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  1. zebedee

    Best Break-In Stories, How Did Your Leather Jacket Age Over Time

    The first serious leather jacket I owned was a Highwayman in brown fqhh from Aero. I didn't like it when I got it out of the box - it seemed too heavy, felt like a suitcase and I was annoyed to have spent all that money on it. It took a month or so to be comfortable It's 16 years old now and...
  2. zebedee

    horsehide jacket - how long to break-in?

    Wear it in all weathers and to pubs where you should try to get many drinks in. Walk it home (better if raining: surpassingly brilliant if a monsoon). Repeat this as often as possible. Steerhide has been far harder to wear in and therefore tougher on the liver.
  3. zebedee

    How do forums effect you ?

    I learned a lot and bought too many jackets. It also saved what was (arguably) left of my sanity during a 3 month solitary lockdown in Shanghai during the pandemic.
  4. zebedee

    Downsize for aero cafe racer?

    I envy people who can pull off the Aero Café Racer fit - I find that I have to size up two sizes in CR (and then it's marginally too big in a 44) - the size 42 is slightly too tight. I can just about zip up the size 42s if I swim regularly, but I'm safer with Half Belts and the Maxwell styles.
  5. zebedee

    I Got Stuck in My Jacket

    I've been lucky in that I've only had one 'bad' zip. If I could afford the time, I'd get Riri or Universal put on all my jackets.
  7. zebedee

    I Got Stuck in My Jacket

    This happened to me years ago with a LHB. I had to get it over my head and remove it like a sweater. It was a serious struggle, I tell ya. Part of the problem is that a lot of the leathers used are much heavier than Talon zippers of the size used were presumably designed for. I think my tan...
  8. zebedee

    Wearing an AERO HIGHWAYMAN in your actual size

    I wear a size 40, which is my actual size. It is boxy, but that doesn't worry me, because I am boxy, too:
  9. zebedee

    Slippery slope ("collecting leather jacket")

    That's not many jackets. Keep them all.
  10. zebedee

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    William Lennon's are a regular feature for me. I have the Chukkas in black rough out, boots in tan leather and some modified ones in brown. At the price (well under 300 GBP), I've yet to find anything better.
  11. zebedee

    What "Style" do you WISH you could pull off, but know you can't?

    Formal wear for work seems to have persuaded my colleagues that I can pretty much wear what I like when I choose to, but HK has so many odd and transient fashions that even a Simmons Bilt V2 in Mahogany (i.e. orange/tan or an Aero CR in tan steer hide) is reasonably conservative :)
  13. zebedee

    What "Style" do you WISH you could pull off, but know you can't?

    I think I've now been wearing leather jackets for so long that people would be shocked if I didn't wear one with smart casual wear twice a week. I also wear suits more often that colleagues. In Hong Kong, however, leather jackets are fairly normal in the colder three/four months. I like...
  14. zebedee

    How easy does Shinki Leather teacore ?

    Simmons Bilt Mustang Black horsehide is struck through (dyed through), as is Aero's black Vicenza. Those would meet your needs.
  15. zebedee

    How do you treat your hard-to-replace (vintage, expensive/high-end, limited edition, etc.) jackets?

    I wear my Aeros and Simmons Bilts in all weather conditions and on extensive travel. I have found that, so far (in 15+ years), I haven't done more to them than busted an unimportant thread. The only exception is (ironically) a 1920s Aero Work Coat in russet Badalassi with a Troy lining - I...
  16. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    That is a fine thing. I like their jackets and I really like their selection of hides. Mine all 'wear'/'hang' totally differently to my Aeros - not in a better or worse way, but the fits are different. My Klondike in black goatskin is really comfortable. The V2 in mahogany steer is also much...
  17. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    What colour is this?
  19. zebedee

    Jerky positively re-evaluated...

    I was, up until recently, not hugely fond of my Plainsman in this hide, but I can happily say that this is the ideal leather for long-haul travel and for knocking about in, particularly as it seems warmer than most of my other leathers. I've become quite pleased with the fading as it seems to...
  20. zebedee

    Who Gets to Wear Workwear?

    You can wear anything you want to. I don't think that wearing military gear with the intention of being mistaken for a member of the armed forces is kosher ('mall ninjas'), but I don't necessarily know what people intend. Workwear is now - or at least its replicas are - fashion items as well...
  21. zebedee

    How to wear a Full length Leather Jacket ?

    Hmm, I'd get it shortened to 27" - 29" and wear it whenever. The length is too much IMHO - you could wear it with lighter-coloured trousers and a collared shirt, I think, (this would make it look more like an afterthought than a 'look') but it is too long as is. On the other hand, provided you...
  22. zebedee

    Looking at ordering an Aero leather jacket...assistance if you will

    Vicenza is an ideal hide - I've had about 14 Aeros and really rate Vicenza.
  23. zebedee

    How has your taste in leather jackets changed over the years?

    I go for lighter hides now - mid-weight leather I find just as protective, more flexible and easier to wear. Goat, if I could find it in a wider range of colours, would be my preference. Vicenza is also great. Steer hide I find too thick and too squeaky. I've just received an SB Car Coat in...

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