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  1. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

  2. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Wasn't that 'Fight Club'? I think it was Tyler Durden's line (although in the novel it's a bit different). My approach to getting rid of them was just that they take up too much space, I travel for work contracts a lot (and often to climates that don't really suit leather jackets for more than...
  3. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I sold an Aero CR, a LHB, gave a SB to a buddy who wouldn't be able to afford one and sold another Aero to a friend who liked the look of it (it wasn't a great fit on me). It seems difficult, but a) I didn't miss them, b) I got to wear the Aeros I kept more (and appreciated them more) and c) I...
  4. zebedee

    Aero damage

    The only fix for the neck area would be to always wear a collared shirt, I'd think.
  5. zebedee

    Aero damage

    They didn't have my apartment, or open windows. Malaysia is rather more humid (and seasons are not varied) than HK or Guangzhou (...on the 21st floor). Horsehide treated well and properly hung up seemed impermeable to spores - at least that was how Aero speculated on it when I asked if jackets...
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    Aero damage

    I've not found the humidity in Guangzhou, Shanghai or Hong Kong to affect horse or goat Aeros- they haven't gone mouldy or been damaged at all (9 years of wearing them and hanging up half the year [or more] in a cupboard). The only precautions I took were mothballs, wiping the cupboard interior...
  8. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    It'd be a lot easier to conclude that maybe it is possible to stretch leather, but the results are inconsistent, may not be permanent but do, to some extent, damage the hide. I fall on the side of partial difference in length in a few cases, but really wouldn't want to damage a jacket and its...
  9. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    This leather shoelace used to be a wallet:
  10. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    Leather may stretch under appropriate tension and this will damage it. It may return to its previous dimensions, but the damage will be permanent and the strength of the leather lessened where it has been stretched. Wear is one thing- stretching leather is another, and stretched goatskin is...
  11. zebedee

    Vinyl or horsehide?

    If we can find out how it stretches when unlined, we can tell ya. :)
  13. zebedee

    Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

    Just bought it. I am having a post-apocalyptic bonanza at the moment- re-read 'Day of the Triffids', 'The Drought' (Ballard) and am part-way through Crace's 'The Pesthouse'.
  14. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    So: "Maybe it can be done before the jacket is lined, but it isn't a very good idea and may cause damage. Buy one that fits, innit?' is where we're at. Cool beans.
  15. zebedee

    Photos of cool jackets owned by others (non-brand specific)

    He wrote a post apocalyptic zombie-type novel which - even though you can't quite imagine why he'd write it - got incredible praise.
  16. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    Once everything's all stitched in place, it's probably either the right size or not and most fixes will either be temporary or might cause damage. Having said this, I'm not very particular about fit and would rather a jacket be a bit loose than tight. I'm happy with Aero's CR a size up and the...
  17. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    Yup- I think that it's pretty much a material that doesn't really stretch permanently. Achieving permanent stretch might mean that the leather had been weakened and damaged...
  19. zebedee

    Stretching Cowhide Leather

    I think that stretching occurs forcibly - I haven't really noticed leather 'naturally' stretching with wear, although the creasing up makes it appear that arms are shorter, but they're not if you measure them flat. I've seen leather tighten as it dries out. The only stretching I've heard of...
  20. zebedee

    List of "Halfbelt jacket" movies

    My mistake- French Connection 2- blurry sunburst type jacket:
  21. zebedee

    List of "Halfbelt jacket" movies

    There's a sunburst type on a thug in 'The French Connection'.
  22. zebedee

    Aero Sheene Natural CXL

    Voltaire, but you can't bring that up after a few pints.
  23. zebedee

    Aero Sheene Natural CXL

    Keep it- it looks great and will settle down- the graining only looks striking because it's new and it will smooth out as you wear it and the hide burnishes. As a friend of mine said to me about a job choice: 'You're letting the perfect spoil the good' (which I thought was quite profound when...

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