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  1. zebedee

    Horse vs Steer vs Goat Premium Half Belt

    If you go with the darkest seal goatskin possible, it will probably go with anything.
  2. zebedee

    Ideal location/climate for leather jackets

    Somewhere cool to cold. If I were choosing where to live based on leather jackets, though, I'd check myself in for a serious talking-to :) I'm in Hong Kong. It's jacket weather for about three months a year, but I'd not be anywhere else for, as they say, all the rice in China.
  3. zebedee

    Horse vs Steer vs Goat Premium Half Belt

    Goatskin. Failing that, Vicenza as it's almost as light and flexible.
  4. zebedee

    Your all time fav Leather Jacket (1-2) you own or have owned

    I have the odd theory that if a person bought a well-fitting leather jacket from any of the reputable manufacturers and then wore if a lot for 5+ years without permitting himself to buy any other leather jackets , that person would have formed a lifelong keeper jacket. Originally, I had two (a...
  5. zebedee

    Post pictures of your jacket collection

    There is another Ikea rail behind it for shirts, shoes, boots and suits. It seems reasonable until you take into account that some of the other Aeros are in the UK, along with additional shirts, shoes, boots and suits.
  7. zebedee

    Waiting Too Long ruining excitement?

    I admire everyone's patience: as soon as the waiting time is more than two or three months, I wouldn't order in the first place. The only thing I'd wait longer than that for is gestation :)
  8. zebedee

    What is your favourite lining? Post pictures!

    Red cotton in a blackened brown cafe racer. Made of WIN:
  9. zebedee

    What is your favourite lining? Post pictures!

    First is a Cornish tartan from Locharron: Then Troy blanket lining in a 1920 Work Coat. The lining faces outward on the collar: And lastly is another Loch Carron tartan - Scrimegour Ancient: The Cornish tartan in the Highwayman is definitely the favourite lining out of the three - it's...
  10. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Suskind also wrote another novella called 'The Pigeon' and a play - all very different (although I'm not sure about the play). The soundtrack (Berlin Philharmonic) is amazing. The novel's great because of how deliberately and unapologetically Postmodern it is (and how stylistically plagiarised...
  11. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Ha ha, the tan steer hide is a great hide, but it is very thick and it'll need to be worn on a pretty much daily basis in the colder weather (and the warmer weather, indoors). It's the thickest jacket I've ever had.
  13. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Thanks - I had it made in Shanghai. It's a bit like the cover of Suskind's 'Perfume' (but without the skulls), which is why I had it made. That, and waiting to see how long the students would take to spot it. :)
  14. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Turned the air conditioning and fans on and wore this until the steer hide gave enough to make zipping it up relatively easy.
  15. zebedee

    Anyone else hating the hot weather

    I live in Hong Kong. 30 celsius would be nice. We get up to 36 C, easy and then there are the typhoons. I've grown to really like the heat, Hawaiian shirts and icy drinks and the fact that nobody cares what a person wears here. What worries me is the cold when I go back to the UK (which I...
  16. zebedee

    Explaining the Aero Fit.

    My only problem with fit has been with Cafe Racers. A size 42 is only j-u-s-t 'zippable' and a size 44 is a tiny bit too loose, but I reckon that's because I'm rectangular. The steer hide 42 might eventually loosen up in I wear it in the rain. If Vicenza shrinks, the size 44 might end up...
  17. zebedee

    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong
  19. zebedee

    Aero? Simmons Bilt? Looking for my "Forever Leather Jacket"

    Go nuts next time :) Moonshiners are a good pattern; the Maxwell is also a great design.
  20. zebedee

    Aero? Simmons Bilt? Looking for my "Forever Leather Jacket"

    Yes, it'll be fine. The Universal zips correct the mechanical failures found in a (on balance seemingly small) number of Talon zips without compromising on period accuracy in terms of size (I think). I've owned quite a few Aeros and never had any issues with the product or the company. I'd...
  21. zebedee

    Aero? Simmons Bilt? Looking for my "Forever Leather Jacket"

    I've never had any problems with the talon zip (thread tape aside); I have Universals on new Aeros now only because I felt like a change.
  22. zebedee

    Aero? Simmons Bilt? Looking for my "Forever Leather Jacket"

    Yes, sent it back to Aero. Hardware replacements/changes do entail a cost, but I'd rather they do it (using the original holes and undetectable) than risk a botched job elsewhere. In the grand scheme of things, I'm ok with paying for a new zip. The jacket is over 10 years old and it has been...
  23. zebedee

    Aero? Simmons Bilt? Looking for my "Forever Leather Jacket"

    Yes, the brown fqhh is amazing. Lots of tones develop over time and it keeps improving. That one's my oldest Aero and only recently needed a zip replacement. It didn't take long to break in (unlike a tan steer hide café racer which is taking ages).

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