Custom Aero Board Racer in battered brown steerhide

[Mainspring]

I thought you all might like to see my custom size 38 Aero Board Racer since it features some uncommon selections.

For maximum comfort and mobility I opted for battered steerhide and added shoulder gussets. It feels like I'm cheating with respect to breaking in the jacket!

Other options include a T back with no kidney panels, zipper-less hand warmers, the Aero "Rock n Roll label", a left side vertical interior pocket, and adding an inch in both body and sleeve length. For lining I chose olive cotton drill with olive sateen for the sleeves.

The fit is perfect and it was such a pleasure to deal with Carrie at Thurston Bros during the entire process.

 

[patrick_b]

Looks great! Would love to see the back.

 

[Mainspring]

Looks great! Would love to see the back.

Here you go.

 

[ton312]

Perfect fit! Nicely done!

 

[Hobbes1]

Looks really nice!

 

[jonesy86]

Thats a really good one!

 

[ProteinNerd]

Very nice!

 

[AeroFan_07]

Very nice! Excellent fit & details, hope to see more photos as it breaks in.

 

[oskar]

Nice fit. I am very surprised how even the colour is or is it just the pics?

 

[Robbie79]

Congrats! Beautiful jacket and excellent fit!

 

[jonbuilder]

Aero's battered hides different from Aero's tumbled hides?

 

[Robbie79]

Aero's battered hides different from Aero's tumbled hides?

I only have experience with battered tan horsehide and can compare it with Aero's tumbled horsehide. The weight and thickness is similar as far as my two jackets are concerned - I guess my tumbled CXL one was just a thinner/lighter horsehide batch. The battered tan horsehide feels also thicker/heavier than Vicenza HH even if Aero also calls it mid-weight leather and at least my battered tan jacket was as stiff as a normal tumbled CXL HH jacket or probably slightly stiffer. The battered tan HH is not shiny at all and the feel/touch of the leather is like the description says "battered" (and waxy...difficult to describe)....the look and character of the battered tan HH gives the leater a vintage look as you know from many beautiful pics from @HoosierDaddy 's battered tan Teamster. This is my favorite leather from Aero's portfolio even if I know that Horween CXL are their top sellers (or even Vicenza but I'm not a big fan of Vicenza). As far as their battered steer is concerned, I'm sure there are others who hopefully can compare both leather types better than I can do.

 

[Motocann]

Here you go.

Here you go.

That's a beautiful jacket looks like it fits you spot on! Be interested in seeing it from the back with you wearing it, just to see how the back fits you

 

[marker2037]

The battered leather selection from Aero is one that definitely intrigues me and one I don't see enough of. I would love to see more examples and pics of any color of battered or tumbled leathers.

 

[zebedee]

Battered Tan:



Battered Seal:

 

[marker2037]

Does the seal have variations like the tan? Hard to see on that picture.

 

[tnjyoung]

I thought you all might like to see my custom size 38 Aero Board Racer since it features some uncommon selections.

For maximum comfort and mobility I opted for battered steerhide and added shoulder gussets. It feels like I'm cheating with respect to breaking in the jacket!

Other options include a T back with no kidney panels, zipper-less hand warmers, the Aero "Rock n Roll label", a left side vertical interior pocket, and adding an inch in both body and sleeve length. For lining I chose olive cotton drill with olive sateen for the sleeves.

The fit is perfect and it was such a pleasure to deal with Carrie at Thurston Bros during the entire process.

Looks beautiful! I was really close to choosing the BS for my latest build. I love it! Great job!

 

[zebedee]

Does the seal have variations like the tan? Hard to see on that picture.

Yes, it fades quickly to a lighter brown and has a slightly waxy hand.