Edward
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Still quite pricey though. At that price point I might drop another £100 and get a regular one. I think they should discount them at least at 30% of their original price otherwise I see little incentive.
But yeah to an untrained eye like mine sone really look like they have no defect whatsoever so kudos to aero for describing exactly what is not right compared to standard jackets.
There won't be any defects because these aren't 'seconds', they are exactly the same as the regular item that leaves the factory, except that some details might vary, or - as in this case - there might be a variation in the hue of the leather panels. Given that the sole difference is cosmetic, I'd say that's quite the whack of a pricecut Aero are offering. Remember, the only difference in the production of this jacket is that the materials will have cost a bit less, given they are (mostly) based on using what might otherwise be scrap. The hardware, lining, labelling and, most of all, labour cost in putting them together is gonig to be exactly the same, so you can't really expect them to cut to the extent where it isn't worth it to them as a business. After all, much as the folks who work at Aero love what they do, they could hardly afford to do it all if they didn't make money from it.
My Aero half belt made by Ken has one of these Blue Labels too. As I recall it was a sample made by him so this can't be something new, they're just promoting it.
Indeed - and at that, it's purely a differnece in shade from one his to the next: this is most assuredly not the same as the frnakenstein jackets that were part storse and part horse!
The Blue Label was put in my Apprentice Made Highwayman when I bought it in Spring 2012, not long before they created the Robin Hood AM label (presumably to mark them out as one or two appeared on ebay later on looking for more than they went for new, being represented as the regular line, when the earlyu AMs were sold at almost cost), and it had already been around for a while then.