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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    The man would probably be wearing wellies with his mac. Galoshes is not Brit usage. He probably would call it a raincoat too. Raincoat is more common than mac. As for bags? If he was a twenties undergraduate he might call them that. Trousers is correct British usage, or informally strides.
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    How do you know when a jacket is broken in?

    So that's the Chomexcel 4oz steer I assume? I was thinking of getting my next Aero in that in cordovan. It looks like a lovely leather. But I was put off by people here saying how heavy it was and how difficult to break in. So it's still hard to bend after a year of regular use then? I...
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    Finally able to order an Aero

    Heiko. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring....
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    The King in the Car Park

    The way the victors treated his body is very reminiscent of the way Gaddafi was treated at death, and that was only a year or so ago. In particular the wound in the pelvic region, or to be less euphemistic the anus, when his body was slung over a horse and being taken to be displayed. That...
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    Hitler Cat is star of 1939 World's Fair

    Looks like someone's been busy with a marker pen.
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    advice please, BK or Aero A2

    BKs house jackets are made of chrome tanned leather according to their site, and I was told by them that the house jackets HH is not as good quality as that used on their contract jackets. Not surprising really since they are made of vegetable tanned HH which comes from somewhere else, and are...
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    Aero's Horween Heavy Steer.

    Thanks to everyone. FFTTs I am getting some samples so I can see what they have now. Whether it will be the same as they have in six months though who knows? What you said about the restriction of movement being due to the thickness of the leather rather than its stiffness does make sense, and...
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    Aero's Horween Heavy Steer.

    Thanks Dav. Not supple out of the box at all then? Or supple but just so damned thick it was like wearing a heavy soft leather suitcase? I find the Aero FQHH is mainly just too stiff, but fairly easy to break in initially by driving. Or if you can't drive enough just sitting on it. But it never...
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    Aero's Horween Heavy Steer.

    Thanks for the replies. There is a bit of a split about just how stiff it is though. ForestForTheTrees. I should imagine the Chromexcel is nominally 4oz, but like all leathers varies a bit; and you have some lighter hide while Radu further down the page got some at the higher end. I do...
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    Aero's Horween Heavy Steer.

    Thanks Mark. I am interested in this particular leather though. I've got a FQHH now and a mid weight HH and have had a few cow and steer jackets too. But I'd really like to know how the Horween 4oz wears if anyone has had a jacket made in it.
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    Mark Moye - Columbia, SC Police Dept.

    As I think has been said earlier this sort of alleged fraud is very difficult to prosecute anyway. Businesses get into trouble all the time, and regrettably customers are left out of pocket without actual fraud taking place. Whether the law should demand a higher standard from companies than...
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    Aero's Horween Heavy Steer.

    Has anyone any experience of Horween's 4oz steer? How stiff, or not, it is when new, and how quickly it softens and ages? I've got a new jacket on order and I'm thinking of having this instead of FQHH. So any experience of it at all. Even if you had a jacket made in it instead of the heavy...
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    1940's England

    Ferguson club members on the look out for anachronisms I expect. They love their tractors.:D
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    How do you know when a jacket is broken in?

    I reckon that by the time an Aero FQHH jacket is truly broken in the lining is likely to be broken down and in need of replacement; and maybe the zip too. But leather varies so much from batch to batch it seems to me, even from the same tannery, and an Aero mid weight oil pull HWM I have was...
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    Hope & Glory (1987)

    Kids running wild in bomb sites in the war was a well documented social problem. They used to loot houses and cause a lot of damage too, and with schools often closed and children having been evacuated to the countryside early in the war and being lost to the system, no one really knew how to...
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    Why doesn't the Golden Era extend to the 50s or early 60s?

    Well you know what they say. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...
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    vintage fqhh

    I think that HD is right about them changing the names. But it is very confusing when the leathers section lists tumbled brown and vintage black, and the drop down menu under the jackets has vintage black and vintage brown with no tumbled option. The leathers section doesn't list oil pull...
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    Pegasus Leathers Leather Help...

    I expect it's because they sell on eBay and are used to time wasters. I contacted them a little while ago and they replied quickly. Perhaps if you tell him that you're a serious buyer and that you post here he'll be more accommodating. He is a member here.
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    vintage fqhh

    That is vintage and not tumbled? Because the pictures on Aero's site of tumbled look just like that and the vintage pics don't. They tend a little bit more to old fashioned distressed. I am expecting a couple of samples soon. But there is a limit to what you can tell from a small piece of...
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    vintage fqhh

    It's a bit confusing since Aero list tumbled and vintage FQHH. They don't seem to have all their leathers listed either. No mention of oil pull FQHH in the new leather section on the main civilian page even though they still stock it.

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