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  1. zebedee

    How do you know when a leather collar is about to crack?

    This is too complicated for me to fully grok. I'm at a 'damp cloth and conditioner is as technical as I'm going to get' level of proficiency. Any more chemical than that and I'd get high-tech - a scarf. :)
  2. zebedee

    How do you know when a leather collar is about to crack?

    Yup, the used jacket I noticed it on was old and bought second-hand. I'm thinking that a once every 24 month quick swipe of Renapur will do it for the older Aeros.
  3. zebedee

    How do you know when a leather collar is about to crack?

    Imperial liquor. We need goat in more colours - doesn't seem to be a problem with goat leather. Cordovan or battered tan goat would be great. I ask mainly because the Highwayman collar has darkened and looks a bit scaly (tho' it is pretty much like wear on surfaces that aren't near skin at...
  4. zebedee

    Well...it finally happened!

    This is odd, but it works for me: I cut out bread and any other carb that isn't a smallish boiled potato and have that once a day. I cut desserts completely (I have one on Saturday) and I eat meat like beef or chicken which I fry (in little oil) or grill. You can boil a chicken breast and it's...
  5. zebedee

    How do you know when a leather collar is about to crack?

    Yes- not seen this on goat. This is a slightly disgusting and worthy thread. Sorry, but it's all to the good :).
  7. zebedee

    How do you know when a leather collar is about to crack?

    I've owned my Aero Highwayman for about a decade and it's been in all weathers and worn often. It's usually worn over a t-shirt or a collared shirt. Like most leather jacket collars, it shows folds. I've given the collar a thin coat of Renapur in years 6 - 10 of owning it about once a year...
  8. zebedee

    Ye Old Cotton Drill Lining Thread

    Cotton drill seems to last longer than the tartan options. I also find it preferable in warmer temperatures, too.
  9. zebedee

    Review of Simmons Bilt leather jacket

    That looks excellent! They make sturdy jackets - I had an SB in goat that was built like a tank.
  10. zebedee

    Interesting finds at the old homeplace

    It's the end of a cot, chair-leg or a coaster for something, perhaps?
  11. zebedee

    Quarantine splurge

    Excellent- this hide is looking better and better every time I see it.
  13. zebedee

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    Yeah- definitely needed more exercise in the middle years.
  14. zebedee

    Zealotry

    I read about this - that there seems to be a structural anticipation in the brain for higher purpose, which I find very interesting. I would describe myself as religious in a very lapsed way and am probably more interested by the ritual than living after I'm dead or the idea of God (though I am...
  15. zebedee

    Aeromarine pockets

    Yup- cognac, battered tan was what I was thunkin'
  16. zebedee

    Aeromarine pockets

    I thought they might be useless. I like the idea of horizontal slash ones- though the jacket style is too short.
  17. zebedee

    Aeromarine pockets

    Some variations of the shawl collar jackets seem to feature slash pockets instead of the patched flap pockets. Has anyone seen one with horizontal pockets, like on the work coat? Anyone know what the back length on a size 40/42 would be? It's not as if I'm thinking of selling off some jackets...
  19. zebedee

    Zealotry

    It looks to be quite a tome. Some reviews have shown an interest in Morris' identification of the Puritans as oppressed because they were so strident and austere - the desire to separate and redeem/cleanse, etc. seems somewhat in the DNA of group identities in the later States. I got interested...
  20. zebedee

    Zealotry

    I've got a copy of Morris' 'American Messiahs' on the way... looks like an interesting read. All the ways in which that particular population is offered up for saving. I remember many years ago getting a knock on the door in Seoul and inviting in two chisel-jawed American lads who proceeded to...
  21. zebedee

    MY NEW SCHOTT STYLE 618 in BROWN

    You got a pendant in you? That is awesome.
  22. zebedee

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    I am fairly sure that, due to spending my entire career in education in Asia, I am far less hardened and cynical than most of the (fellow) English people I meet now that I am back in the UK but I have no idea if that makes them more mature or just less content than I am- I am certain that people...
  23. zebedee

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    That's because if you think that way, you actually are running yourself down. You lose muscle mass (eventually- it takes a lot longer if you exercise) and bone density (see parentheses before) but you don't have to lose flexibility very much at all - in fact, flexibility training, light weights...

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