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  1. mysternee

    I wore one jacket for the whole winter!

    Umbrellas are a joke here, bordering on a scam. It should be illegal to market them. They just get eaten! You need a good hood, or for a leather jacket, a hat with a strap. Otherwise it will be off your head and floating downstream in no time.
  2. mysternee

    I wore one jacket for the whole winter!

    I've lived here on the west coast, Dublin, and Cork, and while Dublin is a bit drier, Cork and the south coast are actually pretty pleasant. The issue here is the unpredictability; even in the height of summer it will often absolutely bucket for a minute or two, and then go back to being...
  3. mysternee

    I wore one jacket for the whole winter!

    It's funny this thread is here, I did something similar recently: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-jacket-are-you-wearing-today.82949/post-3161271 I wore the above jacket for 3 weeks while in Alabama this winter. It was my only outerwear, and I have to say it was extremely...
  4. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    5* modified G1. Took this to Alabama for 3 weeks this winter; it was the only outerwear I brought. Got a lot of compliments too, it really was a perfect travel jacket. Thought about taking one of my nicer ones, but there's something to be said for bringing a jacket you can chuck around and stow...
  5. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    This looks badass
  7. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Yup, Iron Rangers. I think when it comes time to get another pair I'll probably get the Blacksmith, as I like the brass eyelets more. But the IRs are great.
  8. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Thanks man, I'm really, really happy with it. I don't want to tempt fate by saying I'm done on the first go, but it kind of feels that way. I'm not sure I'd change a thing about it. I read a lot of your posts while I was researching it, and your brown bootlegger(s?) basically sold me on this...
  9. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Putting my new Aero HBD through its paces. I'll do a proper review when I've spent more time in it and seen the full break-in process, but honestly, it's already great.
  10. mysternee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Modified goatskin G-1 by 5*. Got cold all of a sudden so I felt the need for the knits!
  11. mysternee

    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    Speaking as a newcomer, the appeal of thick leather is that when you're coming from the sea of cheap, thin leathers that dominate the high street, it gives you the sense that it'll last the course. Now as Ajahn Chah once said, "for me the cup is already broken", and it's true that being attached...
  13. mysternee

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Same. In my time lurking and posting here I've found @MrProper 's many posts not only invaluable, but measured and polite, and I've never seen him rain on anyone's parade. I think in this case his being forthright and frank about the likely outcome is being mistaken for hostility or criticism...
  14. mysternee

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Friend, maybe have a think about how likely that is. Everyone else is being condescending, insulting, rude? Everyone else has it wrong, and you have it right? I'm not saying it never happens, but as the saying goes, if three men tell you you're sick, lie down. I bought a 5* jacket and it was...
  15. mysternee

    Boring Aero Sizing Question

    Well I went with two unfastened inside pockets as well! So two large fastened pockets out front, two medium unfastened pockets inside, two small zipped pockets at the chest, and some slashes for my hands—god forbid they should have to share the space... but yeah, I don't think the small chest...
  16. mysternee

    Boring Aero Sizing Question

    I typically see people removing rather than adding the chest pockets around here, and I can understand why, as they're not really 'fully-fledged' pockets, and many people prefer clean lines. But I always found them handy on my old jacket, just as extra compartments for filing away little bits...
  17. mysternee

    AERO's undersized zips

    I'm willing to believe that, but in the process of obsessively researching stuff on here over the last 6 months, I've seen so many complaints about the Talons—and recommendations of the Universals—across a span of years, that I have to feel many buyers are making a conscious choice in favor of a...
  19. mysternee

    Boring Aero Sizing Question

    Boring update: it came: Basically brand-spanking-new here, I'll write a proper review when I've spent a bit more time in it. It's a HBD in brown CXLFQHH, and an extra chest pocket for symmetry but also because I wanted the layout to remind me of the old-reliable jacket I bought when I was a...
  20. mysternee

    AERO's undersized zips

    Just wanted to add to this: I put in an order for an Aero a few months ago (have received it, it's great, pics/review soon/eventually), and I was strongly encouraged by Holly to go with the Universal zipper. She specifically mentioned that they've had a lot of issues with the Talon and don't...
  21. mysternee

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Looking over this thread, I'm not convinced there's any "5* code". Just 5* odds. There are ways to improve the odds, but that's about it. They'll faithfully reproduce a pattern, and they'll do so in good materials if you know which materials are good (in other words, if some brave guinea pigs...
  22. mysternee

    Aero lining

    I think it's cool in more ways than one, honestly. I'm only basing this from pictures on here and elsewhere, but it seems to vary from batch to batch, and while I'd say it's generally a warm color, it can really be right on the line. If you care about colors and skin tones, I definitely think...
  23. mysternee

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Just a quick update: in addition to the hole in the cuff knit, one of the buttons on the collar of my jacket (for the the throat latch) began to loosen in a way that made me think it would not stay on without repair. So I got both of the throat latch buttons re-done. They were just not tied off...

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