New Aero ANJ-4 (pic heavy)

[Sloan1874]

Well, Christmas came early this year when Denny at Aero emailed me this morning to say that Tony had put the finishing touches to my ANJ-4. Thankfully, I had enough wiggle-room in my day to make the festive journey east to pick up my self-present ("It's just what I wanted! How did you know?"). Anyway, the fit is spot on (a new size 36 pattern was made on this occasion), it's incredibly comfortable and, as you'd expect, warm. The seal goat panels look as good as I hoped they would, and Tony has done a fantastic job machining it - I cannot imagine how hard it is to do all that single needle russet stitching on thick shearling - and it's a serious piece of kit. Anyway, rather than blether on, here are some 'just home' pics, I'll post some fit pics once the sun struggles above the horizon tomorrow.

 

[handymike]

Very Nice!

 

[Otter]

Very very nice

 

[ProteinNerd]

Looks warm enough even for your winters!

 

[ton312]

Stunning jacket!

 

[ButteMT61]

Jacket is perfect - the bedding even more so
Really, you made a good choice there. Want to see some wear pics too - that jacket is so sexy, but I'd get to wear it on a good year maybe 20 days - this year being a good example of getting some real cold.
Sure would be nice though when it IS cold... Congrats! @Sloan1874 !!

 

[pawineguy]

Well done, the goat was the perfect choice and the contrast stitching is just the right shade to be a subtle touch.

 

[ChiTownScion]

Bravo, Brother Sloan! May you enjoy yours as I enjoy mine. I was up in northern Wisconsin last weekend. Night temperature was well below zero (Fahrenheit) and we have 3 small dogs that needed walking. The jacket kept me quite warm. Latest word is that my brother in law wants one as well.

 

[John Lever]

Looks great. I thought Aero closed last Friday. ...

 

[Carlos840]

Nice jacket, great duvet cover!

Love the zig zag stitching on the collar and the 4 rows on the sleeve ends!

 

[Deacon211]

Gorgeous!


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[Smithy]

Absolutely beautiful! And I bet you're pleased you chose the goat now

I hope the weather turns to custard in Scotland over the coming days!

 

[aswatland]

Top notch jacket! The workmanship looks superb! Now all you need Craig is a cold spell.

 

[belfastboy]

WOW, that is a great jacket. Envious to a degree, but glad I live in a climate that does not get cold enough to warrant such a jacket. Saves me from coveting another jacket!

 

[Sloan1874]

Cheers! The weather is all over the place just now, for sure. I arrived back at Glasgow, the car thermometer said 5C, so I decided to take it for a 'test drive' this evening. Pulled it on to go back out later on and the car told me it was 12C! Despite this, it was blowing a howling gale and the jacket was perfect against it, and remarkably not overly warm. Interesting how different it is to wear from an Irvin. The latter's loose and relaxed design seems to work like a sleeping bag, trapping the warmth, while the ANJ is more like a thick second skin blocking the cold. The arm gussets are a great feature, movement is easy but also avoid overheating.
@John Lever Aero shut down this afternoon. They've been working flat-out to get Christmas orders from fools like me who only decided in October that they fancied a shearling jacket!
@ChiTownScion This jacket is ideal dog walking clobber!

 

[Fanch]

Looks perfect to me and should be appropriate for most cold weather unless you relocate to spending winters at North Cape (Norway) or the North Slope of Alaska.

 

[Fanch]

Craig, would be interesting to see comparative fit pics of your ANJ-4 and Irvin as I think both were designed with similar functionality.

 

[Sloan1874]

I'll take some tomorrow, it's a good comparison - one of the things I'm particularly fond of with the ANJ is the extra length it has.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Beautiful jacket. Amazing how much stitching is required.

 

[mr_lits]

Love those sheepskins! And the cuffs... quintuple stitched.... what??!!