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How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

Fonzie

One Too Many
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I jus received the ELMC Californian, boy is it a nice jacket! The fit is spot on too, I'll post pics tomorrow as it's night time now.
With this beauty I jus received and the custom Aero Buco J-100 I just ordered via Thurston I pronounce my leather jacket collection well and truly done and dusted, if anything I'll sell some of them, but I truly feel I don't need/want anything else.
Thank goodness, now I can find something else to focus my OCD on. Please let it be something cheap this time...
 

AbbaDatDeHat

I'll Lock Up
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I jus received the ELMC Californian, boy is it a nice jacket! The fit is spot on too, I'll post pics tomorrow as it's night time now.
With this beauty I jus received and the custom Aero Buco J-100 I just ordered via Thurston I pronounce my leather jacket collection well and truly done and dusted, if anything I'll sell some of them, but I truly feel I don't need/want anything else.
Thank goodness, now I can find something else to focus my OCD on. Please let it be something cheap this time...
Fedoras are cheaper...usually. Same buzz, just a different part of your body to enhance.
Be well. Bowen
Ps: a room full of fedoras has quite the pleasant smell too.
 
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I'm shoring up the details with Stuart now. Lost Worlds Ryder in heaviest available russet brown HH is incoming. As@Hh121 had suggested I will be opting for full flightnylon quilt throughout. Should be an absolute tank of a jacket. I'm required to pay full balance upfront for the request of heaviest hide so the seal vic is up for sale. PM if interested.
 

torfjord

Call Me a Cab
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I'm shoring up the details with Stuart now. Lost Worlds Ryder in heaviest available russet brown HH is incoming. As@Hh121 had suggested I will be opting for full flightnylon quilt throughout. Should be an absolute tank of a jacket. I'm required to pay full balance upfront for the request of heaviest hide so the seal vic is up for sale. PM if interested.

Maybe something for @nick123? [emoji23]


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TBH I'm a little put off by the full payment upfront. I can see 1/2...not sure how I feel about that. Assuming Stu isn't hit by a NYC bus it shouldn't be a problem. Right?
 

ProteinNerd

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,902
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TBH I'm a little put off by the full payment upfront. I can see 1/2...not sure how I feel about that. Assuming Stu isn't hit by a NYC bus it shouldn't be a problem. Right?

Yeah I’m always doubtful about full payment upfront. There is no incentive for the merchant to get the goods to you quickly when they have already been paid...
 
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Yeah I’m always doubtful about full payment upfront. There is no incentive for the merchant to get the goods to you quickly when they have already been paid...
Perhaps I suggest 1/2 down and balance upon completion? I'd be lying if I said it sits very poorly with me.
 

Hh121

Banned
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I'm shoring up the details with Stuart now. Lost Worlds Ryder in heaviest available russet brown HH is incoming. As@Hh121 had suggested I will be opting for full flightnylon quilt throughout. Should be an absolute tank of a jacket. I'm required to pay full balance upfront for the request of heaviest hide so the seal vic is up for sale. PM if interested.

Oh, Lost Worlds 4.5oz russet horsehide, the best in the world
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Oh, Lost Worlds 4.5oz russet horsehide, the best in the world
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Yeah but did you pay full balance upfront? Not the business model I'm used to. 1/2 to 3/4 is one thing. Hell Aero doesn't charge squat 'till it's ready to ship. It's given me a bit of pause.
 

Hh121

Banned
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So you paid full boat before your test was done? I find it odd. Stu took my cc but didn't charge a dime until my j23 was ready to ship...

Really?? I always paid full and I don't find it strange (Do I have other choice?)
 
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Really?? I always paid full and I don't find it strange (Do I have other choice?)
Yes. See my post above. Aero, SB and Vanson, Himmel maybe all makers don't require full payment before the jacket is finished. Unless of course it's an off the rack item. As PN noted the incentive for timely completion is all but lost if you give up the full purchase price without knowing you'll ever receive anything. And this is not my first LW purchase. I can see a deposit. But not the full price.
 

ProteinNerd

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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Sydney
What if it's never delivered. I'm up shit creek.

Or like me, paid full price upfront for a set of window blinds, 6 months later they finally arrive and they were the wrong length...another 3 months after that the second set were also wrong.

Never again
 
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I've never bought an LW direct from LW. Just Ebay purchases. I don't like the idea of full payment up front. I've never bought a custom jacket (to be made) like that. I find that unusual. Has LW always been like that I wonder...??
HD
 
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Or like me, paid full price upfront for a set of window blinds, 6 months later they finally arrive and they were the wrong length...another 3 months after that the second set were also wrong.

Never again
Totally. It appears as if I'll need to compose another email to Carrie. I hope there are collar options for the 50's HB. The 30's pattern is great but I'm a block of a man. I love the LW pattern but it appears times have changed there and my comfort level is greatly diminished. Shame. I want that super heavy hide. I suppose I will be able to make the subtle mods I want tho. Without fear. It seems I am Aero for life. Not hard to see why.
 
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I've never bought an LW direct from LW. Just Ebay purchases. I don't like the idea of full payment up front. I've never bought a custom jacket (to be made) like that. I find that unusual. Has LW always been like that I wonder...??
HD
Not always HD. A deposit is more than reasonable. A full boat payment is bullshit. Stu refused to take a dime before my j23 was ready to ship. That was 2012 tho. I guess things are different now. Count me out. There has to be some level of meet me half way for comforts sake.
 

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