Hello, friends. Yes, steerhide is stiff, heavy and thick but also is practical. I love very much my Cheyenne and many people ask me where I bought it, to imitate. But also, many people say that is too much heavy, so you must be ready to his weigth, because you really will feel it .
During my years as Red Army reenactor, I used an original russian black leather overcoat, still in my wardrobe. You can find some good examples, looking the online shops of reenactment specialists from Ukraine and Russia, but the purchase can be hazardous: some vendors are not very serious.
About the topic of jacket use, this is the first jacket I bought, taylored by order, 25 years ago. During more than two decades it was used by me, my wife and my son, and my daughter in their twenties ask me to wear it. It’s hardly used but I only restored the liner one time and, each year, I...
Well, this is my Aero 30's, vintage FQH brown, now. You can judge if it's that you hope, after almost two years of use. You can believe, there's not a jacket so beautiful.
I will post new photos today, showing my Aero 30's, after two years of not daily using.
I also use Pecard, the best leather conditioner I know, but only for real old leather, not for new garments.
I have the same jacket in the same leather and colour and I can tell you that the dry spots are absolutely normal...and very beautiful for me. As Andy says, the more I wear it, the better it looks. Use it and love it, is a great jacket.
The summer is coming and the leather jacket is going to wardrobe, but Aero Leather sells also excellent Vintage Levi's pants and jackets. This is the 1967 Type III trucker and the 505 pants, 1967 pattern. The shirt is a Wrangler Blue Bell.
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