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  1. Sloan1874

    treating leather jacket

    I used Pecard's on an original Cable Raincoat A-2 and a 1960s Mary Quant leather jacket. Both reacted well to a bit of light work - I applied it using my fingers to avoid overdoing it - and certainly made them more wearable. I know John Chapman uses vaseline on his jackets, but I tend to prefer...
  2. Sloan1874

    Himel Bros Kensington

    Sadly, I don't think RacerX comes around here much, or at all, nowadays.
  3. Sloan1874

    Plain crosszips?

    Aero Bootlegger. Just tell the colour you fancy - brown, cordovan, tan - and ask them to put a pair of simple Highway cuffs on it, perhaps wipe out of the chest zip and remove the lapel snaps.
  4. Sloan1874

    James Deans leather jacket

    It's not one that really caught my eye, tbh. As ever, the moment I try one of these things on, I'll want it. As it is, the temperature has dropped to Irvin and Barnstormer levels, so I'm now getting full wear out of both!
  5. Sloan1874

    James Deans leather jacket

    Tried one on in the sale. It was just on the wrong side of roomy, otherwise I'd have gone for it. Oddly, any other biker jacket I've ever tried just looked wrong on me - I'm not sure I have the correct 'attitude' for one, but the Ranger was the exception.
  7. Sloan1874

    How to dull shiny nickel hardware on leather jackets?

    Perhaps a light coat of Indian ink will help take the shine off until the metal work ages of its own accord?
  8. Sloan1874

    Hookless Zipper help please!

    I think they look very cool, there's something pleasingly stripped-down and utilitarian about them but I think they could be very fiddly on heavy leather.
  9. Sloan1874

    Aero leather tumbled black advice needed!!!

    If you're very unhappy, you should contact Aero and speak to them. All we can do here is give our tuppence worth but we're not the ones who are going to have the final say on your jacket.
  10. Sloan1874

    Does 4oz hide from Aero exist?

    It must have been five years ago that I last saw super heavy steer at Aero. It was light tan and had been made into a Hippy Jacket (if you remember those). It was a beast-and-a-half, but I remember Ken's attitude being that this sort of weight was just not really in demand, so it wouldn't...
  11. Sloan1874

    Aero A2 from 1986.. photos

    My old 1980s Aero A2 had similar knits, they were solid as you like - probably more so than the ones on my modern A2s. Didn't have the snaps up the wind flap but it was made a couple of years later than this one.
  13. Sloan1874

    Aero visit

    That's Murray you spoke to. Don't think for a second that you'll only order a jacket. It's impossible to resist the plethora of jeans, jumpers, hats etc.
  14. Sloan1874

    Aero visit

    Morgan's a good one to ask for. She did a great job of my Wayfarer.
  15. Sloan1874

    Aero Badalassi Offering

    I noticed on Instagram that Aero are now doing Nappa Lux from the Badalassi. Anyone who was frequenting the Lounge four or five years ago will recall that this leather was seriously sought-after. I've only seen one example of it, an Aero made from a way-heavy butterscotch sample. Interested to...
  16. Sloan1874

    Cordovan vs. Tumbled Cordovan

    Tumbled feels a little lighter in the wearing, but apart from that there's not much difference. It really is just the same leather a couple of years down the line. I love both my cordovan jackets, but they are different beasts - the smooth is a bit smarter, a bit more 'solid-looking', the...
  17. Sloan1874

    Someone talk me out of this green jacket...

    God, no, mate. If it was petrol blue or similar, yeah. But that's just the wrongest of colours. Honestly, you could do and can do so much better. You'll wear that a couple of times, realise the error of your way and then regret that forever!
  19. Sloan1874

    How Long For A Leather Jacket To Start To Get Soft?

    My Aero's all took at least a year to start soften up noticeably. It also depends on what you do with it. If you wear it in anger, it'll soften up in no time. But I think a lot of us wear ours fairly lightly and so it's always going to take that little bit longer to get going.
  20. Sloan1874

    Lost Worlds Heavy Bison Trucker

    Nope, the colour's great - I had an A-2 roughly that colour and it just looked the biz.
  21. Sloan1874

    Lost Worlds Heavy Bison Trucker

    That's one grainy mofo! Buffalo and bison are great leathers, full of character and hard as hell. The collar's interesting but as Monitor says, it's the sort of thing that Aero would just refuse to do. That said, overall the colour and grain carry the overall look off. Nice!
  22. Sloan1874

    Simmons Bilt Statesman

    For me, the collar doesn't work, and the £700 price tag is well over the score.
  23. Sloan1874

    Aero Barnstormer in Seal Vicenza

    It's not fitted like a half-belt, so with the belt on there's enough play in the back for mobility. I suspect the mid-weight leather helps as the fqhh barnstormers are big beasts.

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