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If you're looking at Aero, ask them what hides they have: they might have something unusual in. Their goat is a fantastic compromise between light weight but still robust. Definitely the lightest of their regularly stocked leathers, in my experience.
As the good Doctor Strange has noted, however, if you're not frightened off by the apparent fragility, lamb can also be a good choice. I would say equally important is your choice of lining: I've owned an A2 and an AN6552 both in Aero's goat, and the latter was significantly warmer, largely due to the synthetic lining.
Last I heard it's not on their general offerings yet as they weren't sure they could get enough of it, but worth asking them about it. I'm very keen to try roo myself.
As has been noted, Horween is a tannery rather than one specific type; that said, even batches of the same Horween hide can vary one to the next. That's one of the things about organic material: you'll never find total consistency between batches.
As the good Doctor Strange has noted, however, if you're not frightened off by the apparent fragility, lamb can also be a good choice. I would say equally important is your choice of lining: I've owned an A2 and an AN6552 both in Aero's goat, and the latter was significantly warmer, largely due to the synthetic lining.
It all depends on whether or not Aero has kangaroo on hand but recall at least one member having ordered a kangaroo jacket from Aero.
Last I heard it's not on their general offerings yet as they weren't sure they could get enough of it, but worth asking them about it. I'm very keen to try roo myself.
Guys, I've just had some very interesting correspondence with Diamond Dave, where I posed to him some of my same questions from here. Currently he only has Shinki and Horween Chromexcel horsehide available for jackets (no goatskin), and the Horween is actually a lighter weight! The Shinki is 3.25 to 3.5 oz., whereas the Horween is more like 2.5 to 3 oz. (which he pointed out is lighter than the 4 oz. that Aero uses) and "drapes like originals" (not sure what that means?).
Anyhow, I find this enlightening--based on my reading here, I thought that "specialty" horsehide like Shinki and Vicenza were thinner than something like Horween.
So Diamond Dave is making the case for Horween horsehide!
As has been noted, Horween is a tannery rather than one specific type; that said, even batches of the same Horween hide can vary one to the next. That's one of the things about organic material: you'll never find total consistency between batches.