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  1. Tom71

    What do you think of the Italian natural veg tan leather used by Simmons Bilt?

    Just to be clear: You are talking about the UNFINISHED horsehide, right?! This leather is made from the Conipel tannery in Italy; it is one of my favourite leathers. The idea of getting a whietish-pink leather only to watch it stain, darken and change starting ten minutes into wear isn´t for...
  2. Tom71

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Vanson/MrFrown C2. Sunday morning chores: car wash, bakery, poll office for a regional election. Gloomy and cold on this first day on daylight saving time, so probably a Sunday with a book.
  3. Tom71

    New ELC RW 27752 seal brown

    Very nice! Seeing this makes me miss my old “house” A-2. Eastman just has this great, subtle horsehide. I now have an RMC A-2, and while the shinki is nice, of course, I always preferred the house leather of ELC.
  4. Tom71

    New forum member brand (Rugged West)

    That’s a reassuring post. For some time now, I consider myself a “future customer” of RW. The time hasn’t come yet, and perhaps not quite the model too, but the new hides are tempting. For me as a customer, an order is not about zero issues but about how issues - if they arise - are handled...
  5. Tom71

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    i like the deviation from TFL’s accepted norm! Not for me, but some bold choices for sure!
  7. Tom71

    FS: Lewis Leather/The Garbstore Collab Bomber Sheepskin (Large)

    EUR 390 PP F&F plus shipping.
  8. Tom71

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Very nice outfit. Love the popping colours!
  9. Tom71

    Highwayman what kind of leather to use

    I had three Premier HWM all in all, and this was my best fitting one. It’s the super high armholes that make layering an issue here. Shoulders are super narrow too. As a general rule one size up from the normal range (i.e. two sizes up from a standard HWM) works ok for me.
  10. Tom71

    Highwayman what kind of leather to use

    Premier HWM in cordovan CXL horse. Still a perfect combo for me.
  11. Tom71

    Highwayman what kind of leather to use

    It’s realy about the look you want to achieve. Heavy CXL FQHH is pretty much the quintessential Aero hide. It has a deep shine, has a heft like hardly any other leather and looks very worthy. On the downside it’s stiff, absolutely non-breathable and patinas very quickly. For me, Badalassi is...
  13. Tom71

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Perhaps I should have posted in the „What Jeans are you wearing today with the only jacket you’re wearing”…
  14. Tom71

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Lovely photos! Thanks for sharing a piece of your life. I do enjoy the people wearing leather jackets even more than the jackets themselves.
  15. Tom71

    Celebrities jackets

    Grass is always greener on the other side, I guess. It’s normal human behaviour, I guess. We all tend to idolise something for whatever reason. For boys of my generation, all things American were just the bee’s knees. The landscapes, the skylines, the movies, the gadgets.
  16. Tom71

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Lots of great jacket these last two pages. Well done, TFL!
  17. Tom71

    Celebrities jackets

    Thanks for the clarification. I am with you. Unless you specify what you mean by “quality” (stitch count, even stitching, French seams, skivving?), there is no objective “better”. The leather used by both Aero and Vanson as a default are much thicker than the “normal” horsehide of many Japanese...
  19. Tom71

    Celebrities jackets

    I am with you that an RMC or RC jacket does not look “better” than an Aero or Vanson, but that you “fail to see much difference“ is a bit rich. There are hardly any makers that are visually more distinct than Aero/Vanson on the one hand and RMC and their sisters on the other.
  20. Tom71

    New Members: 20 Posts in the Open Forums are Required Before Selling here.

    Thanks, Bartenders. Let´s not over-"What if" this idea. It´s a pretty low threshhold to keep a minimum check on the Classifieds. Let´s all work on keeping TFL a place that´s different from all the Social-Media absurdities out there.
  21. Tom71

    The ultimate badass jacket - what’s your pick?

    Everything @ton312 wears.
  22. Tom71

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    It was the Radiomir SLC. Such a cool, reduced design, going perfectly with the stingray strap in brown-gray. Stupidly, I sold it as it was a 47mm case and I figured it was just a bit too chunky. Miss it sometimes.
  23. Tom71

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    I just noted since I once had a Panerai watch with an after market stingray strap. Looked killer and allegedly was EUR 200, -.

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