Post your KEEPER jackets. Here's mine and I mean it this time..!!

[ton312]

That's too bad, but it looks like you did a great job repairing it.

Yeah Denny recommended an adhesive that I applied and I smacked it with a rubber mallet. Little shoe polish and it’s essentially undetectable. It’s a good thing it’s as thick as it is. Certainly the thickest leather I’ve ever had. But knowing that that’s there...I could never sell it in good conscience. Not for anywhere near what it’s worth, even second hand. I’d throw the irreplaceable tag on it as well. I’ve not seen another hide like it. Maybe Dan T’s HWM. That’s about it.

 

[dudewuttheheck]

I forgot that this included more than just leather jackets. I have to add my Conner's Sewing Factory WWII Type I jacket to the absolute keeper list:

 

[Man of Vintage]

Vintage Bormcolt horsehide jacket with bi-swing shoulders and the original plaid liner, c. 1940’s.

 

[Peter Bowden]

That has to be perfection

 

[58panheadfan]

FW Sunset, jet black Deerskin

FW Mulholland, vintage black HH

Eastman, Monarch 352nd, russet italian HH

RMC Raschel Wool Sports Jacket

Fleur de Bagne, Blouson Aviateur Jacket

 

[Lebowski]

FW Sunset, jet black Deerskin
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FW Mulholland, vintage black HH
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Eastman, Monarch 352nd, russet italian HH
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RMC Raschel Wool Sports Jacket
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Fleur de Bagne, Blouson Aviateur Jacket
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Eastman Monarch looks superb!

 

[sweetfights]

FW Sunset, jet black Deerskin
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FW Mulholland, vintage black HH
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Eastman, Monarch 352nd, russet italian HH
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RMC Raschel Wool Sports Jacket
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Fleur de Bagne, Blouson Aviateur Jacket
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Love that Mulholland!!

 

[Dav]

That was fun this morning
My keepers
ELC A-1 .50cal

BK Dubow 1755

Aero Highwayman

Aero Cheyenne

Aero Teamster

ELC Roughwear B-3

ELC S.F.A.D. B-3

ELC .50cal B-3

ELC Irvin

Bronson B-10

 

[Edward]

Bronson looks nice. How did you find the sizing? I like the look of some of their hajacke bur worry I'm just borderline on their too end....

 

[Dav]

Thanks, I just went with my usual 42, I've a 42.5 chest, which seems to work OK, a little extra length wouldn't have gone amiss, but overall I really like it as a knock around, chore jacket.

 

[handymike]

Wow!!! Dav that Irvin....

 

[Dav]

It's my pick of the bunch I must admit.

 

[barnabus]

B10 looks phenomenal. Love it!

 

[Monitor]

I don't see myself moving this one tho perhaps making a switch for one with belt loops... I'd like that. But otherwise, this one stays.

 

[Guppy]

I don't see myself moving this one tho perhaps making a switch for one with belt loops... I'd like that. But otherwise, this one stays.

Don't let that go.

 

[Monitor]

But the one that stays for certain is this one.

 

[JMax]

But the one that stays for certain is this one.

Totally wrong... that Cal better stay home too. Jeezus it’s perfect.

 

[dubpynchon]

I don't see myself moving this one tho perhaps making a switch for one with belt loops... I'd like that. But otherwise, this one stays.

That Cal is perfect, it even has quilted shoulders. I would sell a kidney before I’d sell this jacket.

 

[Powerband]

But the one that stays for certain is this one.

Can I give you $1M for it?


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[zebedee]

My keepers are my brown aero fqhh Highwayman (first and greatest purchase: it's too heavy for Taiwan so it stayed in the UK), seal goatskin 1950's HB (perfect weight for HK/TW winter/spring) and the tumbled cordovan Maxwell (it's too heavy for TW, but I brought it anyway as the colder months and will still help wear it in, and because it's new and there's no point just leaving it on a hanger.

If I could only keep one, it'd be the Highwayman, though. Aero's goat comes into its own when dealing with more humid climates- it's substantial without being unwieldy (which HH is in those climes). The goat worked fantastically well in the relatively milder Asian winters, and, like HH, showed no signs of any mould or being affected by the summer heat in any way. Shanghai or Seoul in the winter, though, and you need the weight.