LOST WORLDS
Classic Flight, Motorcycle & Rugged Wear Americana

LIMITED EDITIONS

The regular production J23 we make is notable for its very trim fit. The movie production company specified that we add 2.5" to the diameter of the top sleeve for the starring actor, who was a lifter with large biceps. This required a full pattern modification which the production company underwrote. So if you're a guy with big upper body development, the pattern's already been paid for you to save huge $$$.

Now to the unique details -- 4.0+ LOST WORLDS Russet Horsehide Leather, simply the standard by which all horsehide is judged, even vintage jackets. Note the grain in the back shot below, before the jacket's even been worn. This is what TRUE premium Horsehide looks like. If it doesn't it ain't!

100% Pure Alpaca Wool Lining -- soft, comfortable, non-itchy, great warmth and water repellency.

NOS 1940s CROWN Military Spring-Load Front Zipper -- the Art Deco benchmark for design, beauty, action, tooling. The most beautiful, perfect zipper ever made. Like nothing else.

(7) NOS 1950s C&C (CROWN) Brass Pocket and Sleeve Zippers. The same die-cast tooling as above, scarce, sought-after. COATS & CLARK ceased zipper production in the 1960s!

Matching Horsehide Belt with Sand Cast Solid (not stamped) Nickel Domes made for LOST WORLDS in England.

Genuine Lamb Shearling Detachable Mouton Collar.

The original 1950s BUCO J23 is fanatically sought by collectors and prime examples on eBay often command outrageous sums. Duplicitous vintage merchants routinely "misinterpret" the size upwards as most originals were small sized and small fitting. The LOST WORLDS BUCO J23 reproduction easily exceeds the terrific originals in leather quality, workmanship, fit and hardware without changing a single specification (original BUCOs varied from jacket to jacket). The natural armor of our benchmark American Horsehide chrome-tanned to perfection has saved lives and limbs in major motorcycle accidents. See the descriptions on our website. Added to this is amazing water repellency -- water beads and wicks right off our hides -- and astonishing beauty. A jacket that will easily outlast you and us! American workmanship of almost unimaginable perfection and craft. You must see it to believe it.

All the while you're saving 50% over original cost!!!! A jacket of this pedigree isn't for everyone, just the knowledgeable and lucky.

Our STRADA "Cafe Racer" design in awesome 4.0+ oz. Black Horsehide with matching Cream Horsehide Striping. NOS Vintage Talon Aluminum Zippers all around. 100% Pure Flight Satin Nylon Lining. Snap Eton Collar. The durability, visual allure and famous LOST WORLDS American craftsmanship jump out from these pictures. A jacket to last lifetimes. (One won't do!) Super price too in these trying economic times. Virtual natural armor whose water repellency amazes new and continues to delight existing LOST WORLDS customers. If you're tired of flimsy, image-happy, fashion gear cross-dressing as genuine motorcycle leather,  consider this absolute steal.

This splendid example of the LOST WORLDS COURIER BAG is one of only two made in our now extinct (the tannery closed) exclusive ultra heavyweight European Elk Hide leather. Amazing softness, high performance, excellent water repellency. Identical in all respects to our regular production gem: 15 oz. Cotton Duck Lining, Interior Zippered + A-2 Style Flapped Pocket. Dreadnought Natural Butt Horsehide Framing, Belt, Handle. etc. -- the same hides used in $600.00+ Alden Shell Cordovan shoes. Indestructible.

Purpose-built to carry anything from computer to firearm to court documents, all at the same time if you elect! See Courier Bag page for full specifications.

PLEASE NOTE: shown is the prototype with Zinc Alloy CROWN ZIPPER. The example for sale is identical but has Brass C&C (CROWN) ZIPPER, to match the Pumpkin Elk Hide perfectly.

A bag this elegant equally suits guys and gals. Bargain-priced too if you compare it to any "high-end" brand name luggage, brief case, etc.

Made in USA, of course, at the LOST WORLDS factory by the same nonpareil craftsmen who sew our jackets.  Workmanship to astonish, without equal anywhere at any price.

We just made this one-of-a-kind perfect copy of the scarce WWII Custom LEATHERTOGS Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket in the LOST WORLDS COLLECTION for a European customer. It proved a little trim for the customer to layer under (he's from chilly Scandinavia), so it was returned for one size up (44R).  Accordingly, an absolutely extraordinary example of American craftsmanship is avail. @ reduced price since this is the only one we have. (We can make others but only @ Regular price, sorry, but cheap @ the price anyway.)

Our reproduction copies the original to the limit. Stout but supple signature LOST WORLDS 3.5 oz. Chrome-Tanned Russet Horsehide, unduplicated anywhere. Peerless strength, beauty and water repellency. A vintage motorcycle design done our way for the ages.

Heavyweight 100% Pure Rayon Satin Lining; 100% Cotton Drill Interlining; Black Deerskin Wrist Facings; NOS Nickel Talon Zippers; Die Cast Nickel Belt Buckle and Trim Bars.

Sizing is a true 42R, w/ 25.25" Sleeve Length, for guys, 5'8" - 6'2", weight 160-185 lbs.

We could go on and on about how proud we are of this custom recreation but the pictures speak for themselves. For the guy who knows (and cares), this is truly a special opportunity.
 

 The B-2, issued from 1931-33, then replaced by the famous B-3, is truly a unique design. We make most of them in Russet Horsehide, per the original AAC issue, but through the years customers have ordered them in stout but supple 3.5 oz. Black Horsehide, like this fully CUSTOM gem, both for motorcycle use and visual oomph! One bold, arresting American classic, challenging to sew, but executed by our LOST WORLDS craftsmen to standards that shock and awe, pleasurably so of course. Marvel at the intricate double-stitching throughout this masterly jacket whose performance and longevity humble pretender jackets that look the part, to the uninitiated, but crumple, crease and fold under loads or in mishaps on the road. In a LOST WORLDS jacket form and function are indivisible. So unique and cool equally at home on boulevard or atop blacktop.

This perfect, BRAND NEW example was  made December 2009 but the customer decided a 42R would suit him better so we're able to offer this 44R @ a great price.

Specified were NOS vintage American military zippers. The Front Zipper is the scarce & "cult-worshipped" WWII-era #9 Military CROWN Spring Load (@$250.00), simply without an atom of hyperbole the peak of Art Deco American fastener machining and operation. CROWNs were die-cast and the fineness of the teeth and unduplicated smooth action are more like jewelry than industrial fasteners. The detailing on the spring-loaded Slider is Art Deco at its finest.

For the Sleeve Zippers NOS 1950s TALON Black Oxidized Finish Copper #5 Military Zippers (@$25.00), themselves flawless examples of American tooling and durability, now, alas, long gone.

As in all our B-2s, the beautiful Lining is 100% Pure Alpaca Wool, soft, non-itchy, superb comfort, warmth, water repellency.

The Collar 100% Curly American Lamb Mouton.

The attached Belt Buckle is Die-Cast Nickel, made in England to our specifications.

Brass Original Rau Nipple Snaps.

A BRAND NEW Custom-ordered DOWNTOWN MODIFIED CAR COAT in heavyweight BLACK HORSEHIDE, 52 Long.

This perfect coat is available at greatly reduced price because the customer changed his order mid-stream to a PEA COAT.

The Car Coat for lifetime performance, visual uniqueness and quality of American workmanship that just jumps out out you from the pictures. If it doesn't, it's not for you! Elegant enough for the poshest restaurants or functions yet built of natural armor-like LOST WORLDS American Horsehide, simply the strongest hides in existence, with wondrous grain and water repellency that astonishes first-time customers. Rain just beads and wicks right off.

100% Pure Nylon Flight Satin Lining.

Dimensions: Body Length - 35" ; Sleeve Length - 37" ; Armpit:Armpit - 27"

This will fit a guy 6'2" - 6'5" 265 - 300 Lbs.

We make very few jackets over size 48Regular and virtually never have any in inventory because our stuff just doesn't come back. So this is an excellent opportunity to grab a Custom LOST WORLDS gem in a bigger, longer size.
 

We did this amazing, one-of-a-kind Custom BUCO J23 MOTORCYCLE JACKET for the customer who seeks an ultimate LOST WORLDS jacket without equal anywhere, past or present. A jacket that exemplifies the peak of our ability to provide a motorcycle jacket that functions both as super-durable riding equipment and stunning, stylistic heirloom of unbelievable American craftsmanship.

To this end we sourced materials of both finite and limited availability from our stocks of NOS vintage hides, zippers and linings.

The leather -- mind-boggling, perfect 3.0+ heavyweight Cream Goatskin, tight-grained, supple yet with an underlying firmness and body. You just have to see and feel it to believe how perfect this Goatskin is. And we only had enough for a single jacket, this masterpiece. While our Horsehide is rightly acclaimed as the world standard, primo Goatskin takes second place to no other hide. Original jackets from the 1930s and 1940s were often made in Goatskin and the wonderful dense grain adds much to the jacket's visual signature. LOST WORLDS Goatskin is  lauded highly by enthusiasts.

The lining -- NOS Vintage 100% Wool Red/Dark Green Hunters Plaid, dating to the 1950s. Period-exact. Heavyweight. Made for use, not decoration.

The zippers -- in front a super-scarce NOS Brass #6 Spring-loaded Crown with the sought-after ornate Art Deco slider casting. For the pockets and sleeves virtually unobtainable NOS #6 Talon Copper zippers in military black oxidize finish with bell-shaped sliders. These were originally made for bank cash bags in the 1950s!

Genuine 100% Lamb Shearling Detachable Collar.

Matching Goatskin Belt with sand-cast (not stamped) Nickel Domes and Smoothed Spikes made for us in England.

Artistry of this caliber and exclusivity doesn't come cheap. Nor should it. That said, this is a bargain if rarity, beauty and historical authenticity are the criteria.  It isn't for everyone, it's for the guy who knows and cares, the LOST WORLDS customer, that is.
 

A fully Custom version of our esteemed TROJAN MOTORCYCLE JACKET, an enduringly perfect LOST WORLDS reproduction of one of the purest, most beautiful vintage jackets ever. Our goal was to make a one-of-a-kind classic using all original NOS materials and hardware from our limited stock accumulated (and offered in our custom jackets) over the years. This is the same TROJAN we sell as a regular production item except for the vintage components. But so many customers opt for vintage zippers and linings that we chose to incorporate the scarcest and most desirable in one Special Edition jacket.

The Hides -- our remarkable, ultra-heavyweight 4.0+ chrome-tanned American Horsehide, simply the best there is and, in our opinion, as good if not better than any vintage horsehide jacket, great as these were. Hides that have saved our customers' hides in many a road mishap. Like natural armor. Yet of unsurpassed beautiful grain. Natural grain, not overtumbled and tricked out. Firm but break in readily with use. Flourish in pouring rain. The ultimate motorcycle leather and available nowhere else.  Every foot of LOST WORLDS Horsehide is ours alone -- the heaviest hides are selected for us by our agents, then our tannery works to our specifications.

The Workmanship --  by a single craftsman -- will astonish you. Detailing and symmetry and balance that just are off the charts. But we're LOST WORLDS, that's what we do.

The Lining is 1950s NOS Red/Dark Green Hunter's Plaid 100% Wool. Heavyweight, durable, special. Perfect complement.

100% Black Flight Nylon Satin Sleeve Lining.

The Zippers -- in front is a NOS 1950s Brass #6 CROWN with the sought-after Art Deco spring-loaded cast slider, the ultimate. The sleeves and pockets use NOS 1950s Talon Copper #5 in Military Oxidize finish. Specially made for bank bags. Bell-shaped slider. Function, rarity and beauty.

Genuine 100% American Lamb Shearling Mouton Collar. Removable.

Matching Black Horsehide Belt w/ Nickel Die-Cast Buckle made for us in England.

Because we have the materials and components to make a few of these (unlike the Cream Goatskin at the top of the page), we're selling this at a very reasonable $1700.00 given the economic hard times most of us suffer these days. Just to help a little. To say it's a steal may surprise some, but given its unique character, that's what it is.

100% Cotton Gabardine
 Made in England

(1) 48R, (1) 46R, (1) 40R

$875.00

We found the last two of our unique, brilliant Trench Coats, made to our specifications in famous Grenfell Cloth, when we located several hundred yards of original material in England -- woven when the company was still owned by the HAYTHORNTHWAITE family and holders of a ROYAL WARRANT [By Appointment to her Majesty the QUEEN]. (This is no longer the case.)

This remarkable ultra-fine, ultra-high performance textile was long renowned for peerless wind  and water resistance and outfitted Hilary's 1953 Everest expedition. In WWII the US military copied its construction for use in flight suits and jackets. Gen. MacArthur was an enthusiastic devotee. Yet for all its strength Grenfell Cloth is lightweight and wonderfully comfortable, with a classic shape and drape unduplicated anywhere. Simply THE British Trench Coat, evoking the 1917 WWI originals. Since these were made to LOST WORLDS specs., we requested (of course) the classic "Lamb Chop" undercollar neck strap-and-buckle as well as multi-stitch collar stand; closed bottom pleat back (with adjustable ridng tab); genuine shell buttons; cotton plaid lining; and all the appropriate historic details to make it the coolest, most desirable, most flatteringly masculine trench at any price. These coats were acclaimed by every customer lucky enough to get one of the very limited run. After these, that's it!

CUSTOM B-2 FLIGHT JACKET  Black Horsehide. Alpaca Lining. 40. BRAND NEW. We found several cut but never sewn Custom B-2s in Black Horsehide from an overseas order that never paid. Beautiful 3.5 oz. LOST WORLDS Horsehide, genuine Alpaca lining, Curly Black Mouton Collar. Everything else is our regular B-2. These were ordered for motorcycle use and the B-2 makes an exceptional riding jacket. In the 30s flight and motorcycle jackets sprang from the same sources and highly resembled each other. As these had been already cut and we only make black B-2s as Custom Orders, you save big $$$ on a matchless LOST WORLDS jacket of amazing quality, durability, fit and finish. Just the best.

REGULAR PRICE:  $1200.00
SALE PRICE:              850.00

Price: 850.00