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  1. Carlos840

    Leather jacket for winter

    IMO unless you get consistant -5/-10c you are wasting your time with a sheepskin jacket. I have owned a B-3 for 15 years and living between Bruxelles and London i have worn it mabe 10 times, unless it is colder than -5 i get too warm in seconds, it's absolutely not worth it. You are better of...
  2. Carlos840

    Diamond Dave - Buco J-21

    Let us not forget this one: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/diamond-dave-horsehide-buco-j-21.99959/ The DD lottery is real...
  3. Carlos840

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    I'm not saying that, i was just using this accident to illustate the fact that you don't have to be going fast to hurt your head. Your head will usually lose when coliding with hard things, even at low speed. It doesn't take much, that's all i meant.
  4. Carlos840

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    My best friend just fell from the second step of a ladder, less than 50cm, he landed on his feet, lost his balance backwards, hit the back of his head on a wall. He got a skull fracture, internal bleeding, spent 5 days in hospital. That was 3 months ago, he still cannot work because of horrible...
  5. Carlos840

    Your Retired Jackets

    Is this some sort of German military coat? Everythign about it screams GERMANY to me.
  7. Carlos840

    SCHOTT NAKED COWHIDE OR STEERHIDE?

    3 to 3.5oz, which is 1.2 to 1.4mm thick, which i would say most Schott jakets fall within. I have Schott jackets from the 70s, 90s and 2000s and i can't say there is much difference in thickness. Edit: i actually have a 602 from the 70s, it's not that thick, super rigid and vinyl looking, but...
  8. Carlos840

    SCHOTT NAKED COWHIDE OR STEERHIDE?

    When the leather comes out of the cow it is much thicker, somewhere between 3 and 5mm thick depending on areas. The variations in thickness seen in jackets happen at the splitter, not in a field... It's not that Schott can't get thick leather anymore, it's that they don't spec it anymore. I...
  9. Carlos840

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    Let's not forget this dude: He tore his leathers during a run at 147mph and thought it best to get rid of them and try again wearing nothing but a shower cap, bathing suit and sneakers! He actually went 150mph like that...
  10. Carlos840

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    Agreed, you could be wearing a dress suite and that would be deemed safer than shorts and T shirt, which isn't really true. But as you say it's easier to enforce than trying to stop people to make sure their armour is CE level 2. It is accepted by the motorcycle community, most "real"...
  11. Carlos840

    Schott permanently closes Chicago location

    Your first point isn't entirely accurate: "The only compulsory item across the EU is a helmet" In Belgium for example you must by law wear a long sleeve jacket, long trousers as well as gloves and boots protecting the ankle. Riding in full gear but with trainers will get you stopped and fined by...
  13. Carlos840

    Buco J-24 Horsehide by The Real McCoy's 34

    @Leilah Wilde
  14. Carlos840

    Nat veg tan cow cross twistlock evolution log

    I love the twist lock and the general design, to me this is your best one yet, well done!
  15. Carlos840

    SCHOTT NAKED COWHIDE OR STEERHIDE?

    This feels a bit like trying to interpret the bible... We can both find passages that say that what we each think is true. To me both leathers are described as being "a higher rade" without really saying one is "the highest" of the two.
  16. Carlos840

    SCHOTT NAKED COWHIDE OR STEERHIDE?

    From Gail: "The #118 is a Naked leather Cowhide, which means there is no finish on the leather. It has a non-shiney appearance with a softer pliable hand. The # 618 is a Steerhide leather which has a finish on the leather, a shiney appearance and a stiffer rigid hand. Both leathers are...
  17. Carlos840

    SCHOTT NAKED COWHIDE OR STEERHIDE?

    They are different, neither is better quality. Both start out as the same hide, it's just that one has a finish applied to it. The naked cowhide is naked and won't be as shiny or as waterproof/
  19. Carlos840

    Ladies Perfecto style jackets? Anyone?

    I bought my Aero grizzly in mint condition for £400, even for €300 the RRL is still a crap jacket, if it was given to me i would most likely not wear it, it was honestly that bad.
  20. Carlos840

    Ladies Perfecto style jackets? Anyone?

    I handled one of these grizzlies at the last London meetup and they honestly felt like a joke. £2250 (maybe £2500) if i remember right, thin characterless lambskin sleeves, thin lambskin fleece panels, honestly it felt like an absolute ripoff! @red devil and i both couldn't believe how bad the...
  21. Carlos840

    Field Leathers - Heart-shaped D-Pocket Navy blue Shinki HH red contrast

    Can you add a pic of the back when worn? It looks great!
  22. Carlos840

    My new ELC A-2 fit pics

    Last time i went to the ELC pop up store i asked about adding length, and unfortunately it wasn't possible to add 2" on anything. Long sizes add 1", Extra Long size adds 1.5" and that was it. I wanted to add more than that but was told "not possible" by Gary eastman himself. There is also no...
  23. Carlos840

    Iron Heart IHJ-54

    Looks great, with that one you really need to grow the moustache back...
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