Doctor Strange
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A slightly different take...
Like many/most, I came here primarily interested in A-2 and Indy jackets. While I'm not a high-volume buyer/owner like many of you, what being here daily did to me was get me interested in other kinds of leather jackets - Navy flight jackets, café racers, police jackets - which I eventually bought samples of. I have no interest in buying vintage/used jackets or in leather colors other than black and brown; I currently have just three of each. And I'm not really lusting for more leathers... nor can I really afford them now that I'm retired. (Note that I didn't post on the "The TFL Effect" thread, because I'm not continually buying/selling leathers like so many of you.)
But this place did get me interested in cloth jackets too, and I have been steadily acquiring them. MA-1, B-15, M-41, M-43, WEP, bush/safari jacket, etc. I've been allowing myself to buy one jacket a year, and have typically followed a $400 leather one year with an under-$100 cloth jacket the next. For example, I just got a What Price Glory repro M-43 that I think is a stunning value for just $65.
So I have a slightly different affliction, acquiring a diversity of jackets... but not mainly leather!
Like many/most, I came here primarily interested in A-2 and Indy jackets. While I'm not a high-volume buyer/owner like many of you, what being here daily did to me was get me interested in other kinds of leather jackets - Navy flight jackets, café racers, police jackets - which I eventually bought samples of. I have no interest in buying vintage/used jackets or in leather colors other than black and brown; I currently have just three of each. And I'm not really lusting for more leathers... nor can I really afford them now that I'm retired. (Note that I didn't post on the "The TFL Effect" thread, because I'm not continually buying/selling leathers like so many of you.)
But this place did get me interested in cloth jackets too, and I have been steadily acquiring them. MA-1, B-15, M-41, M-43, WEP, bush/safari jacket, etc. I've been allowing myself to buy one jacket a year, and have typically followed a $400 leather one year with an under-$100 cloth jacket the next. For example, I just got a What Price Glory repro M-43 that I think is a stunning value for just $65.
So I have a slightly different affliction, acquiring a diversity of jackets... but not mainly leather!