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  1. cloudylemonade

    Staff changes at Aero Leather

    I can confirm that Will has left the company, but as you said my dad is back here running things, along with my mum Lydia. In the true sense of the words family business, my brother is also returning to the company next week. I can assure you than any attentiveness people have received from...
  2. cloudylemonade

    Aero WWI Luftwaffe Jacke?

    The jacket you refer to as too heavy the 'Winter Luftwaffe Arado' has been taken off our site, it was only ever available from Original Flight Jackets. Although we made it, it was never available from Aero so there seemed no point in having it on our site. We don't show jackets we made for...
  3. cloudylemonade

    Aero WWI Luftwaffe Jacke?

    I asked my Dad about this jacket, he said it was a figment of his over active imagination made around 1987 from grade two Italian horsehide, mostly off cuts from early Jeans production for Japan, he thinks they were lined in black or green velvet, if he remembers correctly. Aero only ever made...
  4. cloudylemonade

    New Lost Worlds 1930's Jacket Pattern

    Nice jacket! Weird coincidence, we've been working on some new 20s and 30s styles as some of you know, and this is very similar to a 1920s Hercules we've been working on reproducing from our archives also with a throat latch, and similar design! Sample will be up on our website soon. Great...
  5. cloudylemonade

    Aero Apprentice-Made Section

    Email Amanda at amanda@aeroleatherclothing.com or call the factory on 01896 755353 to discuss sizing. I'm afraid we don't do custom orders for apprentice made jackets, but she'll be able to advise you on sizing. Oldcrow82 is right, that the Highwayman is a boxy cut, but can be tapered to your...
  7. cloudylemonade

    Aero Apprentice-Made Section

    No worries, good luck with the weight loss and hopefully we can get something to you soon! :)
  8. cloudylemonade

    Aero Apprentice-Made Section

    Sorry Worf, on the whole we're keeping the trainees on the most common sizing, but what size are you looking for and maybe I can have a word with our cutters. Please keep an eye on this section, I've just added a few more jackets to the 'Apprentice Lot One', as more jackets of the same...
  9. cloudylemonade

    Adapt an Aero today...

    Haha, funny you bring this up! My Dad started out by making clothes for some of the most famous rock stars of the 60's & 70's, including shirts for The Beatles and gear for Jimi Hendrix Experience. If I could swap lives with him I would in a shot! He was also a friend of Mickey Most's and he...
  10. cloudylemonade

    Adapt an Aero today...

    Bingo :)
  11. cloudylemonade

    Adapt an Aero today...

    With respect to those who like to modify our designs, we're always keen to encourage people not to stray too far from our designs, as you could be in danger of ending up with something you don't like in the end. We've had to draw a line on some orders, where there have been so many changes that...
  13. cloudylemonade

    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    Here's a close up photo of medium weight oil pull I took today on a used Type A-1 which I'll be listing on the site in the coming weeks, I'm sure you'll agree that it is stunning, and has aged impeccably. As a reference, most of our military jackets are made in mid-weight horse, rather than...
  14. cloudylemonade

    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    I would assume an A-1 would be medium weight, but I could be wrong!
  15. cloudylemonade

    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    No problem, anything else I can help with just let me know!
  16. cloudylemonade

    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    I've just posted a reply to an earlier enquiry, the heavy oil pull is pretty similar in weight, behaviour to our chrome tanned horsehide, so if you're looking for something lighter perhaps the medium weight oil pull horse would be a better option for you. If you'd like to see samples to feel...
  17. cloudylemonade

    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    The main differences are in weight and stiffness. Our heavy version is tanned in USA and is much stiffer (when new), heavier and thicker than the medium weight which is tanned in The UK. The heavy Oil Pull has the same break-in characteristics as our regular Chrome Tanned Horsehide, while...
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    Aero's use of oil pull leather

    An "Oil Pull" or pull-up leather is a full aniline leather that is packed with oils and waxes during tanning. When the leather is "pulled" (hence the name), the oils thin causing the colour to become lighter in the areas where it's been stretched. Once the leather is made into a garment some...
  20. cloudylemonade

    Aero Barnstormer

    It's the least we can do, and I fully understand your disappointment about our errors. Like I said, drop me a line at holly@aeroleatherclothing.com if you need any help getting things ironed out, but I'm sure Amanda will take care of things first thing tomorrow.
  21. cloudylemonade

    McGregor Coat Date Help

    The jacket is from the late 1930s, style and particular McGregor label provide all the proof you need.
  22. cloudylemonade

    Aero Barnstormer

    That's a good idea, I'll edit it up.
  23. cloudylemonade

    Aero Barnstormer

    Barnstormers have always been made like this, back in the 1920s and now. We've never linked the lining at the hem on a Barnstormer. The reason the Barnstormer (our longest coat) has a loose lining is because of the length combined with the double breast, if all this extra lining was fixed in...

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