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  1. navetsea

    Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?

    i believe in vibe, we all emanate energy around us, I don't know what exactly is, maybe that is what people call aura, and perhaps subconsciously other people can feel us out, I think if you are just being calm and being yourself, other people won't bother you, stray cat won't run away as you...
  2. navetsea

    Can a defect like this be removed from fabric?

    I think black leather like schott can deal with ink, just clean it with alcohol 90% or zippo lighter fluid, as in clothes I think you can try dry clean spray sold to clean car seat and sofa, or stain remover with hydrogen peroxide as active ingredient
  3. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I guess their primary business model is leather tannery and mass market OEM jacket manufacturer, they work based on sent in patterns for so many pieces and purge record probably even send back the pattern , but they venture out by offering this custom orders to individual people so perhaps they...
  4. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    to my eyes 5* sleeve is like denim jacket sleeve, slightly rotating the sleeve forward 2cm or 2.5cm (I can't process imperial measurement sorry) will do wonder, greater mobility, and cleaner upper sleeve as it will have ever slight tension on the front of the sleeve with your arm down, however...
  5. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

  7. navetsea

    Another Schott in Shinki, this one looks good!

    I like the pocket configuration but isn't it a bit long? from the photo it ends halfway down the fly, that explain the dual zip, imo the hem should be 1" bellow the d pocket or give it some front drop slant hem. and the half belt is a thin strip connecting panel instead of extra layer of leather...
  8. navetsea

    A cheaper alternative to these leather pants?

    overseas labor cost, the world don't all run in euro or dollar, big chunk of the world are running on their own currency and if their currency is low compared to your currency everything they sell even on a decent profit would feel very cheap to you.
  9. navetsea

    Fit Check: Iron Heart A-2 Deck Jacket

    seems like your figure is not suitable with the pattern of these jackets, from another WYDYWT thread I see IH has slimmed down the sleeve from the original and also perhaps make it more square & hanging down too compared to more spreading sleeve of the original, I personally think if you want to...
  10. navetsea

    Five Star / 5* buttoned half-belt in black waxed premium goatskin

    perhaps they have a curving template set made from wood or something for shoulder post and use that same template ruler to draw shoulder sleeve post to any jackets regardless of the spec, Another possible reason is they follow the drawing too closely, I bet most customers who order custom...
  11. navetsea

    Five Star / 5* buttoned half-belt in black waxed premium goatskin

    the problem here, they make a slim sleeve but with low armhole, so the armhole opening is far wider/ more oval than the circumference of the sleeve, so when the arm lifted the whole shoulder raised like that, if they make low arm hole then they should make wide sleeve too, if they make slim...
  13. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    maybe when you massage it around the fuse actually separate totally, sometime they fuse it temporarily with double tape to make it easier to set the position, on fabrics you can use pin needles to set position, but not on leather because it will leave holes so often they use weak glue or double...
  14. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    since it only happen on the cuff I think I know the reason, they fused both side of the leather with either leather glue( some kind of latex resin or contact glue or sometime white woodworking glue) or they put these iron on nonwoven material usually used on cheaper suit lapel to fuse both sides...
  15. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    so the blue evaporates with wear and sun exposure? or did you catch some downpour while riding in it?
  16. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    maybe one of their employee is a closet vampire that only works at night, ask your local priest or pastor to bless it first before wearing
  17. navetsea

    One for those with unfinished horsehide jackets,

    I find this youtube comparison of new vs xdays/years patina on some types of horween leathers
  19. navetsea

    One for those with unfinished horsehide jackets,

    I think with raw/ natural vegtan, you need to wear it hard and perhaps daily the first 2 years and then after that you can put it into rotation because by that time it has reached caramel stage where it is pleasant to wear or even to look at on the hanger, however the first year or two you have...
  20. navetsea

    One for those with unfinished horsehide jackets,

    I think those ugly vegtan wallets and belts we usually see on denim forum are the victim of over obenauff-ing the poor thing into dull rotten blackish brown, i think real patina on leather will be shiny and looks polished even when they become dark or even black-ish and this darkest parts won't...
  21. navetsea

    One for those with unfinished horsehide jackets,

    I think UV from sun rays is bouncing off everywhere direct of indirectly so the browning is pretty uniform initially, under the collar or the leather facing on the inside are the areas that usually stay paler for longer, natural leather is a journey, we just wear and hope it will arrive at the...
  22. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I think on a very dry open pores leather this effect will not happen as the water beads will get absorbed immediately and the wet mark is spreading and not defined, but in an semi water proofed leather maybe waxed or rich in oil, the water beads is staying on top as a bead for awhile but the...
  23. navetsea

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    did you get drops of rain, so it's swollen in places where the drops were, I think once the fibers dry it will go back to normal.

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