This jacket has the details of an Aeromarine, but I could not be sure if this is a real one or not.
Cowhide is not what I would choose anyway. This seller has a lot of leather items, even LW, and nothing looks really wrong. But last years there has been a lot more of Aero jackets on the Bay...
Nice jacket. I have almost the same one, with cotton drill lining, and 30HB cuffs instead. How much warmer is alpaca, compard to cotton, is it wearable out of winter season ?
These are impressive jackets, I hope they get some wear, that would be a shame to keep them in a closet.
Moose has a nice shine in the light. One day I should consider finding an LW, maybe not an MC one,
but a really heavy HH too.
For the moment I will stick to my Aero FQHH t-shirts in...
It looks like this leather is taken from the strip of the horse, which has this kind of grain. It's not from the shell parts, that would be too small for big panels like this. The parts of the rear containing the shell (in fact a membrane), are not bigger than 2 square feet. You could not get...
Front quarter of the horse is the best for the hide quality to make a jacket, but the rest of the horse is usable, not as interesting in term of thickness I think. The rear (crup) of the horse contains the shell, and is only used for shoes, wallets, belts, etc... The whole crup part with leather...
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