smoz
One of the Regulars
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- 103
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- South London, UK
Nice looking jacket, good to see the "standing up on its own" pic.
Well, I'm glad I went with the brass. The zippers and pulls are matte and nice but the buckles are a little too high gloss polished.Congratulations on your great jacket. Does it meet your expectations? What do you think of the brass hardware?
Thanks for the reply, Rickard! I'm glad thats the case, otherwise that seemed a bit disastrous. Do they pop back in of their own accord after you intentionally stretch them out in that way? Not sure if Aero use elastic or not? It's mainly driving position, or reaching up, where I imagine it to be needed.No, definitely not! I'm bending my arms and shoulders together all I can to show the effect.
Under normal use they only open when I stretch forward or downward. During a usual day I'd say they rarely open at all.
So, now I've used the jacket in what we in Gothenburg call winter, which is more like a few degrees above freezing, hard wind and rain. Actually we had a few days of snow and cold last week too.
My impressions so far is that the jacket, lined with Harris Tweed and cotton drill sleeves, together with a thin shirt is really nice from around 5°C/40°F to 12°C/55°F and a little wind. Below 5°C/40°F it works well for shorter times or with a thin wool sweater it's nice down to maybe -4°C/25°F. After that it's a little too tight for me to put on a lot more clothes underneath and so far we haven't had colder than that.
Another thing I noticed the first days I wore it that has proven true is that it wears in slowly but when it gets wet in a rain it takes a giant leap and gets a lot nicer the next day. It just takes a new shape over the shoulders and sleeves and the wrinkles on the sleeves gets deeper and more pronounced. It also gets softer and more flexible, or simply it bends in new places perhaps.
I'm really really happy with the jackets and I think it's developing perfectly to a nice worn in jacket that fits me better and better!
A question though. Aero says that their jackets don't need to be waxed in several years after they are new. I carry a shoulder bag and where the strap sits the shiny surface gets worn off a little and it looks a bit dry dry there... I've got a bit of experience with leather of all sorts and it surprises me that it should be left in that state. What do you guys say?
However, an Aero jacket shouldn't need any treatment until its 30 or 40 years old. Right now, do nothing, absolutely nothing. Do not pamper it, do not oil it, don't treat it with hide food - not even this one, this product is for old steerhide jackets and dried up old vintage horsehide jackets from the 1930s and 1940s, not for your Aero, well not until maybe 2035.