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    Aero Hookless - solid brass or?..

    Interesting and a little disappointing on behalf of the manufacturer for cost cutting in this manner, part of the appeal of brass zippers is to have them age alongside the rest of the jacket. Hopefully the nickel equivalent doesn’t have the same issue.
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    New Aero Designs

    For some strange reason I’m really liking the mismatch of panels on the cross zip jacket, it gives it that ‘depression era’ vibe, quite fitting given the current social situation we find ourselves in. At any rate I’m happy to see Ken in good health and I’m looking forward to likely parting with...
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    Half Belt History

    You make a fair point, I did notice some jackets half belts and cinches didn’t align which put the ‘practical’ theory in doubt but thanks for clarifying. IMO the standard generic half belts look a little odd to me as it almost looks like someone has cut the belt off, similar practice as opposed...
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    Half Belt History

    I’m aware that jackets used to have belts but wondered why back belts were retained in the designs whilst cinches made the function of them pretty much redundant, other than just a case of being a ‘throwback’ fashion detail.
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    Half Belt History

    Hey folks, Hope everyone is well and staying safe during the current pandemic. I’m interested in the history of the half belt back design seen on a lot of civilian jackets from the past and frequently replicated by our favourite established jacket manufacturers. Consequently I’m wondering...
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    Aero Badalassi Offering

    The latest batch of BB Vicenza is different. My latest Board Racer looks shinier and it looks more of an extremely dark brown as opposed to an off-black like my Premier Highwayman from last year was. I asked a group of friends if they thought my jacket was black or brown, most of them said dark...
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    Torn zipper tapes

    I’ve seen this crop up very frequently, I’m assuming this is part of the reason older designs like the Talon hookless utilise rivets on both sides of the zipper bottom to reinforce this area and make tape tearing less of an issue?
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    New Aero D-Pocket Ridley-Blackened Brown Vicenza

    Any updates? It’ll be interesting to see how the leather has aged.
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    Aero Vicenza vs CXL FQHH vs CXL Steerhide = 1st world problems

    Threads like this are always welcome especially with the CXL vs Vicenza debate.
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    Black CXL vs Black Vicenza: Showing Their Age

    Appreciated, this thread was mainly raised for people to throw in pictures of their black jackets to show potential buyers (myself included) how they will age, as opposed to simply describing it.
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    Fit check Aero Premier Highwayman

    Don't mess around with sizing to get a fit in terms of lengths, size it so that the chest and shoulders fit you right, these are measurements that can not be changed so nail these and then you can tweak the lengths to suit. Your own preference in terms of fit is what takes priority after all as...
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    Fit check Aero Premier Highwayman

    Without seeing where the jacket lands in terms of your belt it's hard to make a call on the body length. Do you wear different jeans with different rise heights? Typically I find the PHWM looks best with the back landing in the middle-bottom region of your belt line, to me it looks odd if it's...
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    FQHH - How much sleeve shortening I expected?

    Both CXL and Vicenza (FYI both are FQHH) tends to stack in the inner-elbow area irrespective of the sleeve being slightly longer than needs be, as such some sleeve length will be lost here but ultimately any extra length loss in the forearm area will be down to if the sleeve is longer than...
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    Black CXL vs Black Vicenza: Showing Their Age

    For clarity I’ve already owned a jacket in each hide so I’m aware of the characteristics of each one to the point of having zero preference to each one. The only thing I’m not aware of how they will age which is the reason I’m interested to see what other TFL members have experienced with their...
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    Black CXL vs Black Vicenza: Showing Their Age

    Evening all, I've started this thread partly due to it being a spin off query of another thread whereby I'm interested to see the difference in wear between the classic black Horween chromexcel horsehide and the still fairly new to the game black Vicenza horsehide, both leathers offered by...
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    Aero Leather

    Sounds like business as usual for Aero. They could be very busy and still take the time to welcome you and show you around, along with giving you a one-to-one advice session in the showroom and answer any question you may have. The most important thing that I always noticed is there’s no hard...
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    What jeans are you wearing today ?

    This used to be my mantra, abuse the Levi’s ‘2 for £99’ deal once a year and throw away annually, though this became an issue when the Levi’s quality took a nose dive and I was lucky if I got 9 months out of two pairs. The denim just seemed to have dropped in quality & durability. Since then I...
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    What jeans are you wearing today ?

    Only two brands I’m familiar with in terms of selvedge are Ironheart and 3Sixteen. Ideally if you want something made well and tough then go for Ironheart in their signature 21oz denim, if you want a mature slim fit then the 666 style.
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    CXL Horsehide VS. Vicenza

    I’ve found myself in a position where I have a new order ready to go with Aero but on the fence with whether to go for black CXL or Blackened brown Vicenza. I’ve owned both a CXL & Vicenza jacket in the past and have equal preferences due to their unique pros and cons. Does anyone have any...
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    Aged Vicenza leather

    Does anybody have any updates for this thread? Im currently in the motions for ordering Jacket #3 and heavily on the fence between Vicenza & CXL (#1 was CXL, #2 was Vicenza) so interested to see how Vicenza looks with time.

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