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  1. JanSolo

    Windward jackets by Montgomery Ward (and copies)

    Now, that's what I call a high spec jacket. I can't think of any fabric, leather, fleece or general detail of construction that hasn't been incorporated in this project. No wonder it took five months! The result looks very well made, neat, and of course incredibly warm! Now take the spec sheet...
  2. JanSolo

    Quality Goat Leather

    Chrome tanned and drum dyed goat pretty much stays like it is. But Aero's goatskin is veg tanned and spray finished over a milk coffee base. That's a totally different beast. It ages slowly but very nicely showing some lighter spots at stress points. It doesn't have much in common with the stuff...
  3. JanSolo

    Question about choice of Aero leather interior pockets

    The entire process of making a jacket including cutting of leather and lining panels and sewing the pocket bags takes up to a full day. I would say a realistic figure would be 1.5 jackets per machinist per day.
  4. JanSolo

    Question about choice of Aero leather interior pockets

    Err, no! Left the car CD player on, yesterday evening. This morning the battery was dead. If that ain't a big mistake... ;-) Hey Holden, good luck with your jacket!!
  5. JanSolo

    Thank you

    Good luck and get well soon!
  7. JanSolo

    New Aero A-2 oil-pull HH arrived

    Sleeve length and body length looks good to me and I love the new darker batch of oil-pull. I like the heavily scalloped pocket flaps of the 42 contract. Good purchase, I bet it was worth the wait. But honestly, you should try harder with your photo skills. Those pics are utter crap. Please...
  8. JanSolo

    New Member and My Aero Highwayman

    Here you go! Good looking jacket in a nice solid brown. I like it! BTW: Take the HTML code from the image itself not from the header.
  9. JanSolo

    Looking for a pea coat style with very thick lapels and collar, ideas?

    Why don't you go custom all the way? For a good tailor a peacoat shoudn't be difficult to make as it's a quite simple and straightforward jacket. Maybe you could even hand in a good fitting commercial peacoat and have that copied. The only thing you would have to do is source some decent heavy...
  10. JanSolo

    New Member and My Aero Highwayman

    Welcome to this forum. Good looking jacket! Are you sure yours is made from oil-pull? Judging from the picture and your description it sound very much like FQHH maybe VFQHH. Here's a pic of a 2009 oil-pull HH jacket. The pictures were taken when the jacket arrived: Maybe Aero really...
  11. JanSolo

    RAF watches ww2

    Sorry, but those aren't my watches! The pics were pinched in order to give some idea of how WWWs look like. I personally own a Cyma, a Longines and a Vertex but I don't have any pictures of them.
  13. JanSolo

    RAF watches ww2

    Anchorsupplies has genuine WWWs and other service watches from time to time. Usually they are serviced and in good condition and come with warranty. http://www.anchorsupplies.com/wrist.htm http://www.anchorsupplies.com/horo.htm
  14. JanSolo

    RAF watches ww2

    I also have a couple of the so-called "Dirty Dozen". The WWW service watch was sourced from 12 different manufacturers. Well known brands like Omega, Longines and IWC were among them. They all comply to a certain spec sheet i.e. sub-seconds hand winding movement, black dial with tritium markers...
  15. JanSolo

    Looking for a pea coat style with very thick lapels and collar, ideas?

    Maybe it was similar to this one: It's a Buzz Rickson replica of the pre-war US navy issue peacoat. It's supposed to made from Kersey instead of Melton
  16. JanSolo

    Light Brown Horsehide...is it available?

    Yes, the last jacket is also my favourite. I am pretty sure that Aero could find such a lighter skin among their stock if you supply this picture as a reference. I've seen a couple of Aero's that were more golden than brown.
  17. JanSolo

    Aero HWM - B10 Green sateen cloth lining

    No, as I've tried to explain here... ...the standard cotton is much rougher, especially to bare skin, and it grabs your clothing. I've had a Cafe Racer with black cotton drill which was very uncomfortable when worn with just a t-shirt. Gabardine is much nicer and almost gentle to bare skin.
  19. JanSolo

    Light Brown Horsehide...is it available?

    The FEW /Real McCoy's use golden brown horsehide for some of their jackets. http://www.c-king.jp/mccoypages/mccoyhome.html http://www.c-king.jp/fewhome/fewhome.html Hope this helps...
  20. JanSolo

    Obama's A2 ?

    Anyone noticed that this jacket has side panels? What current manufacturer makes such a strange A2?
  21. JanSolo

    Aero HWM - B10 Green sateen cloth lining

    The B10 outer cloth is a quite special weave. It's indeed Gabardine which was invented by Thomas Burberry (founder of Burberry) when he was searching for a water repellent cotton cloth that he could offer to the British armed forces. Soon after its invention the famous trench coat utilized this...
  22. JanSolo

    Which Aero B3 =)

    The wide horsehide hem on the ANJ-4 is not sheepskin lined but is a double layer of leather. I think (and other members may correct me) that the zipper doesn't go down all the way. Therefore the bottom part of the jacket has a two button closure.
  23. JanSolo

    is silence a valuable form of feedback?

    Well said, John in Covina!

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