this make so much sense now, since I got phwm and café racer as well, similar sizing to yours for both.
What did you ask Aero to do for the new custom? build it off the cafe/sheene block into the 23 to 20 , 3inch taper?
Those numbers match Simons official tb store, it's very slim. Probably won't work for anyone above 42, All their jacket is slim, based on Japanese copies.
Save some people some time, this jacket has been passed around quite a bit here.
Those marks probably won't come off unless you want lighter streaks in the jacket that don't blend with the overall hand finished museum/antiquing look
It builds Patina, but must be careful of the tannage, some of them will give you perm rain spots. But again, depends on person preference IMO, depends on how bothered you are about it.
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additional 20% off with code bf20 for the Himel fans out there, if any
You get what you paid for out of china. The higher end shoes and boots are really expensive, ie iron boots, flame panda. The best value is probably iron boots for the local market using cheaper inner materials like steel shank and cork etc at 2000 to 3000 RMB range.
Shoes are very hard to score...
don't know if jacket have this, since footwear need to be stretch and lasted on a Last, that def have something to do with the loose grain. I don't think i have seen the cxl crease outside of footwear, but maybe others have!
The lottery comes from delamination of the mid and top layer, looks like defect loose grain, common issue with CXL cowhides in footwear world.
ie. even alden and viberg have this, they would avoid the belly area and only use shoulder part of the hide and this issue still exist. Part of Horween...
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