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  1. Seb Lucas

    Leather jacket suggestions for those that don't ride

    The Aero and Thurston pages will list their hide qualities. You are looking for medium weight there. But medium is some places means 3oz which to me is heavy hide. Remember some people report not noticing the weight of a jacket when they are wearing it. I can never understand that. You may not...
  2. Seb Lucas

    Leather jacket suggestions for those that don't ride

    Everyone is different and although people here seem to like heavy leather - in 35 years of buying jackets I have never got on with it. I find heavy jackets uncomfortable - I am six two and 185 pounds so it isn't about my size - I just find heavy clothing, of any kind, constrictive. You may not...
  3. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    Nice summary. For me on some jackets - like the Bates - the centre seam adds interest to the pattern regardless of the purported reason.
  4. Seb Lucas

    Belstaff War of Worlds Hero Jacket Sizing Help Needed

    Your posted measurements indicate a size 44 in many instances, although measurements are better to go by than labeled sizes, since sizes vary between makers and between patterns. I'm not a fan of Belstaff gear but you are describing a cafe racer style jacket - one of the most common leather...
  5. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    If that center seam is causing the hunch back look... errr.
  7. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    Find it hard to accept that this is a thing. A J100 - virtually the same jacket (I have owned 3) - fits brilliantly without the need for a seam.
  8. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    I think the centre line looks best with a scalloped yoke.
  9. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    Nice jacket but I can't see how the vertical seam here does anything different to one piece of leather correctly cut.
  10. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    Thanks for taking the trouble, Carlos. Not sure I am convinced yet so I'll mull over it.
  11. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    Not sure what that means, Mandarin. "Not a straight line" meaning what? That this is a 3D issue matter?
  13. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    For what it's worth, I think there's another similar but different element. From talking to jacket makers in previous years, the reason they offered for this was not so much to cut costs but to not waste good leather. Yes, a person could take a cynical view and say this amounts to the same thing...
  14. Seb Lucas

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    To me that looks kind of like a fashion/Ralph Lauren style jacket - maybe it's the highly posed photo and the fit which to my taste is self-consciously short.
  15. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    It's not desirable to me - I dislike the look of French seams. Personal preference. But in the end there are things you learn to like as you move on. I have always really disliked the look of cross zip jackets but the simplified Aero Bootlegger kind of appeals to me. I don't think I would even...
  16. Seb Lucas

    "exit jacket"

    I may have committed the ultimate transgression. I'm wearing a North Face Bionic soft shell and I love it. Maybe I'll exit my leathers.... :eek::)
  17. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    I think they look fine on the Vanson B's.
  19. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    I was referring to both and a third, more common version with a yoke and a middle seam.
  20. Seb Lucas

    Seam down the middle in the back - poll!

    A lot of good makers have done this in their patterns - Vanson, Bates, Aero, Sears - and it has long been a look people here have identified as undesirable. I personally don't mind it on some jackets. There are two types - there is the two piece back, with one long seam and no yoke (Vanson...
  21. Seb Lucas

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 version). Diverting fun with a slightly turgid resolution.
  22. Seb Lucas

    Indiana Jones V

    Yep, I can't imagine too many people under 50 being the slightest bit interested in 1930's style adventures, Nazi's or no Nazis. In movie form Indy has so few places to go that aren't laborious cliches. Maybe a TV series that can open up the ideas and characters somewhat, with the benefit of...
  23. Seb Lucas

    The exacting nature of leather jacket fits

    For me it's four lessons - 1) the idea of a 'good fit' is about personal taste and preferences and varies between people. 2) Size lables on jackets can generally be ignored; you have to go by the actual measurements. 3) A pre-owned jacket bought used frequently fit and look better than a...

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