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What are your favorite Aero designs?
The Maxwell is a great design. The 1920's Work Coat and the 1950's Half Belt, too.- zebedee
- Post #145
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Have you seen this rubbish?
It's the Telegraph. It's supposed to make you wear tweeds and straw hats in the summer. Wear what you like. I wouldn't take clothing advice from the British press, even if it was on the other side.- zebedee
- Post #5
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Do you guys wear leather jackets at home?
No, never. Unless it's for a wjaywt pic- zebedee
- Post #31
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Uncool, dorky things you won't be caught dead in
Harrod's.- zebedee
- Post #7
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Get out the goats!
The suppleness and ease of wear would go to goat overall, I think, but as we are talking about long wear periods and jackets made to last decades it is hard to say. My full-weight HH jackets are comfortable-ish, the mid-weight ones are more comfortable, the goat one is warmest soonest.- zebedee
- Post #77
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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New jacket leather options...
It has a drier hand and it will take a long while to develop a patina and people claim, too, that it is less water-resistant; it has few supporters here, but I reckon it's an ideal weight for daily wear, that it's 'warmer' (as is goat) and that it has a great grain. Next order, a Plainsman...- zebedee
- Post #23
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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New jacket leather options...
One of the appeals of Vicenza - and of goat, too - is the flexibility. Their reduced bulk, at no cost to tensile strength, makes for jackets that are easier to wear. Aside from a steerhide jacket, I haven't ordered a full-weight jacket in a long time. A long jacket in a heavy hide is a lovely...- zebedee
- Post #20
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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New jacket leather options...
The battered steer is your best move for drape. My Badalassi jacket is lovely, but is a thick hide that will take a lot of work to hang well (like Vicenza or goat do). A lot of people are less enthusiastic about Vicenza, but I am really happy with its drape, light(ish) weight and general...- zebedee
- Post #16
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Get out the goats!
I definitely prefer no gussets in jackets: they look ok, but they seem (to me) to be a repair waiting to happen. On the other hand, I haven't had any noticeable mobility problems in my jackets.- zebedee
- Post #57
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Aero Blackened Brown Vicenza
My next order will be a Plainsman in this or Seal Jerky HH.- zebedee
- Post #23
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Aero Maxwell or Teamster?
The Maxwell. I own a Maxwell and I had a Teamster - the Maxwell is my favourite and gets worn a lot. I think it might be the best of Aero's button front jackets with the possible exception of the Premier Work Coat, but it's probably still the Maxwell I'd go for. It would fit the length...- zebedee
- Post #8
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
It's time to go out in the russet Badalassi Work Coat now- splash about in the puddles, enjoy monsoon, etc. Some people use a spray bottle on a new jacket. Not this nutter. :)- zebedee
- Post #42,086
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
I was wearing a Vicenza dark seal Mariner today, in the wettest and windiest bit of Hong Kong. After about three hours of being rained on, everything underneath it was dry and it's now got a few more creases developing. I reckon it's as water-resistant as my goat HB and dealt with a few heavy...- zebedee
- Post #42,085
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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vicenza horsehide or badalassi cowhide?
I have a russet Badalassi work coat which is great - thick, depth of colour, heavy. I also have a dark seal Vicenza Mariner - which the hide is perfect for. The two hides are not at all similar, but I still think that Vicenza has benefits. I'd pick either it or goat for practicality...- zebedee
- Post #78
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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My frustrating experience with Aero customer service
I haven't had a bad experience with Aero in 13 years of dealing with them. The one minor problem I had (due to my misunderstanding of inner pockets) was dealt with rapidly and professionally. It was not a thing for anger or accusation. The internet seems to bring out negativity in ways that...- zebedee
- Post #26
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Jackets and t-shirt sleeves
Long sleeve t-shirts are the way to go. The only real remedy is time; linings of any and every new jacket I've ever owned have done the same thing to t-shirts.- zebedee
- Post #14
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
Yes - they're all the same sort of work coat - I like the Troy blanket lining and thought that it might work. I think Himel Bros Canuck is a great jacket, but I'm one of those odd people who can't quite square the higher cost/extra details because I simply don't know enough to do so; in the...- zebedee
- Post #41,447
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
Ok, I'll post some in the AM. Out of the longer styles, this and the Maxwell are favourites.- zebedee
- Post #41,437
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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