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The Comet! Stratospheric fit!
since there's four of them and I either am at work or sit at home watching How I Met Your Mother-- neither of which are very heavy jacket-wearing activities.
^^LOL been there, done that.
^Lovely jacket, Dan! Can't even begin to imagine how wonderfully soft that steerhide must be after 20 years... Still a great score, that one. Your jacket is worthy of a hijack!
And thank you ALL! I am smitten with all of my jackets, but it just plain sucks I'm not wearing them as much as I'd like since there's four of them and I either am at work or sit at home watching How I Met Your Mother-- neither of which are very heavy jacket-wearing activities. Gosh, I sure miss high school... Nothing better than kicking it through the school hallways like a badass all day long with my bithcin' leather jackets.
Ivan, trust me... while my jackets may look the part in the photographs, they all have a LONG way before being properly broken in. Leather on all is still quite stiff at times and there's much to be desired in the grain/patina department. That said, I'm sticking by these jackets, weight loss or no weight loss. I just know that in 5 years, I'll be even more glad I did than I am right now. I've never hit the 2 year mark on any of my jackets. My Schott 618 Perfecto came close at 1 year 10 months (during that period I only wore one other jacket and I wore both all day, everyday), my HWM is almost at 1 year 11 months but with not even half as much wear. I'm still kicking myself for selling my Schott jackets... when I'm feeling down in the dumps I can just look at pictures of them and it's like I got dumped by every girl ever all over again. In case the fine folks whom I sold my Schott 618 and Schott 641HH to: I will GLADLY take them off your hands. Especially the 641HH.
Moral of the story: people, STICK BY YOUR JACKET(S). Don't be too nitpicky about fit, length, the way it looks on you or what other people may think of it. If it feels right, wear the frigging thing and never ever think about taking it off. You might even shower, sleep or make love in it. I have done two of those three, you figure out which ones. I have read way too many comments of people complimenting me on my HWM, and wishing they'd kept theirs. Give the tough son of a gun a chance to grow on you, don't judge it too much by its slight imperfections.. It's your jacket, and if you never fully embrace it as yours, how can it ever truly become YOUR jacket?
But then again, if it really doesn't feel right, it wasn't meant to be. Sell it on and learn from it. The more you own, the more you learn about what you want. My first one felt right immediately, though. That Schott 618 was MINE and mine alone, and I was stupid enough to sell it. Literally one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Yeah, sure, it's just a jacket. But I got it at a time when I was discovering a whole new world of awesome leather jackets, rock 'n roll and whiskey. The life of a 16 year old teenager finding himself in this crazy, fudged up world we call 'life'. That's what that jacket means to me. Haven't ever felt such a connection with any other jacket I got. Getting a new or other used Schott 618 isn't gonna cut it either, because it isn't mine.
Wear your jacket and live life together. Sentimental Mendel out.
Thanks JJ, remember that all that matters is you feel good in a jacket!
I got my standard size 40 Comet through Thurston, as it makes for a shorter wait time than going through Vanson. It measures 24" in the back, Vanson lengthened the Conet by 1" last year. I'm 5'8" and wear mid to high-rise jeans. I think a 23" jacket would suit me better when I wear my t shirt tucked in. The Comet is pretty long in the front.
That Aero CR sure was very nice indeed, Ivan... why did you end up selling? Was it the back length or the brown hue coming through very fast on the black horsehide?