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    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    I am a bit confused by this particular point, not because Shinki is a bad leather but because by no means would I call it anything but a stiff, fairly thick horsehide. Anyway if anyone is looking for a laugh, there’s a Reddit workwear guy whose boots are literally injuring him and he’s angry at...
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    Quality of recycled leather for clothing(such as leather pants)?

    These questions should be in the ask a question topic, not new posts.
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    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    I felt like stiff leathers were more in the spirit of the question than thick because there are some thick buffalo, goat, cow, etc leathers that are blanket-soft.
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    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    No harm done. I was also replying to something slightly different from the original topic question, by thinking of stiff veg-tan leathers (including midweight) in general, not necessarily the thickest, so that probably made my post less clear than it could have been. For most of my friends deep...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    I would expect that, like most of these places, it'll be warm and well made but not especially accurate. I think I'm probably going to sell one of my own RAF sheepskins, so that might be an option for you depending on your size.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    These are fantastic trousers. If you want some recommendations for where you can get knits, trousers, etc that would complement both workwear and tailoring when you're there, let me know.
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    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    I wasn't talking about CXL specifically except at the very end. I was just talking about the emphasis on tea core, "natty veg tan", break-in, the need to start stiff, etc-- things that, by the way, I've by no means been immune to. In fact your last point is really the best illustration of my...
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    Samurai jeans belt - how thick would be too thick?

    I think this is where I've benefited from having a very English menswear background lol. Belts are inherently a casual thing to me so when people talk about belt colour matching and such, in my head it's like "if you have to wear a belt, it didn't matter" though of course I do understand that in...
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    I was with you until the boots are uncomfortable thing lol. I’ll take shoes/boots with a cork inner over any sneakers.
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    Why do thick leathers keep getting recommended?

    Raw denim. Workwear culture has this notion of the heavier the denim the better, break in is everything, getting sicc fadez, etc. (Even though those super-heavy denims are usually ahistorical for the period workwear looks are usually based on.) The stiff leather and veg tan fetishes pretty much...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    To borrow from another hobby, the term Frankenwatch is used for watches with mixed parts, but it has also been used affectionately to describe watches that borrow elements from many different watches from a brand's history, but do it well. Rolex did this with the Tudor Black Bay in 2012, which...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I pointed you to jackets along the same lines a day earlier, which you ignored and instead decided to attack people. No, I'm not trying to get some kind of credit for it, merely pointing out that you have this oddly contemptuous attitude towards people who are taking time out of their days to...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    With all due respect, you didn’t know what a police jacket was 24 hours ago (though I recommended you check out Appalachian which made them) whereas the people you’re talking to all have owned them. And I don’t own a Highwayman, though they’re nice jackets. I’m glad it fits your needs but again...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    It might well be the case that these kinds of jackets (due to being full length) might require a split back of some kind because a one piece would just be impossible at that size of panel. Still, you could ask I suppose.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    It's a photoshop Canuck did of A-2 pockets on the chest of a cafe racer.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I was referring to you saying you wanted it M-65 size. Perhaps you meant something different.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    They don't have the same silhouette. I own (and am even selling) one of those police jackets, but you described wanting a jacket sized/shaped like an M-65 which would be much longer and wider. Did you look at the Vanson linked above?
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Where do you think you're posting? If you say G-1 back here, we take that to mean "action back with half belt and underarm gussets", if you say A-2 back here, we take that to mean unstructured one piece back, if you say M-65 pocket, we picture an M-65 pocket. We assumed your specificity was...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Okay, perhaps that's true for you but we all took your specifications list more seriously than you did in that case. You can't blame us for envisioning exactly what you described.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I'm sorry but the jacket you described (whether good or bad) would have been a frankenjacket; that's not inherently a bad thing, indeed many including Mr Proper have commissioned hybridised/franken designs in the past. But the police jacket layout does not include M-65 pockets or the other...

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