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    Removing pecard from a leather jacket?

    There's not much purpose to applying anything to these shearling jackets as you're just greasing up layer of acrylic paint. Wipe it off with paper towels or toilet paper with a help from a hair dryer, as heat will liquify the grease. Some might soak through the paint into leather.
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    FS: Leather (Moto) Blazer, sz. 42 / L

    €450
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    FS: Schott Perfecto, sz. 40

    Here.
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    The Bates Corner

    As far as I am concerned, Bates is on a whole different level so I completely understand the want to keep this jacket but you need to let go of it asap.
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    No, never. Yes, that. Just to clarify, I am talking strictly about the durability of the finish. The leather - Or the jacket itself - Is a whole other issue of course which has nothing to do with the type of finish it is coated with. Also, beautiful jacket!! @MrProper answered your question...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Same as yours. These matte looking ones are just sprayed over or something. Schott doesn't make an accurate B-3 replica so I wouldn't expect them to have the kind of coating authentic to the actual military jackets. This is what you need to look for. Eastman, Aero and an earlier RMC make the...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    The 2nd jacket that you posted doesn't have the finish I'm talking about. It's just lightly dyed suede. Regardless, that amount of wear is a bit extreme for one month of wear but this isn't the heavy, shiny acrylic coating that you see on actual B-3 (repros) like the one below. Finish on this...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    It's not worse at all. Case in point are all the WW2 B-3's that survived to this day. Most leather is coated with the same thing, just not as much. It is this that you're actually seeing as "fading". Leather that wasn't plasticized that way is comparatively extremely rare. Vegetable tanned...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Yes. The suede is fused with the acrylic layer. There's more to the mix but it's basically paint.
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    They coat it with a thick layer of acrylic paint. Simply put, they plasticize it, so it just looks like leather.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I love the shoulders on this jacket. CR's are great. I wish someone good still made long variants, the kind of ABC used to make.
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    Perfecto authentic or fake?

    I mean...
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    Perfecto authentic or fake?

    In all these years that this has been my hobby, I honestly have never seen even a half-decent Schott Perfecto knock-off, one that would have you question its authenticity. Other than Fine Creek, that is. But yeah, they're usually really, really horrible. Didn't they wear that budget crap...
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    Aero vs Johnson for leather cafe racer?

    Johnson Leathers. No contest. Much, much more refined pattern, especially in terms of utilitarian wearability. Aero makes a lovely, strong jacket but I wouldn't even put them in the same category as JL or Vanson, makers that both make professional motorcycle apparel which translates to much...
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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    Very odd. Sleeves like this are trademark of low-quality generic "biker" jackets, usually made in Pakistan. Most where they've bothered installing a zipper had had sleeves done like this, with the zipper being strictly decorative. Also, looking at the leather, these jackets would often be made...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Mythic HWM.
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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    Lol I just copied photos for this one, wanted to post it here. Really nice jacket.
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    Options for buying leather pants besides Vanson?

    https://www.rob.eu/en/leather/pants-chaps/ You're welcome.
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    Is there anyway to repair this tear on a jacket? The leather is sheep.

    If by repair you mean patch it up then yes, easily. You can't make the damage disappear, though.
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    Use my cedar coathanger for my leather jacket?

    This.

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