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    Fit Check Thread

    My immediate view is that 1 is more visually interesting.
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    I wish I went longer on my aviator personally. It's ultimately a form of double-breasted half belt.
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    Kreosote Boots

    IMO maybe a lawyer can get things moving. Do you have any friends or family in that field who could do you a favor?
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    I was aware of him (from them mentioning him at RRL) but had assumed he was much more expensive than he is. If your size is in stock, his eBay is a crazy value.
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    I'm not sure why people would buy from this guy over Julian. Julian is a traditionally trained British shoemaker who was making small batches of workwear boots including coming up with the Bowery Boots RRL sells to this day (which were originally Julians but then out of cost cutting they went to...
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    Field Leathers

    I think the pyramid scheme reference was more about the earlier discussion of Kreosote or whatever the hell he's called, who seems like a true scam. Field doesn't do 100% non refundable deposits.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Don't get the Bronco; I think that model predates them having original A-2s to study. Their Rough Wear, Dubow, and a few others are patterned on originals.
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    Field Leathers

    I know and have gotten from several, but I think the crucial difference is that they are primarily brick and mortar stores that market by word of mouth. A lot of tailor shops are like this–one or two cutters, and each customer is handled by a specific machinist whose work suits that customer's...
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    And in my quick calculation, I'm assuming his boots are worth their full price–still wouldn't explain the up front demand for 100% of the money.
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    Springline, which makes the custom lasts for many British shoe companies, will make you a bespoke last for £378. Being generous (because this is a direct to consumer rate; businesses would pay less), let's call that £400–so a $500 cost to order a last… requires a $2500 deposit.
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    Holy crap, I missed this. So he charges up front 4 years early because he's "ordering" the last? Which isn't even based on the customer, and he needs it for three years before he begins production? What is he, looking at a wall of lasts while he's making other shoes? This is a scam. At a...
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    This is at a price tier where you could have gotten a custom last from a non Instagram/influencer maker.
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    The Dave Sheeley Custom Leather Jacket Thread

    This person has placed an order and has his contact information but it’s not working.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    Yeah I first saw it in person before knowing of its online fanbase or notoriety. (Well, I assumed the big fanbase because the shop kept talking about it as the best leather jackets in the world.) And yet I thought the leather looked noticeably worse (not just the surface texture but the whole...
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    To be clear this will likely cost more than whatever loss he’d take selling the Leon plus the cost of buying a Perfecto or something lol
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    It might be, depending on what someone likes in a leather. But that doesn't take away from your point, because the Leon, 613SJH, and RMC Buco all use the same type of veg tanned Shinki horsehide with a black topcoat.
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    Hidden in Plain Schott: the 613SH Perfecto

    It’s a pretty simple alteration but it will ride up a bit first so you might want to see how that goes before you get them shortened.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    "Custom" in Fine Creek parlance means they cut the belt and epaulettes off for you. Canuck's secret to getting a well-fitting FCL cross-fit: have an expert leather tailor take apart every seam and use the jacket as raw material to make a new pattern and jacket.
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    Aero B-10

    That label itself is a repro.
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    Aero B-10

    The Aero is indeed period accurate.

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