Plenty of reading material out there (too much to summarise adequately), some stating the trivalent chromium is not really implicated in leather tanning; that hexavalent chromium is not an issue with modern techniques; that it can’t be entirely ruled out where poor quality leather (I.e. poorly...
Plenty of scientific studies outlining the harm caused by hexavalent chromium through inhalation, ingestion, etc. Here’s one for example:
Cancer Mortality in a Chinese Population Exposed to Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water
James J. Beaumont, Richard M. Sedman, Stephen D. Reynolds, Claire...
With respect, I believe that you’re overthinking this. I don’t visit VLJF these days, but the focus of that forum has always been predominantly vintage/repro flight jackets; there’s little coverage of e.g. workwear like the Highwayman. If you want research/buy/sell a flight jacket that’s your...
Freewheelers Journeyman in black Shinki deerskin.
Old Town Canvey cap (out of shot), Old Town Stove Pipes in Engineers’ Navy, black RM Williams Comfort Craftsman (out of shot), Art-berg Do shoulder bag.
I requested a refund from John (and put the deposit towards my Monarch repro). There were no issues with refund: prompt and full.
No legal letter was required...
It’s a different pre-war Monarch pattern, loosely resembling the Freewheelers Dust Bowl and Himel Canuck. I’ve posted details elsewhere in the Outerwear section (search ‘Sheeley Monarch’).
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