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    Pecards on a new AL jacket...

    Who cut the jackets ?
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    Pecards on a new AL jacket...

    We're talking about the prototypes and film jackets from the 2011 Captain America Film Craig ! Which was based around the Bootlegger design not the Aeromarine .... I don't doubt that Julie sewed some of them together .... but these were jackets that were in the concept stage in early 2010 as I...
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    Pecards on a new AL jacket...

    It's not like the press to make a mistake ................................................ or even check their facts ! :D
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    Pecards on a new AL jacket...

    I think the people now working for Alexanders may have made it :D
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    Aero Fit?

    Looks OK to me but it's hard to tell how much you have the sides cinched in, I tend to have mine 1/2 way with just a T-shirt underneath. Sleeves are perfect, length looks 1" - 2" short for me though ( I tend to cover my belt and an 1" more ) and it looks to have sufficient room for a layer or...
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    Were Belstaff jackets originally made with leather?

    Good information but it conflicts with their own timeline which I posted ... which was : 1930's - Motorcycle Suit 1940's - Submariner Jacket Late 1940's - International Jacket ( with 1951 being the official year of launch of the " International "Green" Jacket ) Here is Barbours own...
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    Were Belstaff jackets originally made with leather?

    Not sure about that ... I was in the Belstaff Outlet store in Bicester before Xmas and all of the leathers I looked at were either made in China or India ( quality was VERY poor IMHO and construction was more Wilsons rather than Lost Worlds ). The waxed cottons were also Chinese manufactured...
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    Were Belstaff jackets originally made with leather?

    No .. the original M/C suit was like an overall / boiuler suit / one piece thing .. the Submarine jacket came next ( in fact the fact thjat so many motorcyclists wore the surplus and ex-military Submariner jackets is what prompted Barbour to design and produce the international ) ..... then the...
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    Were Belstaff jackets originally made with leather?

    The Belstaff Trailmaster and the Barbour International Trials ( the traditional 4 pocket waxed cotton motorcycle jacket of the late 1940's and early 1950's ) were never originally made in leather ... they were designed as waterproof "overjackets". Barbour did a submariner suit in the 40's...
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    My New Aero Thunderbay

    Wel done Carrie .... great stuff. :D
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    My New Aero Thunderbay

    Hmmm ... depends how you like jackets ..... If it's for on a bike ... Fr me that would be a two or three inches too short, arms would be fine for the bike and the bottom looks like it would have to cinch in quite a bit to be neat. If it's just for wearing out ... Then it's prob...
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    Lost worlds anj-4

    is there a link ... or is it now sold ????
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    Help dating an Excelled MC Jacket

    Alas that doesn't really help ... the label is the generic "Excelled " label which was used throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's so it could be from anywhere late 60's till mid 90's ( given stock hang around). It should be noted that the "genuine Leather" title could mean that the jacket is...
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    Help dating an Excelled MC Jacket

    Kurgan .... the EMAR zipper ( or more appropriately Separator Co. Inc.) only originated in NY in the early 50's ... se defacto it's no older than that. Emar zippers and YKK were used on Excelled jackets in the 70's through to the mid 80's when I believe they moved to YKK zips throughout (...
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    Blatt, Chicago

    As used on the Aero ANJ-4 .... but sadly none of the others :( It also makes zipping up leather jackets MUCH easier.
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    Horween Chromexel Steer not dyed all the way through

    There is a "current " trend for leather ( Horween CXL .. especially in the Matte finish) to show lighter leather when creased ( folded) ..... this is a "style" thing based on the finish treatment rather than a historical thing. If I look at old jackets made from CXL in the 90's and early 00's...
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    Merry Christmas to All

    Merry Christmas everyone ..... may all your problems be small, your loves be large and your jackets just perfect :) Hope 2014 brings you everything you wish for. Robb
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    Black longrider in goatskin from Alexander Leathers

    It's interesting on the cinch straps ... as they look very similar to where the std Aero LHB ones are which is DaVinci ( read 1930's trouser) waist - hi waist - as oppposed to just above the "natural" waist ( where your trousers would fit in the current climate .. NOTE this is not where "kids"...
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    Has anyone seen a Golden Era leather jacket made from Horween CXL FQHH or Steer

    Absolutely Butte ... absolutely. As an aside I was with Gresini Racing (MotoGP) from 2003 - 2007 and can concur we had kangaroo ( mainly) and deer ( one manufacturer) palmed gloves and used competition grade bovine in the suits with some thinner bovine as well. Never seen goat for the simple...
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    Has anyone seen a Golden Era leather jacket made from Horween CXL FQHH or Steer

    Remember its' hitting the ground at 20mph ( so not even "that" fast ... ) not dragging from a standstill .... I watched some of the initial testing in Cambridge back in the mid-80's and it was surprising how quickly the sand poured out ( the distance was measured from the point where the test...

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