What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[mtrlr]

Aero battered seal HH cafe racer for typhoon part 1. Aero Maxwell in tumbled cordovan HH for typhoon part 2.

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Nice jackets. May I ask what do you like and don't like about the battered seal HH?

 

[Dr H]

Really changeable weather pattern in the West Country this week. Cool, but dry, sunny, and warmer today. Sadly, too warm for the Journeyman today so goatskin Monarch with olive green moleskin newsboy cap (Laird Hatters). Goat is breaking in well.

 

[Dav]

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My new Aero Type 3 in blackened brown Vicenza arrived this afternoon. Fit is just about perfect and the leather has a nice soft hand that was comfortable from the first moment I put it on. It also has a wonderful smell almost as powerful as Horween CXL.
Apologies for the hastily snapped, poorly lit and posed photo. I will try to get some better shots of it this weekend because it is really something special.

Awesome, I've thought about one of these for a while now, if I could just kick the military bug I'd be all over one. Very much looking forward to some more pics.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Famous blue raincoat.

 

[zebedee]

Nice jackets. May I ask what do you like and don't like about the battered seal HH?

Certainly. Battered Seal is a more matte, less 'red' brown than Aero's normal brown. It 'tigers' very quickly (undercoat shows in stripes) and I really like this. It dulls rapidly, but stops a long way short of oil-pull. So far, I don't have a bad word to say about it- slightly oily hand (like battered tan), but not a problem. Nice smell. It starts to age in a few hours, which is great. After a few more mad rainfalls, I'll put some more pics up. A long jacket in it would be outstanding, too.

 

[JMax]

IH

 

[El Marro]

Awesome, I've thought about one of these for a while now, if I could just kick the military bug I'd be all over one. Very much looking forward to some more pics.

Dav, it would make a great addition to your collection. And if you got the sizing right you could probably wear one of these under a B3...

 

[Mysteryo]

50’s Californian police jacket
Steerhide sz44
Talon diamond puller zipper

 

[JMax]

50’s Californian police jacket
Steerhide sz44
Talon diamond puller zipper

So nice. There is just something special about these old police jackets. So nice.

 

[mtrlr]

Certainly. Battered Seal is a more matte, less 'red' brown than Aero's normal brown. It 'tigers' very quickly (undercoat shows in stripes) and I really like this. It dulls rapidly, but stops a long way short of oil-pull. So far, I don't have a bad word to say about it- slightly oily hand (like battered tan), but not a problem. Nice smell. It starts to age in a few hours, which is great. After a few more mad rainfalls, I'll put some more pics up. A long jacket in it would be outstanding, too.

Thanks a lot, been considering a work coat, either in battered seal HH or seal Vicenza.

I've received a sample called Horween Mustang HH, which is more reddish, mostly rusty look, and more scratchable, about the same stiffness as the battered HH, but thinner. Couldn't find any example on this TFL though.

 

[Mysteryo]

So nice. There is just something special about these old police jackets. So nice.

This jacket is so cool, but the picture dont do justice.

 

[tmitchell59]

This jacket is so cool, but the picture dont do justice.

Very nice. California Sportswear jackets are top drawer. This is a Beauty!

 

[King B]

 

[King B]

Another Panther leather jacket

 

[Man of Vintage]

From this past weekend - '69-very early 70's (AMF) Harley Davidson Sportster 'one pocket' cafe jacket. (white speck is a bug...)

 

[Fanch]

At 95F in Dallas today feels more like early August than early October. Hopefully jacket weather in Big D before too much longer.

 

[tmitchell59]

Wearing a 50s Sears Hercules Horsehide jacket on the return of "Leather Weather". Never seen a Hercules or other catalog jacket in this design. Plain back with no belt or adjustment. No knits. Quilted lining through out the interior. Very light weight leather. Marked a size 42.

Here are more pics.

 

[Michael A]

After some extremely humid days in the upper 80s it's finally back to a steady diet of jacket weather here.
Orvis Fly Front Hunting Jacket
10-2-2019 Today's Clothes by Michael A2012, on Flickr
IMG_6436 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Nice tight weave cotton canvas shell with brushed cotton drill lining.
IMG_6431 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Seems like it will be a nice jacket for some walks in the woods this autumn.

Have a good one,
Michael

 

[Man of Vintage]

Wearing a 50s Sears Hercules Horsehide jacket on the return of "Leather Weather". Never seen a Hercules or other catalog jacket in this design. Plain back with no belt or adjustment. No knits. Quilted lining through out the interior. Very light weight leather. Marked a size 42.

Here are more pics.

Killer patina!

 

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