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One Leather Jacket to keep rest of your life?

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I have a few leather jackets and have for the most part just bought whatever moved me at the moment I saw it. A couple Schotts, a Wilson, a Vanson, etc. Mistakes have been made but I like them all well enough.

I'd like to try this differently next time and that would be to better understand what aspects of a jacket I particularly like and then be able to make an informed choice rather than buying another jacket that has features I appreciate but otherwise isn't all that and a bag of chips for me.

What I don't have so far is a thick jacket where the leather rolls in a way that makes it look protective yet pliable and maybe even soft. An example of what I see and like is the photo below off of the Schott site. I know I can call them up and ask what that jacket is but I'm hoping for a little fuller understanding of what I'm looking at... like type of hide, likely thickness, method of tanning and something that a factory might not convey like is what I'm looking at and what I like an element of time and use more than it might be a particular process or specification?

How does it fit this thread?

Once I've a better understanding of what I like and why I will use your feedback to buy another jacket. Thanks in advance for the perspective.

And yeah, of the jackets I have the one that seems sweetest to me is a Dainese Mike Pella II. Supple, protective, armored, and it smells righteous. It can be worn on the bike and it can be worn into someone else's office w/out attracting unusual attention. I'll have it for a long time.

Here's that Schott...

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And here's what the Dainese Mike Pella II looks like. Integral back protector, shoulders, etc. and they're thin pads. I sometimes wonder what value they may have but when the mess hits the fan, some is better than none.

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