Rudi, I wish you would show pictures of the Aero that you are selling with you wearing it.
Me and the late great Roxy.
My first ordered leather jacket, after 28 years of discontinued use.
Geez Griff...........sorry man. I guess I let my keystrokes get ahead of my brain. Good thing I said "maybe".
Of course you're right about the sweat and oil. They can raise havoc with material.
Well excuse me but I'm going to go kick myself in the azz a few times.
Regards,
coffee
lol x10Yeah, we could liquify the body fat and bottle it, slap on a Pecard's label and lend-lease it to the Brits with a proper, that's proper mind you, VAT. Chances are they would never know the difference. After all, that's what those two jacket makers did, charge the U.S. 20% for body fat....."those Yanks will never know the difference."
There is atleast 25 years of patina on this jacket:
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@wallis, that's what I'm talkin bout! These Daniel Boones are nice jackets; but obviously look even better with age
Daniel Boone was the old United Sheeplined, A-2 contract maker:
http://www.goodwearleather.com/pages/a2_united.html
Griff - that Chevignon jacket - exactly the same - was the first leather jacket I ever owned. Sweet memories.
That was before the real world of A2s and Irvins came rolling in, with all the rights and wrongs. Armlengths and collarstands. Cherry knittings and patternes of vent holes under the arms.....We were just happy to own a "avaitor jacket". Wonder if mine would have looked the same, if I had kept it. Probably would. It got a lot of use and misuse back then.
Sweet. Do you remember how much more black there were on the jacket from the start?
Yeah it was a great time when a leather jacket was just a leather jacket.