Recent content by mysternee

Umbrellas are a joke here, bordering on a scam. It should be illegal to market them. They just get eaten! You need a good hood, or for a leather jacket, a hat with a strap. Otherwise it will be off your head and floating downstream in no time.

I've lived here on the west coast, Dublin, and Cork, and while Dublin is a bit drier, Cork and the south coast are actually pretty pleasant. The issue here is the unpredictability; even in the height of summer it will often absolutely bucket for a minute or two, and then go back to being...

It's funny this thread is here, I did something similar recently: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-jacket-are-you-wearing-today.82949/post-3161271 I wore the above jacket for 3 weeks while in Alabama this winter. It was my only outerwear, and I have to say it was extremely...

5* modified G1. Took this to Alabama for 3 weeks this winter; it was the only outerwear I brought. Got a lot of compliments too, it really was a perfect travel jacket. Thought about taking one of my nicer ones, but there's something to be said for bringing a jacket you can chuck around and stow...

This looks badass

Yup, Iron Rangers. I think when it comes time to get another pair I'll probably get the Blacksmith, as I like the brass eyelets more. But the IRs are great.

Thanks man, I'm really, really happy with it. I don't want to tempt fate by saying I'm done on the first go, but it kind of feels that way. I'm not sure I'd change a thing about it. I read a lot of your posts while I was researching it, and your brown bootlegger(s?) basically sold me on this...

Putting my new Aero HBD through its paces. I'll do a proper review when I've spent more time in it and seen the full break-in process, but honestly, it's already great.

Modified goatskin G-1 by 5*. Got cold all of a sudden so I felt the need for the knits!

Speaking as a newcomer, the appeal of thick leather is that when you're coming from the sea of cheap, thin leathers that dominate the high street, it gives you the sense that it'll last the course. Now as Ajahn Chah once said, "for me the cup is already broken", and it's true that being attached...

Same. In my time lurking and posting here I've found @MrProper 's many posts not only invaluable, but measured and polite, and I've never seen him rain on anyone's parade. I think in this case his being forthright and frank about the likely outcome is being mistaken for hostility or criticism...

Friend, maybe have a think about how likely that is. Everyone else is being condescending, insulting, rude? Everyone else has it wrong, and you have it right? I'm not saying it never happens, but as the saying goes, if three men tell you you're sick, lie down. I bought a 5* jacket and it was...

Well I went with two unfastened inside pockets as well! So two large fastened pockets out front, two medium unfastened pockets inside, two small zipped pockets at the chest, and some slashes for my hands—god forbid they should have to share the space... but yeah, I don't think the small chest...

I typically see people removing rather than adding the chest pockets around here, and I can understand why, as they're not really 'fully-fledged' pockets, and many people prefer clean lines. But I always found them handy on my old jacket, just as extra compartments for filing away little bits...

I'm willing to believe that, but in the process of obsessively researching stuff on here over the last 6 months, I've seen so many complaints about the Talons—and recommendations of the Universals—across a span of years, that I have to feel many buyers are making a conscious choice in favor of a...