I don’t have any experience with any other Schott leather or jacket to be honest. But I can tell you that this leather is far from thin. It’s actually quite thick and stiff, but loosening up daily.
Here is my newish Schott 613H horsehide taken today. I personally feel the leather is developing quite nicely with excellent grain and characteristics, although I don’t know what year this jacket was produced as I recently bought it like-new used and they don’t sell this model anymore (replaced...
I love the subtleness of the button snap closure. Larger buttons can be overwhelming for this style and look costumey. This is a really great design.
I should add that the angle of the pockets are really unique as well.
The Ridley is a staple model at Thurston Bros, but Aero doesn't list it on their site from some reason. The model above has the belt and belt loops removed, clearly. Very nice and clean.
You couldn't have done better with that jacket. What a stunner! I love the color of the leather and the color of the shearling collar. Just perfect together.
Oh, I have bought direct from Aero and through Thurston. I'm not knocking Thurston at all, they are great. I just also wish they would every now and then order jackets for average height people as well to have in stock. I don't want to always have to special order something as sometimes it...
I think they just erroneously assume everyone wears low rise jeans and likes longer jackets or are dumb enough not to understand that a jacket (most jackets) shouldn't cover your hips and rear. I think it's a good idea to have some longer options in stock, but not every single order. Order...
Are you a taller gent? Because Thurston always seems to add a couple of inches length to all of their stock jackets which is a bit annoying for someone of slightly above average height 5'10" like myself. Otherwise there are a few jackets that I could have bought without hesitation from them.
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