Love the Smell of Horsehide on a Summer Evening

[oneterrifichog]

With apologies to "Apocalypse Now" but 93 degrees and this jacket you definitely have to love the smell of Horsehide. Got this from Aero on Friday and I really dig it. Looking forward to winter and riding to work on the Harley with this "puppy" on.

 

[Pushrod]

That's a great lookin jacket, the hide looks beautiful.

 

[schitzo]

That looks like a very good and comfortable fit. Enjoy it

Best wishes
Schitz

 

[ButteMT61]

I think it needs a scarf! Looks great, fits great too. Sad it's already summer!

 

[oldcrow82]

Beautiful hide great fit, I love the addition of the fur. Common winter!

 

[oneterrifichog]

I think it needs a scarf! Looks great, fits great too. Sad it's already summer!

Oh yeah definitely got a couple of scarves for Winter...... Not to mention a good Fedora. Unless of course I'm riding..

 

[Fanch]

Looks like your Aero is a half belt deluxe with fur collar. My highwayman just arrived from Scotland three days ago, and I can't take the smile off my face. Oneterrifihog, I grew up in your neck of the woods on the side of Missionary Ridge. If it is any consolation to you, it is about 10 degrees hotter in Texas than east Tennessee.

 

[oneterrifichog]

Looks like your Aero is a half belt deluxe with fur collar. My highwayman just arrived from Scotland three days ago, and I can't take the smile off my face. Oneterrifihog, I grew up in your neck of the woods on the side of Missionary Ridge. If it is any consolation to you, it is about 10 degrees hotter in Texas than east Tennessee.

Yep got the grin too! This vintage horsehide is great! I had a Highwayman made out of it in black a few years back but the brown is wonderful.

We moved up to Chattanooga about 17 years ago and love it. We were from Atlanta originally but I have to admit I like Tennessee a lot more. Where else can one get on a motorcycle and be out in the country in less than 5 minutes>unless of course you live in the country.

 

[Cooperson]

Two very nice Aero's and the fit on both is great. Is the Highwayman mid weight horse?

 

[blethook]

Really nice HB deluxe...I love mine (seal, MW HH) to bits...It's a good loking, intricate design. I take it yours is FQHH?

 

[Windward]

Oh yes, I can smell the horsehide ... the jacket looks real great with the midbrown mouton fur collar ... no doubt, absolutely "deluxe" !!!
Possibly you can convert the jacket into an "spring - jacket" if you leave the studded cuffs open ... just a thought.

 

[oneterrifichog]

Oh yes, I can smell the horsehide ... the jacket looks real great with the midbrown mouton fur collar ... no doubt, absolutely "deluxe" !!!
Possibly you can convert the jacket into an "spring - jacket" if you leave the studded cuffs open ... just a thought.

The thought is appealing but in Tennessee we not only have heat but some serious humidity....For now I am breaking this "bad boy" in via air conditioning and down in the basement testing out sleeve length while sitting on the Harley.

 

[ButteMT61]

The only hint of horsehide in my days now is a wallet I bought this spring. Indeed, I take it out sometimes just to get that smell...how many months until fall???

 

[Fanch]

Nope, the brown Highwayman is steerhide, thick but pliable and doesn't feel stiff. The steer probably lived in Texas too before being sent to Scotland!

 

[ButteMT61]

Nope, the brown Highwayman is steerhide, thick but pliable and doesn't feel stiff. The steer probably lived in Texas too before being sent to Scotland!

I briefly had one too James, and yes, it's much more pliable than the HH. All the cow/steer jackets I've owned have been as well, sans one motorcycle jacket from Vanson years back.

 

[mattp]

I briefly had one too James, and yes, it's much more pliable than the HH. All the cow/steer jackets I've owned have been as well, sans one motorcycle jacket from Vanson years back.

I've never seen cow as stiff as that from Vanson, I've got one that still stands up on its own after 6 months of heavy use. I think of it as my warm-up jacket, before I get the horsehide!

oneterrifichog: That is a beauty! I never considered the Deluxe to be a jacket I'd go for, but it's back on the list after seeing yours. The only problem is not living somewhere cold enough to call for that sort of warmth...

 

[Hammer Down]

oneterrifichog: love the color of that hide: dark brown, rich, three dimensional. Ya done good.

 

[Hammer Down]

No harm in wearin' the jacket in high heat/humidity for a pic. Now, you go off hikin up a nearby hill or "mountain" in that jacket, in beastly heat, and you'd be crazy as a peach orchard bore fo shore.