using the coat hook strap on the A2 ok?

[Adak]

does anyone here use the coat hook strap on the A2 jacket? i have a horsehide A2 jacket and I am afraid if I use the strap much it will stretch out the leather in that area. are my concerns valid?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yes....and adds extra wear on the lining. Also stay away from wire or flimsy coat hangers.
HD

 

[Dr H]

I wouldn't use it either, particularly when the hide is thin, or the jacket is a heavy one.

 

[majormajor]

I keep my A2s on nice shaped hangers.

If I take one of in a hurry, I simply throw it on a chair.

NEVER on the coat hook strap

 

[OneEyeMan]

Just throw it on the floor.
Best way to store leather.
Lenny

 

[wdw]

Usually when out for a meal I have to stop the waiters from kindly hanging up my jacket and then they just look bemused as I roll it up and shove it under the table.

 

[John in Covina]

This is a question that in reality comes around to what do you want to do with your jacket.

If you want it to be in pristine shape for decades then don't wear it have it hermetically sealled in a chamber of inert gases.

If you want to use it but not have anything to happen to it you have to carry a proper hanger with at all times or lock it in your car when you go anywears.

If you want it to be authentic, the questions is do you treat your A2 the same way that pilots treated it in WWII?

For me the concept is like a new car or truck when it is new I will baby it a bit, but at some point in the real world it gonna get its first scratch ding or dent after that it becomes a real car or truck made for daily use and withstanding the challenges that comes with it.

 

[karhu21]

I can believe that!!!!

 

[Dr H]

Just throw it on the floor.
Best way to store leather.
Lenny

+1
When I'm out, the jacket is rolled up under my chair too.

 

[Graemsay]

Rule one of leather jackets: The more beat up they are, the better they look.

Or to put it another way, don't worry so much. If you want to use the hanger then do so.

 

[Peacoat]

Just throw it on the floor.
Best way to store leather.
Lenny

That's right, Lenny. The leather jackets get thrown on the closet floor; the pea coats get the nice fat wooden hangers. We have to take care of that which is important to us.

 

[Vespizzare]

It's fair to assume that if you were going to get in a plane and maybe not come back, you'd have a different take on stuff like that. To me, the hanging strap represents that mindset.

 

[Richard Warren]

Mine's hanging by its strap right now.

 

[IXL]

Just throw it on the floor.
Best way to store leather.
Lenny

I would love to arrange for you to have a short conversation with my wife!

 

[Metatron]

Mine's hanging by its strap right now.

what a rebel!

 

[OneEyeMan]

It'd be my pleasure IXL

 

[OneEyeMan]

Usually when out for a meal I have to stop the waiters from kindly hanging up my jacket and then they just look bemused as I roll it up and shove it under the table.

That's a riot, I do the same thing.
Lenny

 

[OneEyeMan]

That's right, Lenny. The leather jackets get thrown on the closet floor; the pea coats get the nice fat wooden hangers. We have to take care of that which is important to us.

Damn straight Peacoat.
I got a nice fat hanger for my peacoat too.
Lenny