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  1. Zoro

    How has your taste in leather jackets changed over the years?

    Absolutely! In my youth, it was hard to find a place where non-commercial music would play, so in the end the places where they would play metal would also play punk and rock (and eventually shifted to emo as it became the rage of the time as I started to step away from it). Metal was the more...
  2. Zoro

    How has your taste in leather jackets changed over the years?

    On the crosszips and motorcycles, I'm in my mid 30s and while that link has been in the back of my mind/culture, for me they were primarily a metalhead's attire, not a biker's (I would obviously blame Rob Halford). In my circles nobody ever said "what a poser, doesn't even have a bike!" but...
  3. Zoro

    Slippery slope ("collecting leather jacket")

    As someone who is pondering how to start his little collection and who also has a girlfriend who would tell him he can keep them all: I rephrase the question to "which one do you like the least?", which usually matches the one I'm the least happy about. Going strictly off aesthetics and not...
  4. Zoro

    Leather Jacket Made By Trendy Leather Company

    I've gone on their Instagram now, and just opened this post randomly - https://www.instagram.com/trendy_jacket_us/p/C3Sq6M8ttph/ Again, using Google Lens on the picture, I get different results from random articles about finding love and what not. As that post is about Valentine's Day, I've...
  5. Zoro

    Leather Jacket Made By Trendy Leather Company

    If it looks too good to be true, it likely isn't true. I checked their website and looks similar to this other company that caused this video - I've reverse searched a couple of the images of their Jacket Process page - https://www.trendyjacket.com/pages/jacket-process - and wasn't surprised...
  7. Zoro

    Thursday boot Vangaurd heel height

    I'm curious about these Thursdays as they claim to be made in USA and have a higher price point than the made in Mexico, which I've tried and was completely let down. Despite so many reviews claiming they are worth more than their price and on par with more expensive boots, I found they were...
  8. Zoro

    Did Schott buy Shinki? Another Shinki STYLE: P617H

    That's interesting, as someone who has lived in rainy places all his life, I was starting to flat out discard Shinki and any veg tan having read they soak water. Do you know how long would the water repellent topcoat last? Is this something common in other manufacturers? Can it be reapplied...
  9. Zoro

    Why not that much love for Schott 530?

    Very few in Europe in general (Seems there's literally a handful in Continental Europe as per https://www.schottnyc.com/distributors.cfm). There's mostly distributors aka buy online. Also I find it far easier to find the made in Pakistan Schott jackets (like in Zalando) than made in USA. I've...
  10. Zoro

    Aero options balancing strong grain and good longevity

    Yes, Saphir is French so it's very easy to find, both online and in small shops, even in little towns. I have a little Venetian Shoe Cream bottle that I bought in a work trip to US though, as I had read that Saphir gives a shinier look and I'm not keen on that.
  11. Zoro

    Aero options balancing strong grain and good longevity

    You've got answered already, but I will just add that I recall (from when I was researching boots) that Horween actually recommended Saphir or Venetian Shoe Cream (which is very hard, if not impossible, to find in Europe).
  13. Zoro

    Aero options balancing strong grain and good longevity

    Thanks @Marc mndt for such a detailed explanation! Got a follow up question: Do you think that you would had been able to save that 20yo CXL jacket if you had acted sooner on it (unsure if you bought it new or if you bought it used)? Or do you think it would had been doomed no matter what after...
  14. Zoro

    Aero options balancing strong grain and good longevity

    It is possible you've gone through this, but here's my question: Are we perhaps going off survivor bias? Do you see other kinds of leathers from that age reliably showing up in better shape than CXL? Also, can it be simply that the previous owner(s) took terrible care of them?
  15. Zoro

    Field Leathers

    From my ignorance in the process of making a leather jacket (or a jacket, no matter the material), I could understand prioritizing a collab when you stick to set sizes (collaboration or not). Even if you end up having to put them all together separately and that takes the same effort as a fully...
  16. Zoro

    Selling my Aero Leather Half Belt Deluxe Size 40 $1300 but open to offers

    For the current asking price you can buy a new one in the same store OP bought his.
  17. Zoro

    What's going on with the FL site?

    On desktop, I see no ads with the ad blocker I use and the website loads extremely fast (like basically any other I open). I did run into the "Page couldn't be loaded" a couple times but nothing concerning. The ads are a bit intrusive when on phone, but I've seen much worse (news websites, I'm...
  19. Zoro

    Aero J-106/Ridley fit check

    I will go against the grain and say that even if that can be a bit long for the style, I quite like it and I would even ask for it to be that length.
  20. Zoro

    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    May I ask how did that end? Did you end up using the jacket (aka powering through or "making it fit")or just sold it?
  21. Zoro

    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    As someone who is researching, these kind of stories are very valuable, specially to me as I'm based in Europe and I have these makers in my radar, so thank you for bringing it up. I understand someone may not want to make them public in order not to hurt them, but at times it all reads like...
  22. Zoro

    Alternatives to Aero "Hooch Hauler"

    Fellow lurker here also working on getting his first serious jacket and have been researching the strictly EU options. In your case I would go with Aero as that's what you've wanted, even if it's price went up (I mean, what didn't go up in price!?). Alternatively, you got Simmons Bilt too and...
  23. Zoro

    WTB Field Leathers Civilian B3 "The Connecticut", size L

    I queried quite a lot, but I couldn't see any? Plus this jacket comes in box sizes (S, M, L, XL) rather than chest size. It could be that you saw one for sale that was a B3 prototype closer to the traditional militar style, but I don't like it (plus I think it sold) - This one.

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