My Aero 42-18775-P // 2 years

[Cocker]

So it's been almost 2 years since I received my Aero 42-18775-P, and I wore it most of the time since then. I've never baby-sitted it, worn it through pouring rain, slept with it on a couple occasions, and so on. It's been my faithfull companion through thick and thin, and I love the way the jerky hide has aged.

I thought it'd be nice to show a couple pictures here, showing the general shape and some specific spots where the dark seal has worn off, showing the unddrtones.

So, there you go !

 

[Fanch]

Incredibly nice jacket, including break in.

 

[ton312]

Wow man. That hide is gorgeous and you've done a wonderful job in making it's true nature shine through!

 

[TREEMAN]

NICE.........

 

[torfjord]

Soooo nice! These pictures really sealed (pun intended) the deal for me: next jacket will be in jerky HH.


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[Flightengineer]

Cool jacket!

 

[Cocker]

Thanks, guys! It's my only "quality" leather jacket, and I'm madly in love with it.

@torfjord as you can see, and a some stated, the finish is rubbing of more easily than on the Vincenza. But if you want a jacket with lots of grain and character, and that will develop patina in no time, that's the way to go!

 

[thor]

Looks like a well-preserved WWII original A-2! With leather jackets, sometimes the best advice to break one in is “ just wear the darn thing” (as so many on TFL have said). The perfect A-2 @Cocker, congrats and keep up the good “work”!

 

[Cocker]

Thanks thor! Worst case scenario, she'll be ready for a "depot re-dye" in a couple years!

 

[Brettafett]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Flightengineer]

Cocker, did you take it with you in flight? I'm looking at your avatar and I think you should

 

[Cocker]

Sadly, nope. I hadn't had the chance to put my ass in the backseat of an aircraft for 4 years now!! I'll need to contact my friend who owns the SNJ-5 soon, I really miss it!

 

[willyto]

We lack threads like this one here on TFL. Too many jackets and they're worn very little time!

 

[Cocker]

We lack threads like this one here on TFL. Too many jackets and they're worn very little time!

Wasn't it Einstein who said something along "get one good leather jacket and you won't need anything else for years"?

@torfjord , thinking about it, if those couple pictures make you decide to go the jerly way, I think it's one of the biggest compliment that could have been said, thanks!

 

[torfjord]

Wasn't it Einstein who said something along "get one good leather jacket and you won't need anything else for years"?

@torfjord , thinking about it, if those couple pictures make you decide to go the jerly way, I think it's one of the biggest compliment that could have been said, thanks!

I was undecided on whether I should go with jerky or Vicenza, but your jacket pushed me over the edge. I much prefer the way jerky ages compared to Vicenza.

It doesn’t look like there’s a lot of sleeve creases, do you know if the sleeves have shrunk anything at all due to creasing?


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[Cocker]

They did crease, but I don't think I lost anything in sleeve length, maybe half an inch, tops!

 

[rockandrollrabbit]

Does the regular Seal Jerky tend to age the same way as the Dark Seal?