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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    And in my quick calculation, I'm assuming his boots are worth their full price–still wouldn't explain the up front demand for 100% of the money.
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    Springline, which makes the custom lasts for many British shoe companies, will make you a bespoke last for £378. Being generous (because this is a direct to consumer rate; businesses would pay less), let's call that £400–so a $500 cost to order a last… requires a $2500 deposit.
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    Holy crap, I missed this. So he charges up front 4 years early because he's "ordering" the last? Which isn't even based on the customer, and he needs it for three years before he begins production? What is he, looking at a wall of lasts while he's making other shoes? This is a scam. At a...
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    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    This is at a price tier where you could have gotten a custom last from a non Instagram/influencer maker.
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    The Dave Sheeley Custom Leather Jacket Thread

    This person has placed an order and has his contact information but it’s not working.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    Yeah I first saw it in person before knowing of its online fanbase or notoriety. (Well, I assumed the big fanbase because the shop kept talking about it as the best leather jackets in the world.) And yet I thought the leather looked noticeably worse (not just the surface texture but the whole...
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    To be clear this will likely cost more than whatever loss he’d take selling the Leon plus the cost of buying a Perfecto or something lol
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    It might be, depending on what someone likes in a leather. But that doesn't take away from your point, because the Leon, 613SJH, and RMC Buco all use the same type of veg tanned Shinki horsehide with a black topcoat.
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    Hidden in Plain Schott: the 613SH Perfecto

    It’s a pretty simple alteration but it will ride up a bit first so you might want to see how that goes before you get them shortened.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    "Custom" in Fine Creek parlance means they cut the belt and epaulettes off for you. Canuck's secret to getting a well-fitting FCL cross-fit: have an expert leather tailor take apart every seam and use the jacket as raw material to make a new pattern and jacket.
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    Aero B-10

    That label itself is a repro.
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    Aero B-10

    The Aero is indeed period accurate.
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    Alternatives to Aero "Hooch Hauler"

    That is a California Highway Patrol jacket. Specifically the PNW influenced WWL-41 model that Canuck mentions; both of us have this. If you call Johnson they might well have one available on the rack which would cost you much less than the customs that Canuck and I got.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    This doesn’t look like an improvement. And to be clear I don’t even have a ln inherent problem with extra space/folds (what’s called drape in tailoring) but that’s not what’s happening here. I think it’s cut extra big in the back and extra small in front because as @navetsea guessed some time...
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    As a watch guy I would definitely not want my watch sticking out, and that's before we get to the watch crime sprees that have become commonplace in so many cities.
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    Fitcheck Fine creek leon 44 or 42. Which one should i choose.

    The 44 is too big in all dimensions, the 42 simultaneously looks too small and too big. I would pass on both.
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    What backpack could concievably be appropriately styled for wear alongside a B3 or ANJ4

    Check out Sandstorm Kenya. Been using their bags for over a decade.
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    Alternatives to Aero "Hooch Hauler"

    The King of the Road and Field Manhattan have basically nothing in common, unless you mean just having a D-pocket. The KotR is a pretty close repro of the early Sears Hercules jackets. As much as I like the finishing on Field's jackets, which is fantastic, unless this is going to be one jacket...
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    Removable mouton collar construction

    What I’m describing isn’t even a design flaw, because the collar doesn’t press —it just sits in the right place because it’s not cut to take an additional collar as for example a Schott Perfecto is. So once that’s on, it causes the discomfort. I think Aero uses a different a different shape for...
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    Removable mouton collar construction

    A word of warning (I just remembered). Aero jackets don’t do well with adding removable mouton. The collar is cut to hug your neck, so when you add something else on top it’s an extra inch or so of leather and fur that presses on your neck. This is why I basically never wear the fur collar...

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