Vaquero357
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...now that's a keeper! Bar fight jacket!
Thanks! For a stock jacket, I’m pretty happy with it. Honestly I don’t think I would change anything. I haven’t had a custom that fit this well.You killed it Sean!
Perfect fit man.
LOL! It’s starting to become cliche around here but....when my wife saw it she immediately said she liked it! That never happens.That’s how I felt when I opened mine and put it on. And just wait until the compliments start rolling in. A lot of the jackets we wear aren’t for everyone but that black horsehide type 3 is a real crowd pleaser. I can’t tell you how many of my friends have seen it for the first time and instantly said: “I want that jacket!”
Very well said, I feel the same way about mine. This was my first experience with Vicenza leather so I did not have anything to compare it to but I was pleasantly surprised by the weight when I received it. Because it is so light I find that it drapes the same way a denim type 3 would and that just makes the jacket feel right to me.The lighter feel of it also fits into my “quiver” of jackets pretty well as I have heavy leather, some mid weight, and now this which I would consider pretty lightweight. so this is not a complaint at all...it’s a sweet jacket and because of the weight I can see this being somewhat of an all year jacket, being able to wear it even in those cool summer nights when my other jackets are just to heavy....it almost reminds me of lightweight goat leather but with the look and feel of horse.
My Trucker is a size 38. My (on order) premier highwayman is a size 42.Beautiful jacket, congratulations!
This is serendipitous post for me. I also just picked up a Type III in blackened-brown Vicenza with the same Troy Mills blanket lining, size 42... although mine is coming directly from Aero, via their stock/used/vintage page.
Regarding the sizing of Aero’s Type III: is it similar to something like a Board Racer or a Premier Highwayman, just with bigger shoulders?
I ask because the pit-to-pit measurements are similar in all three models. I always kind of focus on the pit-to-pit measurement with jackets, because I’ve found that’s usually a pretty good indicator of how slim a jacket will fit (YMMV).
That said, while the particular size 42 Type III I bought has a pit-to-pit of roughly 22.5”, which is in keeping with the pit-to-pit measurements of size 42 Board Racer and Premier Highwayman examples, the shoulders are quite a bit broader.. 19.25”, much broader than the other two models, which usually measure out anywhere from 17.25” to 17.75” in a 42.
I like a slimmer fitting jacket, so my Board Racer is a 42, while in the “standard size” Aero models I’m usually around a 38, or sometimes a 40. My size 42 Board Racer has a pit-to-pit of 22.5” and the shoulders are 17.75”. It’s definitely a slim up and down jacket, but I wouldn’t mind a bit more room in the shoulders... so 19.25” sounds pretty good, assuming the body remains similarly slim compared to the Board Racer.
Thoughts?
I would say it is similar to classic Levis type 3 jacket. My understanding of the Board Racer and PHM is that they are both trim fit jackets with narrow shoulders, that is not true of the Aero Type 3. I wear a size 44 in most of the Aero’s I have owned (Bootlegger, Teamster, HWM) and my Type 3 is a 44 as well. I think I would have to go up to a size 46 to fit a PHM and I think my shoulders are too broad to try a Board Racer.Regarding the sizing of Aero’s Type III: is it similar to something like a Board Racer or a Premier Highwayman, just with bigger shoulders?