Best Break-In Stories, How Did Your Leather Jacket Age Over Time

[TheJacketGuy]

One of the best things about a high-quality leather jacket is how it changes with wear. Some jackets soften up beautifully, develop a rich patina, or even tell a story through their scuffs and creases. What’s your experience? How did your favorite leather jacket break in over time, and how long did it take before it felt ‘just right’ to you?

 

[rogueclimber]

One of the best things about a high-quality leather jacket is how it changes with wear. Some jackets soften up beautifully, develop a rich patina, or even tell a story through their scuffs and creases. What’s your experience? How did your favorite leather jacket break in over time, and how long did it take before it felt ‘just right’ to you?

Maybe provide a tale of your own to get the ball rolling

 

[zebedee]

The first serious leather jacket I owned was a Highwayman in brown fqhh from Aero. I didn't like it when I got it out of the box - it seemed too heavy, felt like a suitcase and I was annoyed to have spent all that money on it.

It took a month or so to be comfortable It's 16 years old now and probably my favourite thing.

It initially went with me to a few UK pubs and then I took it with me to Shanghai. It's been scraped over by a chair, saved me from an arterial wound (also pub), rained on, snowed on, baked in California sun, lashed by Hong Kong monsoons, shat on by birds, vomited on by one daughter, used as a pillow and a blanket, worn by both kids in cold winters overseas, coveted by friends, scorned by enemies, carried paperbacks, folding knives, official documentation, unofficial documentation and worn in or on just about every vehicle I can think of except a tractor.

J.