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    New Alexander Leather Roadster too tight?

    It is a bit tight at the front. I've got exactly the same four pocket Roadster in black goat and I like it a lot. You have to ask yourself if the pulling at the front is bad enough to send it back when as a sale jacket it was probably about half the full price, and whether you can still get a...
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    NEW Alexander Leathers Detroit in Horween Bison - PIC HEAVY

    Quite dense prose there Edward. This is your area I gather so you can pick the bones out of the judgment here. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/o21605.pdf
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    NEW Alexander Leathers Detroit in Horween Bison - PIC HEAVY

    Yes about ten years ago or so Lewis Leathers wanted to call one of their new jackets that. The original company which had used the name had been subsumed into LL some years ago apparently and they thought they had the right to the name and wanted to trademark it. Aero took action against them to...
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    What could this jacket be?

    Used to be anyway, now long gone; and not just Rollers either. I had it in my Jags years ago. I used Connolly Hide Food on the seats and still do on jackets now. It's still made to the same formula by a different company which bought the rights when Connelly went bust.
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    NEW Alexander Leathers Detroit in Horween Bison - PIC HEAVY

    Yes, bit of history to that.
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    NEW Alexander Leathers Detroit in Horween Bison - PIC HEAVY

    Can't say I like these names. I prefer a name like 50's Half Belt to the fancy new names from the Scottish makers. Certainly isn't a selling point with me. I have a so called Drifter with some mods but I never think of it by that name it's just an AL HB to me.
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    Alexander leathers Denim Hunters new article

    Well it has been now. I'm all for decorous behaviour and some of the comment around this was more like bullying and was going too far. Still it is a bit quiet generally around here lately....
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    Alexander leathers Denim Hunters new article

    Interesting piece. I see they were making Plumline's jacket when the writer was there.
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    NEW Alexander Leathers Detroit in Horween Bison - PIC HEAVY

    Good looking jacket and I like the fit, and the lining matches beautifully. I don't like tight leather jackets either. They sent me a swatch of the CXL Bison and it is a very nice hide, but I found the grain too big for my taste. It's softer than the steer and the surface rubs nicely in the...
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    LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!

    About thirty years ago I bought a similar jacket which had been used in a film. It was The Eagle Has Landed I think. It had the Luftwaffe wings and swastika still sewn on the chest. I wasn't planning to wear it like that but I did take a stroll out of the house with it on. I lived up towards the...
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    LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!

    Of course it's well known that most of the jackets used on the Battle of Britain film were LL ones. LL's website say's this one is a Dominator style without the chest zips. I had a Corsair many years ago and it was similar to this.
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    Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

    Yes the Saboteur is a well known Hitchcock picture. It was the other one of Nigel Stock I meant, and the pictures on the other thread of pre 50's British leisurewear. The fashion for these sort of jackets must have passed by the time I was old enough to start to really notice what people were...
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    Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

    Where would these and other leather jackets in the British pictures from that time come from I wonder? Were they sold here or were they brought from the US? The flyboy style jacket and different variations of it was popular in post war in Britain as was the Irvin type. I remember I had...
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    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    This one?
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    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    A link would be useful. The little blue icon fourth from the right on the standard toolbar above the reply box. You have the option to upload images from your computer direct. Just hover over the icons in the toolbar until it shows Insert Image then choose to upload from the computer.
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    LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!

    No there were brown too. Do a Google images search to find some.
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    Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

    According to Aero's site and writing about the HB: So using the US inflation calculator The 1939 price is $133.91 in today's dollars, and the 1959 is $223.91. The originals weren't made of expensive CXL of course. It's fairly easy to find the average US wage for those dates, and then adjust...
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    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Thanks Spit. I thought it must be the same fella. I've just bought an almost unworn ELC one on eBay so I'm not going to be looking elsewhere for a bit though. But you never know I might start getting bitten by the bug. I have always liked Irvins. I liked Biggles when I was a kid too, and used to...
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    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    I wore mine straight out of the box and never a sore spot. It's the very flexible sole that makes them so comfortable. I like my red Latigo ones a lot too. That's a lovely leather with a beautiful grain.
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    Very Heavy Steerhide break in

    Yes it's just the way thirties patterns are made to fit thirties shaped people. I can't find an A2 to fit for the same reason. I'm not a slim rangy farm boy in my early twenties. One thing you could try at your own risk is to use a scissors type car jack and stretch them out. I've had success...

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