Ross Mark 1, Size 38, Shinki Horsehide Medium Brown

The Ross Mk. 1, named for the WWI Canadian rifle, is a simple, clean crossover style of the classic motorcycle D-pocket jacket and a zipped-up aviator style. The basic shape of the body and the D-pocket (often known as a map or gun pocket) is based on the earliest version of this jacket, from Leather Togs, in the 1930s. Simplified, with the angled offset front zip on a hand-drawn gentle curve, with motorcycle-style zip up cuffs. There is one interior pocket, and the D-pocket zips up too. We use a detachable belt with an authentic deadstock 1950s belt buckle and put military style metal spots on the shoulder passants. The back design is based on a 1930s Trojan jacket with gorgeous and unusual decorative pleats.