I think minor inconsistencies are everywhere within certain tolerances - and it's because they are analogue products and not produced digitally - and come the day when robots are making these things and turning out identical and perfect copies, I'll be glad to be dead and long gone.
I remember when, a few years ago perhaps, someone asked why his Aero jacket had strange lines on the cuffs where the leather was folded - and my Aero ANJ-3 had them too (I'd noticed at the time but hadn't cared about it) and, to me, it's just part of what makes these things evidently made from organic materials and by craftsmen and women. I think some mild puckering will be allowed to a degree while the bad will fail quality control.
And I don't think Aero has a target on its back right now - I think it gets the same scrutiny as any other company - look at ELC and the scrutiny that their upcoming Steve McQueen "Great Escape" A2 is getting on that thread right now. So the pockets are off in terms of shape for the RW number. I don't care. It wouldn't stop me from buying it if I really wanted one. So Aero's "Hookless" zip came in for some comments that weren't all that favourable. If an Aero jacket I wanted should have a Hookless zip by design, I'd ask for it - and, thanks to TFL, know to use it carefully (the same as I do my NOS Talon zips). I noted the comments here but it wouldn't put me off.
And some scrutiny is good - but at some point, there comes a point when it's time to put the jacket on, go out to a bar, relax and have a few drinks in it and feel good about the way wearing it makes you feel. I get that from my jackets every day.
I remember when, a few years ago perhaps, someone asked why his Aero jacket had strange lines on the cuffs where the leather was folded - and my Aero ANJ-3 had them too (I'd noticed at the time but hadn't cared about it) and, to me, it's just part of what makes these things evidently made from organic materials and by craftsmen and women. I think some mild puckering will be allowed to a degree while the bad will fail quality control.
And I don't think Aero has a target on its back right now - I think it gets the same scrutiny as any other company - look at ELC and the scrutiny that their upcoming Steve McQueen "Great Escape" A2 is getting on that thread right now. So the pockets are off in terms of shape for the RW number. I don't care. It wouldn't stop me from buying it if I really wanted one. So Aero's "Hookless" zip came in for some comments that weren't all that favourable. If an Aero jacket I wanted should have a Hookless zip by design, I'd ask for it - and, thanks to TFL, know to use it carefully (the same as I do my NOS Talon zips). I noted the comments here but it wouldn't put me off.
And some scrutiny is good - but at some point, there comes a point when it's time to put the jacket on, go out to a bar, relax and have a few drinks in it and feel good about the way wearing it makes you feel. I get that from my jackets every day.
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