Help me identify this jean jacket (Selvage, stiff. Lee?)

[meader]

Found this piece o' blue some days ago in a thrift store for about 15 dollar. The denim is pretty thick and stiff, feel pretty much like som Lee vintage-pieces. It's yellow selvage and a pretty light blue color, a lil' bit hair. The jacket seem to be nearly new, I can' see any signs of wear, except for som pretty weird altering from the previous user. The buttons at the hands is gone. There is no buttons at the waist, but I can't see any sign of this being done by the previous user. All tabs etc are cut away. The buttons are sayin' Ranger. Here are the pics:

First an overview of the jacket:

Some zoom'n on the denim:

Yellow selvage:

[coleslawyum]

The cuffs on the sleeve openings are gone. Looks like they cut off and sewn back. Or it might have came like that. I doesn't seem like a actual repro, because I don't remember the 101J having selvedge. Man that's one weird jacket, but a great pickup for 15$, nevertheless.

Might've been a home project for someone that had some denim lying around.

[electronic cheetah]

Now that's some good ol' blue! Pretty weird with all those modifications, but the denim seems to be nice, genuine. Nice piece o' jean jacket.

[meader]

The cuffs on the sleeve openings are gone. Looks like they cut off and sewn back. Or it might have came like that. I doesn't seem like a actual repro, because I don't remember the 101J having selvedge. Man that's one weird jacket, but a great pickup for 15$, nevertheless.

Might've been a home project for someone that had some denim lying around.

Thanks for your information. Maybe it's a home procjet, but i don't think so because you can clearly see that the lee tab on the pocket has been taken away, the same with the tab with washing instructions etc.

[meader]

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Now that's some good ol' blue! Pretty weird with all those modifications, but the denim seems to be nice, genuine. Nice piece o' jean jacket.

Absolutely! Just got home from a long trip in the weekend so I have been soak'n the jacket for about one hour now.

[Jamolos Orm]

Looks like a great buy to me. How did the soakin' go? Any shrinkage?

[meader]

Looks like a great buy to me. How did the soakin' go? Any shrinkage?

Yes, I'm really satisfied with the purchase. Thank you for opening my eyes. Yes, it's shrinked down a lil', maybe 5 percent or someth'n like that. Will soak it tonight again, hot water 3-4 hours. I think it will be fit for fight after that.

[Jamolos Orm]

Yes, I'm really satisfied with the purchase. Thank you for opening my eyes. Yes, it's shrinked down a lil', maybe 5 percent or someth'n like that. Will soak it tonight again, hot water 3-4 hours. I think it will be fit for fight after that.

Ah. That sounds great. Do you know what you'll do with the sleeves? Cut them off to make this jacket a Brute Lookin' Jeans Biker Vest, maybe?