WOW! This is really a deluxe jacket :eusa_clap - so many nice features and a damned nice color and leather - you see me envy!
Enjoy it in good health - btw - your son looks cool in his B-3 must be very proud of his dad.
Nice jackets, aren't they?
Did you send over the materials to Aero for the handwarmer pockets or was that straight out of the factory? Love the color of that jacket!
Yes, I haven't heard from him fer ages.
My fathers A2 in oilpull from 2015(?) looks very different in finish, no grain at all, very smooth, like suede almost. If anyone was to order an oilpull hide jacket, I would strongly recommend asking Aero for a sample of their current oilpull offering. There appear to be massive differences from batch to batch.View attachment 120405 Aero sent me this oil-pull sample in 2012. It is by far my favorite of their offerings. Never pulled the trigger, but I still keep the sample.
Butte is posting regularly on VLJ. Based on his occasional references to current TFL content, it appears that he continues to read TFL but elects not to post here.
The following two Butte posts on VLJ provide some insight:
“I've stayed out of all this lately as I had had enough of it. I don't think it's Charles, but rather another member there that gets him stirred up and whether it's a tag-team or just someone tagging along to start ***t, I for one can't even go there any more for fear that this guy will popup with his BS which started defending HPA vs Good Wear and Diamond Dave's jackets. He's got a loose nut, and he has something out for those guys - and now me. reading his posts make me think that if he were a kid in school, I'd have to report him as being dangerous and/or mentally unsound. I've never read anger like his in posts on either of these two forums, and I just now choose to keep away from that place.”
“So I decided to go over and have a read. Wow. My plan of not engaging any longer seems the best.”
I think that if a member feels attacked to a point he decides rather not to spend time at the Lounge any longer, the Bartenders should look into the issue and get the parties involved in the same (chat-)room to try and sort it out in everyone's best interest.