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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    I don't think I've seen any jacket that isn't inspired by a previous style. There really is nothing new under the sun. We just repeat ourselves..... One of the things which I like about today's trends is that anything goes now, but still authentic styles alway stay in fashion. In the...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    No Dick Turpin didn't wear a zip up jacket like that. It gets its name form a fifties British company called Highwayman who made a jacket in that style which was popular with bikers AKA ton up boys. The picture I posted showing ALs black goat is their four pocket Roadster. It runs a truer size...
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    Different weight/type hides and warmth

    Remember the bloke in Airplane who had a drink problem? He kept missing his mouth and it went all over him.
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    "The Cockpit" Mil Spec G1… one week old but water-vintaged…with pics

    I had an Eastman one a couple of years ago. It was a 42 and measured 22" chest. 19' shoulders 25" length including knits, and 25" arms including knits. It was too tight for me really even though I did stretch the chest by an inch and I could only wear it over a light shirt easily so I didn't...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    Yes I agree with Edward about looking around at what's available. I don't think AL's military stuff is their strong point. Certainly their A2 is an odd looking beast. Unless they've changed it recently. I did try one of their Memphis jackets, a fifties flight jacket or bomber type, in the...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    Yes she did.
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    They seem to be selling into the US market and the prices probably reflect the lack of UK VAT. If you add that in they're about the same as the prices on their website for jackets made to order. They would be the same as any other AL jacket I should think and are probably made for stock. Just...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    Well I wasn't the one who said they were top notch. But they are at least as well made as Aero's, maybe better in my recent experience of that company's jackets is anything to go by. I'm not at all sure that Aero really is top notch anymore...and that's my objective opinion based of many years...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    This is it straight out of the box with me still wearing my gardening strides.
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    MuyJingo If you mean are the differences between Horween FQHH and jerky just aesthetic then no. The FQHH is very tough and initially stiff. It's heavier and not so comfortable to wear as a softer lighter hide but makes up for it in its toughness and looks. I like many people who have been...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    You might be confusing opinion with objectivity there don't you think? BTW have you actually seen and handled any AL jackets?
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    AAArgh can't post pics, how do i do it??

    I just upload from the toolbar like putting pictures on eBay and it works fine.
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    AAArgh can't post pics, how do i do it??

    I've put pictures up here directly in the last month or so. I think they uprated vBulletin.
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    AAArgh can't post pics, how do i do it??

    If you look on the toolbar above the box about three along from the right is an insert image icon. It should allow you to browse your computer to find the image you want. Then just upload it.
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    "New" Aero A-2 contract 38-1711-p

    Aero usually have a label inside a pocket with the date of manufacture and machinists name. It isn't always there though. No other label on them. But that model has very high armholes and a high collar which identifies it. I got one from them once in my usual size and it had to go back as it was...
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    Help with choosing a leather jacket

    Plenty here on AL. There is a thread that's still fairly current back up the page a little. I've got one which is just as well made as my Aeros. Not surprising since the machinists went there from Aero. They have similar jackets to most Aero ones but they can't get Horween FQHH. They can make a...
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    Need help finding the "right" B-3 jacket

    I agree with that. I tried one of their Irvin's on when I went to Thruxton to buy another jacket from them fifteen or so years ago and it was very heavy and very warm. Heavier than my Cirrus B3. They make their sheepskin jackets for vintage open car users and open cockpit flyers so I think they...
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    Need help finding the "right" B-3 jacket

    Yes they make very good jackets if maybe not accurate if my twenty five year old Cirrus B3 is anything to go by. Nor that I really care about that. It's got two fairly large front patch pockets instead of one smallish one, which are very useful incidentally; and is very well made of good...
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    which one is better,aero or alexander

    Don't think I'd choose AL if I wanted an accurate military repo. Others here will know more than me about Aero accuracy. Not into military stuff myself.
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    which one is better,aero or alexander

    Yes that's my experience, a 42 Aero is about the same as a 44 AL. It's AL who say they are sizing for a modern fit while I wrote that they run truer to shop sizes in the ones I have from both. As to whether this thread is kosher or not, the OP is Chinese and so English is not his first...

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