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  1. Rabbit

    French cycling jacket aka luftwaffe jake

    Wow, that looks very nice indeed. Leather, hardware, even the slight rope-looking shoulder that is unique to 30s-40s German leather jackets is there. Never heard of them before. A quick search yields a local newspaper article with the same address and phone as given by Google - and a defunct...
  2. Rabbit

    Who has an Aero Dustbowl??

    The CXL Aero jackets stocked by the two shops in the greater Köln area (Erkelenz and Köln) were bought years ago when Aero used heavier CXL more frequently. They mostly stock one model, one size, so as to cover a range of models and the whole range of sizes but with most of the individual models...
  3. Rabbit

    Who has an Aero Dustbowl??

    That's good to know, Marc. Gotta visit there sometime. Some Japanese jacket patterns are quite restricting. Somtimes that's simply because they're 20s patterns to begin with, small armholes and narrow shoulders by design, but sometimes they are slimmed down overall, in the sleeve width as well...
  4. Rabbit

    Who has an Aero Dustbowl??

    File it under oddity, Marc, that jacket fit. It's not part of the regular pattern for sure. Looking at the pic again I think it looks like the jacket is fitted with a larger collar opening than what this size would normally take, without accounting for the upper back. In any case I don't think...
  5. Rabbit

    Who has an Aero Dustbowl??

    That's odd. Did you try on any other 30s models while you were at that shop? Looks like this particular jacket might have a larger collar opening towards the back. Or hung at the neck as Torf suggested. I'm pretty sure that's not a regular feature of this model, though. However, the Dustbowl is...
  7. Rabbit

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    Not entirely. Difficult to say to what extent the creases will relax at all. These heavy wrinkles happen in the vintage clothing industry at the tonnage level. Clothes are preselected by category, stuffed to capacity into large plastic bags, stored or shipped somewhere, then removed from the bag...
  8. Rabbit

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    "I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle." Eternal words.
  9. Rabbit

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    Not even likely that Aero actually said that. I'm pretty sure it's generally accepted knowledge that leather regains some of its inherent stiffness when not in use. Something to do with the collagen. For example, boots that have not been fully broken in (just worn for a couple days) will be...
  10. Rabbit

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    < and a weird story in the description. Says he wore it for a week or two, then 30 yrs storage and now it looks like this? With all the high point abrasion/wear? Lovely jacket regardless.
  11. Rabbit

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    The braided epaulettes go back as far as pre-WWII. Not sure about the two-tone variety, it may or may not be a post-WWII thing. German moto jacket designs were always on the playful side, so probably not. Here's an older one dated by the DRP Nurnberg 'zipp' zip. It was probably part of a...
  13. Rabbit

    Aero damage

    I agree, the climate is likely a factor. Humidity, heat, heavy rain and leather don't mix well. I don't think you could get the same results in temperate zones even if you did all of the above mentioned plus storage in a car parked in the summer heat.
  14. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    Yes, they were quite short. That's what makes the jacket work for me as I wear high waisted trousers almost every day. When worn with regular high-waisted trousers (sitting at the natural waist), you'd be surprised how short a jacket can be. Granted that's not how everyone likes their trousers.
  15. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    Ha, whaddya know. Still there on eBay!
  16. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    Cool, thx for the tip.
  17. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    Yeah right they made several versions. Aero made the jackets then sent them to Levis for distressing. I believe there was a story about Aero refusing a first sample that was quite distressed, with a ripped shoulder (and not just the fake stitch-up there). Or something like that.
  19. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    They're in the same spots on every rough n ready jacket. I think there was one or two on the shoulder(s), one at a pocket welt, done with olive thread and intentionally crude, made to look as if hand-stitched. Levis and RL made similar repairs on other models; some of them actually looked pretty...
  20. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    I kinda like it, too. Without the print, it's the perfect 30s cross-zip. With it, it's kind of cool but a bit like "that jacket", perhaps. I don't think the print was distressed afterwards since all jackets I've seen photos of had that fake 'used' look to the back print in exactly the same way...
  21. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    Yeah those fake repairs, I've seen them. Good to know that Aero would be able to recycle the collar/lapel pattern. Any ideas how to remove the print? I know next to nothing about printing. All I can see is that it was indeed some sort of print process. Or feel free to talk me out of it. Like I...
  22. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    I agree. It's all put together real nice, this pattern. Can confirm that, having worn it. I like it so much that I'm still considering whether to remove the Thunderbird print from the back or not. Not sure if it's even possible without damaging the hide. But I'm in two minds about that anyway.
  23. Rabbit

    Aero Leathers New MC Jacket - Excelsior

    I thought the same thing when I first saw this thread and I checked, the collar is similar but not identical. The stitching is the same, the dimensions appear to be roughly the same, but the angles are different. It does look like this is where the design of the new collar came from, though...
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