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  1. Sloan1874

    Bob Dong advice

    Gawd, please, enough with the crap jokes.
  2. Sloan1874

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    Wayfarer update: bloody DHL managed to outfox me. I unavoidably had to go out for 20 minutes at lunchtime. Rushed back to the house and just as I was unlocking the front door, my phone buzzed with a 'We missed you' text. Aaaaargh. It's going to be arriving tomorrow morning now. Delayed...
  3. Sloan1874

    Word to the Wise- Aero Pocket Modifications

    I tend to travel in an A2 during summer because the patch pockets mean my wallet, phone & passport are always to hand and I know where they are.
  4. Sloan1874

    Berlin

    They tried to stock both, if I remember correctly, and hide the fact from Aero.
  5. Sloan1874

    Berlin

    I've been to Burg & Schild, which is kind of son-of-Son-of-Stag. Wasn't blown away, but it's just off Alexander Platz so it's easy to get to and worth a visit.
  7. Sloan1874

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    It is! But I'm told this was down to a bit of a clerical error as a result of me going to the factory rather than anything else. But, hey, I am not going to complain! We're just getting the nicer weather, so it's just in time to start working on the jacket's 'tan'...
  8. Sloan1874

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    My Wayfarer is incoming. Should be here Monday. Quite excited...
  9. Sloan1874

    Word to the Wise- Aero Pocket Modifications

    Why did you ask for extra large pockets? My experience is that the standard ones are pretty deep. Personally, I abandoned them after my LHB and have never looked back.
  10. Sloan1874

    Good Wear-abouts

    From my reading on the VLJ, there seem to be have been problems with communications related to Platon. Also, it's Platon, the man who was barred from the VLJ, and ex of BK, the most obnoxious maker this side of LW. I'm not sure I'd want anything to do with him.
  11. Sloan1874

    Problems with Aero Jacket and Talon Zipper

    You could ask them, but chunky zips are a-historical for the period that Aero's jackets cover. You don't get the larger size until you're into the late 60s onward. I've wear a couple of my Aeros close-fitting and never had problem - I've always felt that the big zip thing is overplayed, tbh.
  13. Sloan1874

    Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

    Given the scarcity of shinki beyond the likes of Real McCoy, this probably a 'look but don't get your hopes up' stand...
  14. Sloan1874

    Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

    Rather cool Aero slim-fit half-belt being worn by this guy, who ironically happened to be on the shinki stand at the CC show in Yokohama...
  15. Sloan1874

    Bob Dong advice

    Reminds me of taking a trip to Egypt during February. Left Glasgow in pouring, freezing cold rain, touched down in Cairo in a relatively balmy 22C with blue skies. Given how nice the weather was, I was wandering around in t-shirt and jeans, attracting some very strange looks from the locals who...
  16. Sloan1874

    New Standard & Strange X Simmons Bilt Natural Horsehide Jacket

    I'm having a Wayfarer made from this leather. To say I'm excited is an understatement...
  17. Sloan1874

    Bob Dong advice

    It’s usually around 17c that I move to denim/cotton.
  19. Sloan1874

    Show your natural leather

    Blimey, that's a concept.
  20. Sloan1874

    Show your natural leather

    I should be getting it in the next few weeks, twinned with a black lining for contrast, so expect extended thread and pics.
  21. Sloan1874

    Show your natural leather

    I nailed down the details For my Wayfarer at Aero yesterday. Ken showed me the fantastic ‘raw’ Italian leather they now have - much paler than the Vicenza, with a more pronounced grain. It’s going to be an adventure wearing this one but it’ll have real potential for it developing a really unique...
  22. Sloan1874

    Bob Dong advice

    12C is positively summery. It was 4C in the middle of the afternoon yesterday. Woolly jumper and LHB weather.
  23. Sloan1874

    Bob Dong advice

    Talking of Chinese makers, I took my non-stock prison stripe top out today, really nice weight and quality - early Scottish springs tend to hang on to winter's hard edge. I can see myself returning for more of this stuff. It's not Real McCoy standard, but for the money, the designs and quality...

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