Flightnut
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First post on this excellent site.Over last two years have extended my interest in flying to aviation militaria.Initially I bought the Eastman marketing hype.I then started collecting original jackets and was shocked at how badly the Eastman leather wears compared to originals.Amazingly the Eastman brochure says their jackets wear and distress just like originals.Well originals are nothing like as prone to "sueding" nor does the surface finish soak up water like an Eastman.Their jackets are excellent pieces of clothing with some fine attention to detail,although fit is not authentic in my opinion,but they just aren't robust like the originals.My Aeros have been better from a wear perspective,but still too fragile and they have some really poor detail finishing.My Lost Worlds although too heavy replicates the wear and robustness of the originals much better,but has some pretty poor attention to detail in some areas.Finally,RMNZ A2 seems to be excellent on wear/toughness and with excellent fit and attention to detail.What do you guys think?....PS I have an Eastman Cable goat and Aero real deal to get rid of...any idea what they might be worth...about 6mths old..?