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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    No. You have to glaze that shit until it's glistening. If this forum was any good, they'd recommend the OP to keep BOTH jackets, one for layering and one for just a T-shirt, as both are clearly spectacular.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    Ah, the result of peddling subversive, concept clothes as utilitarian. I used to hate Fine Creek because of this until I realized they're actually trying to be Balenciaga. Anyway, then it's simple - Get the 44 and have it altered.
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    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    This is beautiful!!!
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    Lol! Are you just flat-out making this stuff up or did you actually hear that from some overzealous sales over at the Clutch cafe? Why would you even say that!? It dead-on looks like a Thom Browne piece and if it isn't a Thom Browne piece, it has no business looking like that on anyone, ever.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    I'm 100% with @Peter Mackin here. Neither look even half-decent on you, neither has a redeeming quality of any kind or sort and you have absolutely no reason to consider either. You deserve much better at any price tag. While generally too large, the 44 is of a near-coat length while the 42 is...
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    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    That's beautiful! Fantastic find!!!
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    Help finding this Leather Jacket (Cafe Racer with Stripes)

    I'm sure someone on the forum can help you out with that. It's what we do. I also cannot buy from Vinted directly and have to rely on a proxy but otherwise...
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    Help finding this Leather Jacket (Cafe Racer with Stripes)

    https://www.vinted.de/items/5353803600-belstaff-racing There's many of them on Vinted, just that the prices are all over the place.
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    Help finding this Leather Jacket (Cafe Racer with Stripes)

    All these options are cheaper than having Lewis or JL making you a $1000+ copy of a copy of some old-ass $30 jacket. But even finding a Belstaff of same or very similar design shouldn't be a problem. What size are you...
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    Help finding this Leather Jacket (Cafe Racer with Stripes)

    Going with Lewis Leathers or Johnson Leathers for this is crazy. Like I said, thousands upon thousands of such jackets were made as it used to be an extremely popular European style, which is where the movie jacket is drawing their inspiration from and I'm absolutely certain you can find one...
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    Help finding this Leather Jacket (Cafe Racer with Stripes)

    Other than getting the Cyclops' Belstaff or going vintage, I don't think you've got that many options. Bates would be your best bet although, thousands upon thousands of such jackets were made in Italy in the 70's and the 80's. I'm sure you could find exactly what you're looking for on Vinted...
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    Removing pecard from a leather jacket?

    There's not much purpose to applying anything to these shearling jackets as you're just greasing up layer of acrylic paint. Wipe it off with paper towels or toilet paper with a help from a hair dryer, as heat will liquify the grease. Some might soak through the paint into leather.
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    FS: Leather (Moto) Blazer, sz. 42 / L

    €450
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    FS: Schott Perfecto, sz. 40

    Here.
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    The Bates Corner

    As far as I am concerned, Bates is on a whole different level so I completely understand the want to keep this jacket but you need to let go of it asap.
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    No, never. Yes, that. Just to clarify, I am talking strictly about the durability of the finish. The leather - Or the jacket itself - Is a whole other issue of course which has nothing to do with the type of finish it is coated with. Also, beautiful jacket!! @MrProper answered your question...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Same as yours. These matte looking ones are just sprayed over or something. Schott doesn't make an accurate B-3 replica so I wouldn't expect them to have the kind of coating authentic to the actual military jackets. This is what you need to look for. Eastman, Aero and an earlier RMC make the...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    The 2nd jacket that you posted doesn't have the finish I'm talking about. It's just lightly dyed suede. Regardless, that amount of wear is a bit extreme for one month of wear but this isn't the heavy, shiny acrylic coating that you see on actual B-3 (repros) like the one below. Finish on this...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    It's not worse at all. Case in point are all the WW2 B-3's that survived to this day. Most leather is coated with the same thing, just not as much. It is this that you're actually seeing as "fading". Leather that wasn't plasticized that way is comparatively extremely rare. Vegetable tanned...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Yes. The suede is fused with the acrylic layer. There's more to the mix but it's basically paint.

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