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  1. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    Aero's goat hide. Light(ish) and tough. Their horsehide is also extremely durable, but the topcoat will wear off (supposed to). Goat:
  2. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Aero battered seal Cafe Racer in the Shanghai rain, waiting an hour to get into the supermarket. I'm not sure that the rain is all that clean. The arms got... rained on...
  3. zebedee

    Aero Board Racer after first one was too tight

    Aero's Cafe Racer and Board Racer are slim fits. I usually take a size 40 jacket in terms of suits (hang on, this is just an approximate way of explaining) and got a size 40 Cafe Racer which was too tight. The second time around, I got a size 42 CR which is a good fit (although only a T-shirt...
  4. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    That is a good thing. Be happily individual. :)
  5. zebedee

    Conditioning Leather

    Yep, the blow drying hot air (dries out the leather further, universally discouraged) and then slathering goo on to hot leather (which may or may not make any difference for longer than a week, or a few weeks and which may not even really be being absorbed) is something I wouldn't do out of...
  7. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    I have several Aeros which I rotate when I travel, so two or three will go with me for 2-3 year contracts and then I'll take the other two or three on the next one. I have no reason to own any of them, really, and I could wear other jackets, overcoats, etc., instead, but I've worn a leather...
  8. zebedee

    Conditioning Leather

    The general feeling seems to be that a jacket probably doesn't need anything to condition it until it's been 20 years since it was new.
  9. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    Another good reason to wear leather jackets is that they look better when bashed up, scuffed and worn in. Other clothing needs replacing reasonably often, whereas an Aero/Thedi/JL/Himel etc. is more comfortable and more interesting with use and a few years of wear. One or another of my Aeros...
  10. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    I think that the ideal jacket is probably a mid-weight hide, which is why I like Aero's goat and the battered horsehides. In the kind of temperatures I (will) live in, winters would never require the heavier hides. If anything, I find the pop-cultural associations of leather jackets make me...
  11. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    It is a good thing to like well-made things. It's economical if kept to the necessary and an interesting hobby if affordable. I find that good, fitting clothing improves work days and favoured casual items are good for relaxed times. I'm lucky in that I only really spend on jackets and...
  13. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    Practicality, initially. I used to travel a lot, and durability, rain-resistance and lack of need to washing-machine it meant that a leather jacket was ideal. My first leather jacket was easy to clean, warm and a bit like a wearable collection of pockets for most of my necessary items. An...
  14. zebedee

    how to dull Aero Goat

    I would not try to dull it. A mistake will make you sadder than success will make you happy.
  15. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    The travel pass is authorised by the whole community/representative thereof (a hospital visit will usually sort it)... we think things may open up soon- when they do, I think that expats are going to be heading directly to the airports. I managed to book flights to HK in late July, which is...
  16. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    No, we're still locked down. I can walk around the compound, but nobody can leave its grounds. I did get a travel pass for a booster shot. It was an arse-pain getting that travel pass. A colleague and I got the jabs and were taken to the hospital and back by a 'private car' - it was a bus...
  17. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    Good to know. I don't think I'd put any others in the machine, though - I have too much time on my hands for worry as it is! I would have thought that some of the oils or waxes might have been affected, but maybe not.
  19. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    After realising that the anti-covid liquid that had saturated my delivered-to-Shanghai Mariner had not all been washed off by a quick shower, I put the jacket into a pillowcase and cold washed it for 15 mins without any detergent and then air-dried it. The Vicenza feels much as it did before...
  20. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    We think maybe a week or two. I very much doubt that faith in the overall structure has been reinforced much.
  21. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    T The wha...?
  22. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Insanity was so week 5. It is like living in a JG Ballard or Philip K. Dick novel. The costs to the city are truly eye-watering.
  23. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I am not entirely sure that I was all that sane when I started working in Asia at 23. I like to cook and read and I still work online. The situation is surreal, though. I live opposite a guy in the wine trade. He charges an un-inflated price, I pick up the wine late at night :)

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