New Aero designs (pic heavy)

[Edward]

Interesting stuff. I really like that Highwayman... Already have the standard item in black, bit I'm very tempted by the idea of one of these in brown fqhh.... Is the fit the same?

supposedly to be regenerated during the Olympics and forever after. It's still a dump!

Ha, yeah... we all got sold a pup with that farcical superannuated sports day. I bitterly wish Paris had won it.... though I suppose then the UK would have wasted even more money chasing it again. At least it ill never again be in our city during our lifetimes, which is a plus.

 

[Sloan1874]

It's a softer cow leather than the usual bullet proof HH, so it has a different drape. Denny threw it on, and buckled the straps tight, and it looked, shall we say, Sid Vicious-tastic .

 

[Fanch]

No reason why Kangaroo wouldn't make a nice hide. It should be super tough and super wearable as well. Not as thick as kudu.

 

[Sloan1874]

I was surprised to find that the individual kanga hides are quite small.

 

[sshack]

I wish kangaroo was more popular, lots of benefits to it.

 

[tropicalbob]

What style is that with the Maine horse, or is that one of the new ones?

 

[Sloan1874]

It's a slightly modified half-belt.

Oh, forgot to mention that the British line will come with period correct Waldes zips:

 

[Edward]

It's a softer cow leather than the usual bullet proof HH, so it has a different drape. Denny threw it on, and buckled the straps tight, and it looked, shall we say, Sid Vicious-tastic .

Ha, yeah.... studded up, it would be a dead ringer for the one young Vicious sported - most famously in that photo with his Mum at Heathrow. If memory serves, his was a Lewis of some sort (possibly a Corsair). Similar style. Design goes back to the late fifties, but they really caught on with the London punk scene during the 77 Revolution because they were available second hand and cheap as much as anything. Nice jacket.

 

[Cyber Lip]

This one's cool. Hopefully not another half-belt

 

[wanz]

No reason why Kangaroo wouldn't make a nice hide. It should be super tough and super wearable as well. Not as thick as kudu.

I have a US Wings jacket in kangaroo (and an Aero Pioneer in kudu). Absolutely love the kangaroo leather. It may be my favorite hide that I own. That leather jacket was my first so take that into consideration...

Fanch, as a side note for you, the kangaroo is almost perfect for Texas weather.

I was very disappointed when adidas stopped using kangaroo leather in their Sambas a few years ago as well. Does anyone know if there are any importation issues to the US with kangaroo leather? I believe California's ban drove adidas' decision but wasn't sure if it had extended elsewhere.

 

[GuyLdeB]

As teenagers in the early seventies we had a kangaroo leather levis trucker jacket. Remember it as being a very nice jacket, bullet proof.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Kangaroo is very dense and takes forever to break in - forget what you hear about goat, kanga is indestructible. It's hard to get hold of here in Aust, which is nuts. But you can't get goatskin here either very easily. All we tend to use is sheepskin and cow hide. Kanga wears like a mid-weight horsehide with the abrasion resistance of goat.

 

[Bunyip]

The board track and the kangaroo look the goods....very impressive...will this coincide with a price rise?

 

[zhz]

Love that Plainsman. Is this the same Badalassi hide BK uses on their westfall? They all called Badalassi anyway...

 

[Superfluous]

The Plainsman is a winner! Aero says they are two+ weeks away from a formal release -- no details yet.

 

[handymike]

Yes, the plainsman looks great!

 

[Edward]

Mn, that Rivett's Highwayman could look really sharp in Cordovan.... (or for a more early 70s look, that blue hide that MajorMajor had the Aquamarine in...).

 

[Sloan1874]

Some superior pics of the Board Racer from Insurrection: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...ficial-Affiliate-Thread&p=1783296#post1783296

 

[Highwaymanman]

Edward, Sid Vicious was mostly pictured wearing a Perfecto style jacket although whether it was a Schott or not I don't know. He defo wore something similar to a Highwayman which was covered in studs but I think it was a Lewis Dominator. There's even a pic of him wearing a two tone biker jacket.

 

[ProteinNerd]

That plainsman is definitely on my list..hmmm black or cordovan? Which do you think would be better?