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    Ultra intense/heavy/thick new leather jacket - how to break in?

    Yes, been breaking in plenty, but now I think it's breaking me. 18" more yesterday. As far as that Rick Owens jacket, it looks like Nubuck maybe. Nice piece. If you decide it's not for you, I'm sure there might be takers...Is that my hand raised?
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    Buzz Rickson N-1 Deck Jacket

    I think Blue in Green in NYC carries the RMC N-1 w/o stenciling
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    Ultra intense/heavy/thick new leather jacket - how to break in?

    The trick is to get your body heat to soften the jacket as much as possible while wearing it a lot. So you want something on the exterior side of the jacket to keep that warm too. But instead of getting under the blankets, buy yourself an alpaca poncho. I have several I got in Peru years ago...
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    Anyone got pics of an aero in cherry?

    I think the close-ups are closest to the actual color....
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    Anyone got pics of an aero in cherry?

    no fitpics, but here's a cherry with some wear:
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    OMG- the HWT is awesome!

    It is always the lining that is the issue....not the leather.
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    New Pike Bros N-1 Deck Jacket

    I am 5'11 180 and wear a 42 normally, and like jackets with 22.5 P2P, 1/2 inch either way...and went for the medium based on that measurement, and figuring w/lining et al it would be about right. . I could barely get it on--over just a regular shirt--slightly easier over a t-shirt... and sent it...
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    Dressing appropriately for The Job Interview?

    Yes to HH comment above, one step up...BUT, make it boring. I hire people in the film business...like IT...lots of creative people, free thinkers, but they must collaborate...I just tried to remember what anyone wore...and I can't...so, what i mean is, if you decide to wear "business casual"...
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    Is a jacket with thicker leather warmer than one with thinner?

    Warmth, as said, is from the lining--I find quilted or thinsulate good, and sheep/wool of course. But storm cuffs or sleeves you can tighten and waist-tightening, as well as an easy neck closure all add a lot of warmth too. I think the thicker leather can sometimes be less warm if too rigid...
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    Do you wear your Aero while driving (does the jacket get seatbelt rash)?

    I never noticed...if it came to the point that I am thinking about marks to the leather, I have to ask myself who is working for whom. One thing I do anyway is always pull the jacket, no matter what it is, sport coat, leather jacket, topcoat, up and out of the belt so it rides on top....just...
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    More Ebay Jeans, Jackets, Boots, Fullcount, Aero, Trickers, etc...

    I've put some more good things up on ebay. A relist of the MINT Aero Leather Jean Jacket....I love it, but it's a tad short for me. Tried on for 10 seconds once. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251378653819?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 A relist of the midweight (rare) steerhide...
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    Alexander Leathers

    Man, they nailed the fit...how's it feel...room to move?
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    Shearling Hercules

    The jacket looks awesome. I always wanted an Aero FQHH w/shearling lining and when I got one....dum de dum...I sold it a year later. Just too much jacket to get on and off! Zipping it was always a chore unless it was 20 degrees outside. Cool idea to retrofit a broken in one. Now, on the belt...
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    FS Aero Hwymn, Langlitz Cascade, Aero Veste, Aero Type 3, more

    Hi, I put a number of jackets and other things on Ebay, incl. a brown midweight steer Highwayman, an excellent classic Langlitz black steer Cascade. a near new heavy black steer Veste de Rallye (wonderful jacket), and a near mint (worn once) gorgeous golden steer Type 3 jean by Aero. Among other...
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    David D Doniger A2 in Superb Condition

    Just great. One of my favorites. Thank you.
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    Breaking in Selvedge Denim - 14 oz. vs 21 oz.

    I washed a pair today after 4 wears, the last three for only two hours a day clearing brush from a forest. I thought of going a fourth day but they were filthy, sweaty, stiff with gunk etc. So I'll switch to another tomorrow and go a few with that and then back to these. I have a couple other...
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    Highwayman Owners...what's the consenus on the Storm Cuffs

    I thought they were a nuisance at first, having never had them before. But grew to like them. Although when I finally got an LW jacket with them, I realized how good they could really be, or else how much I had become accustomed to them. And yes, I think they do add warmth.
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    Breaking in Selvedge Denim - 14 oz. vs 21 oz.

    The IH 21oz sanforized feels good very quickly. Hard to beat. I have one pair of raw unsanforized 21oz by someone else and I don't wear them, because everytime I do I think how much I have to wear them to get them to work. I think raw unsanforized is much better in 17oz than 21oz, and breaks...
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    Breaking in leather boots questions.

    I do this....I remove the insole and put a thinner one in, good ones you get for $8-10 at a good shoe repair place. Wear a couple hours a day for awhile, and they slowly break. When they do, some combination of the original insole and sock or new insole will work to break them in further...
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    What Are You Reading

    Finished Robertson Davies's The Deptford Trilogy. Whoa. Wow. And all the rest. Had to read a Lee Child as a palette cleanser. Now onto Laughter in the Dark.

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