dan_t
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So you decided on an Aero Happy Days in mid-weight smooth seal brown HH with brass zipper? How about the lining? Aero has so many great choices! Any inside pockets? What kind of lead time did they give for a completion date?
If I was living in Australia, I'd go with cotton, simply to get max use from the jacket.
Aero's cotton drill lining is tough as nails and very wearable. With the exception of my Teamster with moleskin body shell lining, my other Aeros are lined throughout with cotton drill to wear in Texas for the very reason just given by Sloan.
I will take Sloan and Fanch's advice on this, and go with cotton drill lining - Brown Heavy Duty Cotton Drill I think:
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No inside pocket.
Well, I'm glad to see this thread re-opened as the "Fonzie" jacket is one of my all time favorites, likely my #1 choice among the knit jackets that would be perfect in either MWHH or goatskin and lined throughout with cotton drill. Should you go with an inside vertical pocket, consider one in the leather facing without any fastening (snap, zipper, etc.) at all as I did in by Teamster and Pioneer jackets.
Aero has this view but I've never found it happening. Even if I did it would just be part of the jacket's wear. You'll find seams sometimes show up as lines on the jacket exterior too. I like it. A pocket lined with moleskin tucked in as above will be pretty harmless. Of course if you don't carry much of anything - I don't - maybe you won't need pockets.
I have a Highwayman with 2 inside pockets which is definitely showing the rectangular shape and snap fastener. I am glad there are no inside pockets on my Dustbowl and would take Aero's advice on this (my latest jackets have been bought from the sale page but I wouldn't specify them in the future). All of my jackets show creases from the breast pocket and from where the inside facing meets the shoulder seam but looks better with wear.
That's the straight ahead brown FQHH, and this photo really doesn't do it real justice.
Fair enough. I've just looked at some of my other jackets I can see a feint outline of pocket lining and facing but I don't mind the look.