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  1. pipvh

    Jeremy Paxman - Britains Great War

    97% certain it's waxed cotton, not leather. One of the Barbour collaborations, maybe?
  2. pipvh

    Tough jeans

    I'm the same as you with cheap jeans. Heavy denim does last longer, and heavy, pricey denim seems to last for ever (Sugar Canes, in my experience, are more or less indestructible, and they aren't even particularly heavy). Trouble is, you have to deal with the "you paid how much?" thing...
  3. pipvh

    Cordovan horse by aero

    Bunhill Bootlegger. Like it!
  4. pipvh

    To darken leather or not to darken leather?

    As the Four Horsemen of the Recession have forced me to watch the latest developments in the leather jacket world from the sidelines - :rage: - it seems to me that the new hides that are being offered are at least as interesting as the new (old) jacket designs. The colours and finish are the...
  5. pipvh

    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    I've seen those coats. The hide (which is terrific) is identical to a couple of 40s/50s Swedish 'akta gettskin' I own. Perhaps they just have massive goats in Sweden...?
  7. pipvh

    This or That: Eastman or Rainbow Country

    I like the Eastman, because I'm from Devon...:o But I do think it looks more interesting. Despite the Rainbow Country having a more complicated pattern I think the Eastman has a shade more 'it.'
  8. pipvh

    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    Thank you for some real resource material, JC. Invaluable. Incidentally, I wonder whether the sudden decline of tanneries had something to do with the end of horses as the primary source of power for transport and farming? Not in terms of horsehide but as a huge market (tack/saddlery) that...
  9. pipvh

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    You've been fighting on the front line of parenthood. Wear those marks with pride!
  10. pipvh

    Breaking in an ELC Irvin?

    The fit will change as the fleece compacts - my advice would be to wear it as much as you can and see what happens.
  11. pipvh

    Does this Levis Leather Trucker fit me???

    The collar is sitting way too high and the proportions are out of whack on you. I've always found trucker-style jackets to be incredibly unforgiving with the wrong body shape (ie mine) - looks like a very nice bit of leather, though, so it might be worth persevering with it.
  13. pipvh

    Peculiar M-1941 Jacket

    Came across an interesting jacket in a local vintage shop yesterday. I haven't bought it yet so no pics - sorry! It seems like a standard, war-era M-1941 in cut, cloth and buttons, size approx 44, but it's lined with grey blanket cloth with a faint dark stripe in places, and the sleeves are...
  14. pipvh

    Hugo Boss Vermins

    This is true. New York winters are bad enough without vermin on your feet.
  15. pipvh

    Hugo Boss Vermins

    Having lived through some NYC/New England winters, I would be dubious about those boots lasting more than a month.
  16. pipvh

    Alexander Leathers

    I totally agree with Capes. Nationalism is toxic. Common interest is far more important - witness our fascinatingly bizarre community here on FL... By the way, I'm Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, Devonian and a bit of Sassenach on one side, Macedonian Greek on t'other. I have recent family history...
  17. pipvh

    Eastman - a new direction?

    Unaccountably, I like the conch. I like the barefaced uselessness of it. Though maybe you could hang something useful from it, like a chainsaw file...
  19. pipvh

    Aero - Black Jerky HH versus Tumbled Black FQHH

    The M-422A is quite a complicated jacket and IMO depends on the relatively loose drape of goatskin to work properly. FQHH plus knits seems like a recipe for disaster.
  20. pipvh

    Eastman - a new direction?

    Lovely stuff, especially the Californian. And I suppose, things being the way they are, that the prices aren't particularly out of line with ELMC's competition (which I'm not for a moment suggesting is a good thing, but it is what it is...). A much bigger upset, though: I was waiting for...
  21. pipvh

    Aero Oil Pull Leather - please show pics!

    Nice jacket! Maxwell?
  22. pipvh

    Aero Oil Pull Leather - please show pics!

    Aero just sent me some samples - one of them is the A2-weight oil-pull. Yes, it looks just like yours, Lungomare.
  23. pipvh

    Eastman - a new direction?

    My biggest fear was that I'd be reeling home at some ungodly hour and knock over their bikes, Pee Wee Herman stylee... Back to Eastman: I think you're right. That style is a music-based thing for me as well, and perhaps part of the general post-war British hankering for an imagined America.

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