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  1. zebedee

    What kind of cowhide might this be?（alexander leather）

    Simmons Bilt/ Alexander Leather's goat is an excellent hide. A happy surprise.
  2. zebedee

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    This one will be coming to HK soon(ish).
  3. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    No more than four of any kind of item would be a comfortable compromise. I like the idea of one set of clothes for everything, but that bloke you know who always wears the same things every day seems to attract silent pity. I think that varying clothing is better for the mind.
  4. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I reckon two leather jackets that are very different - like a cordovan Mulligan and a tan Cafe Racer - would do it. Then a wool overcoat and a cotton chore coat. One jacket you might well end up disliking through lack of choice. One jacket would be like trying to find one pair of shoes for...
  5. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Minimalism is interesting because it is usually only people who can afford high-quality, durable items who can afford to own relatively few of them. I owned very few things when I lived in HK, but a) it's only a bit cold for 3 months of the year and b) apartments are small. I tried to stick to...
  7. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    Aero's goat has a better hand; Simmons Bilt's is thicker and harder. It's like a tank. I think that SB's would be more durable (marginally and if the test was being dragged over tarmac), but Aero goat is more wearable sooner. I passed my SB on to a buddy.
  8. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    The trick would be to get it re-stuffed with oils and waxes every ten years and find out if whatever you choose can be re-coated if wear becomes apparent. The Aero goat I have has never needed anything doing to it (typhoons, one earthquake, lots of winter sun and heavy rain) and still looks new.
  9. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    Vicenza in dark seal is a good hide. It has a drier hand than FQHH but is flexible and slightly more pebbled. The Mariner I have in it looks like goat due to pebbling. It survived being stored in damp conditions for weeks in a Shanghai depot, being sprayed with anti-covid liquid and a cold...
  10. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    I hasten to add that I've only owned horse, goat and steer Aeros in the last 12 years, apart from one Simmons Bilt goat jacket. I don't have experience with Himel, Vanson, Langlitz, etc., so they might be better. On the other hand, I've never needed to replace an Aero for structural problems...
  11. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    And HH after 10 years. I've worn this Highwayman constantly. The topcoat has faded, the collar particularly, and the zipper tape needed a fix with sail tape two years ago, but the jacket is structurally fine, leather-wise. Snow, tropical humidity, relentless rain, broken glass, bar stool...
  13. zebedee

    Best leather for a lifelong jacket?

    Aero's goat hide. Light(ish) and tough. Their horsehide is also extremely durable, but the topcoat will wear off (supposed to). Goat:
  14. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Aero battered seal Cafe Racer in the Shanghai rain, waiting an hour to get into the supermarket. I'm not sure that the rain is all that clean. The arms got... rained on...
  15. zebedee

    Aero Board Racer after first one was too tight

    Aero's Cafe Racer and Board Racer are slim fits. I usually take a size 40 jacket in terms of suits (hang on, this is just an approximate way of explaining) and got a size 40 Cafe Racer which was too tight. The second time around, I got a size 42 CR which is a good fit (although only a T-shirt...
  16. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    That is a good thing. Be happily individual. :)
  17. zebedee

    Conditioning Leather

    Yep, the blow drying hot air (dries out the leather further, universally discouraged) and then slathering goo on to hot leather (which may or may not make any difference for longer than a week, or a few weeks and which may not even really be being absorbed) is something I wouldn't do out of...
  19. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    I have several Aeros which I rotate when I travel, so two or three will go with me for 2-3 year contracts and then I'll take the other two or three on the next one. I have no reason to own any of them, really, and I could wear other jackets, overcoats, etc., instead, but I've worn a leather...
  20. zebedee

    Conditioning Leather

    The general feeling seems to be that a jacket probably doesn't need anything to condition it until it's been 20 years since it was new.
  21. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    Another good reason to wear leather jackets is that they look better when bashed up, scuffed and worn in. Other clothing needs replacing reasonably often, whereas an Aero/Thedi/JL/Himel etc. is more comfortable and more interesting with use and a few years of wear. One or another of my Aeros...
  22. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    I think that the ideal jacket is probably a mid-weight hide, which is why I like Aero's goat and the battered horsehides. In the kind of temperatures I (will) live in, winters would never require the heavier hides. If anything, I find the pop-cultural associations of leather jackets make me...
  23. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    It is a good thing to like well-made things. It's economical if kept to the necessary and an interesting hobby if affordable. I find that good, fitting clothing improves work days and favoured casual items are good for relaxed times. I'm lucky in that I only really spend on jackets and...

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