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Gorgeous! I especially love the cuffs and the color but the whole thing is marvelous.
The cuffs on the old mule jacket were rather crude. I'd seen this design some where else so I asked for it here. The original jacket also had double thickness leather on the shoulders and elbows but that would have been a superhuman effort for the machinist to achieve. I also dropped the double buttons, as being too 'showy'imoldfashioned said:Gorgeous! I especially love the cuffs and the color but the whole thing is marvelous.
H.Johnson said:Surely 'Kraftradjacke' is motorcycle jacket in German?
I have suggested a possible name change to Will at Aero, lets see what he thinks. I know the German market is a big part of Aero's business, so maybe it could be called Kradjacke on German web sites.eClairvaux said:That would be almost as if you would call a motorcycle jacket a steamhorse-jacket in English. No, motorcycle jackets go by Motorradjacke in (modern) german.
However "Kraftrad" and "Krad" are still in use in legal texts and in military contexts, where e.g. a "Kradmelder" uses a "Kraftrad" to deliver messages/documents etc.
What's most important though, is what Jan Solo pointed out: Kradjacke carries the air of times and their styles which are where this jacket is at home.
I think this is a compromise from Aero and I think it needs slightly more taper perhaps by lowering the belts or just removal of material.feltfan said:Interesting to see the old jacket. I like the way the bottom
pocket is so close to the bottom edge of the jacket.
Any particular reason for losing the front and back seams used
to narrow the jacket in favor of that standard Aero belt design?
I take it the second row of buttons was intended to button
the lapel open? Got any pictures of the jacket unbuttoned/open?
Again, great jacket.
Baron Kurtz said:Interesting. The abandonment of the second row of buttons (a mistake, IMO) gives a very military tunic-y look to it. Almost futuristic.
fishmeok said:One thing I've run across with button up MC jackets is the draft factor- *****when you are riding in 30 degree F or colder temps**** the drafts coming in around the buttons are brutal- it might be nice to have a hidden zipper on the inner flap to prevent this.
Cheers
Mark
Good point about the leather. It is a thick chunky, and warm to wear. Both goat and Capeskin would be good I think. I may ask Aero to add a lower strap on both sides so I can tighten it up more around the waist for a snug fit. This might be easier than more tapering.BellyTank said:I like that the second row of buttons have been omitted.
I also like 2 rows of buttons- it offers symmetry.
But the offset closure is a motorcycle jacket trait- to avoid getting a strong draft through a centred closure.
I like the asymmetry on Johns jacket.
You folks may have seen my old German goatskin jacket of a similar design,
with offset closure and 2 rows of buttons. It is one of my favourite styles.
The goatskin makes it very light and supple, which is a good thing in a close fitting jacket, where arm articulation is necessary.
My old jacket though, I would say, is not a motorcycle jacket but a leather offspring of the style used by German youth organisations, etc- derived from early ski-wear. The offset closure style became popular beyond the ski slopes and was used in German tank crew uniforms. The woollen tank crew uniforms are very reminiscent of 1930s ski clothing- especially in black.
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Baron Kurtz said:I was thinking of one particular Soviet futurist poster. But i can't find an image of it.
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