Best smell of any leather. It's spoiled me.One thing I will add is that the smell fresh out of the box is the most delicious and intoxicating aroma I ever had on a new jacket.
Himel´s shinki is nice, Horween CXL is so-so, but this is relly the bee´s knees! Will probably have to buy a new one every six month just for that sensation alone...
Likewise, and 2022 manufactured ones did as well.Indeed, mine which according to the pocket label was manufactured in 2021 has the heavy square buckle instead of this one.
This is a very recent change. On a related note, I saw that the Japanese equivalents (which did have the mitered buckle) are no longer comically sized with mini chests, so it seems like Schott is now doing the best of both worlds by giving both countries the vintage accurate buckle and the proper V-shaped cut.
Very nice, Tom. Remember it will be the worst it will ever look day 1. Took about 40 or 50 wears for me to start getting some shape. If you think you have some room to spare, I'd suggest getting wet. not a thorough soak, but some rubbing in water here and there, especially sleeves and shoulders/upper pecs. Unlike most leather jackets, I found that this one tightened after breaking in which was weird LOL and ultimately made the jacket too small for me with size 40. Not sure if it was the water treatment, so just be careful, but the water made a huge difference in speeding up the process
Yep, that chest rumple that makes one think maybe the chest is too big (and had me second guessing size) is going to disappear with wear and get closer.