used them.

[quote="JKeith":1a7fcbe5]I have a pair of mint condition Jofama leathers from 1977. They are the red with blue side stripe. Could I get $500 for them?[/quote:1a7fcbe5]

man, for the real thing, I would think so - it could be a matter of connecting with the right buyer. If it was me, I wouldn't part with them [i:1a7fcbe5]at all[/i:1a7fcbe5], but I certainly wouldn't take less than the current price for comparable leathers -

a couple of guys over on the Maico group recommended Moose, and good prices from MAW - right now, that's looking to be about the best option -