What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[Tom71]

Thank you @Tom71 for the addictional pics.
And i spelled that correctly!!
If one could choose only two jackets to own i believe your pair of midnight blue and Natural Aeros would sate me ad infinium!!
Makes me wanna sell my precious ones and start ordering.
Except the Cal and the Antique Steer and....well you get the idea!
Bowen

I just wish these two will satisfy me for at least a little while.... If I want to break them in as they deserve, there will be no more jackets this year.

 

[Tom71]

Looks great!
Mine is a half belt- same hide. Simply marvelous!!

Yes, I know. Yours was actually the jacket that inspired me to specifically ask for this hide. There are a few "natural" leathers around, but all seem to age differently. I really was after this sepcific quality, and so far I am really happy about the process.

 

[Tom71]

Is that natty veg tan? I bought a pair of boots in that leather, and it really is a stain magnet. I’ve had a little success cleaning spots with alcohol or water... tried ivory dish soap it’s okay. Put a little wax and conditioner on them when I first got them because the leather seemed dry, but it didn’t seem to help protect it much in the stain department. I think I would have like natural cxl better, at least in the short run... but I’ll see how this ages. It does develop a patina rather quickly.


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Yes, it is. I actually don´t mind the staining at all. It´s just part of the process. I am positive the jacket will look really good (and will finally become "my jacket") once it gets a little beaten and rugged.

Incidentally, I bought a pair of "Butts&Shoulders"-Boots last year in a natural veg-tan leather. It reacts very similar to the hide of the jacket, so it may well be the same tanning method.

 

[torfjord]

Is that natty veg tan? I bought a pair of boots in that leather, and it really is a stain magnet. I’ve had a little success cleaning spots with alcohol or water... tried ivory dish soap it’s okay. Put a little wax and conditioner on them when I first got them because the leather seemed dry, but it didn’t seem to help protect it much in the stain department. I think I would have like natural cxl better, at least in the short run... but I’ll see how this ages. It does develop a patina rather quickly.


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In regards to natural vegetable tan leather my advice is just to accept the stains. There's really no avoiding them. They even get stained from water, so there's really nothing to be done about it. After a while, as they acquire patina and stains, all of the individual stains just merge into beautiful character and patina.

 

[jonesy86]

Only a fraction of the joy of living in Edinburgh

Looks like leather jacket and wet suit temperatures at Belhaven Bay.

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[Boyo]

Ocean Water Temps at 58 degrees does sound a bit chilly @jonesy86 ... the ocean is into the mid 70's around my island..

 

[Leither]

Looks like leather jacket and wet suit temperatures at Belhaven Bay.

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I used to surf Pease Bay and occasionally Durness in winter. Madness. I love this climate

 

[jonesy86]

Ocean Water Temps at 58 degrees does sound a bit chilly @jonesy86 ... the ocean is into the mid 70's around my island..

Ah yes, my roots go way back on your island. My people came there in the 1850s for want of potatoes on another island. I would head to Jones Beach wearing my Lauhala hat.

Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
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[Dr H]

View attachment 180475 View attachment 180476 View attachment 180477 View attachment 180478 View attachment 180479 My new/old swedish goatskin today. Leather is awesome on this one as well and I love the color.

I do like that. Very nice.

 

[Dr H]

Just about cool enough to wear the custom goat Monarch again. Cooler in the mornings and evenings again now.

 

[Boyo]

Ah yes, my roots go way back on your island. My people came there in the 1850s for want of potatoes on another island. I would head to Jones Beach wearing my Lauhala hat.

Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
[emoji1783]

You'd be the coolest guy on Jones beach for sure.... if you could find a spot on the sand to lay down your blanket..

 

[jonesy86]

View attachment 180546 Just about cool enough to wear the custom goat Monarch again. Cooler in the mornings and evenings again now.

Gotta love that Dave Sheeley Monarch!


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[Dr H]

Gotta love that Dave Sheeley Monarch!


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And beginning to develop some creasing around the shoulders/biceps now too...

 

[Corsair42]

Sunny today and trying a New collar profile. I Just have to pony up for a California roll type jacket I guess. View attachment 169925 View attachment 169926

What horsehide is on that Roadster?

 

[thor]

Another day, another G-1; sunrise at the ship docks, Lost Worlds G-1.

 

[Dr H]

View attachment 180475 View attachment 180476 View attachment 180477 View attachment 180478 View attachment 180479 My new/old swedish goatskin today. Leather is awesome on this one as well and I love the color.

Incidentally, what are the dimensions? Is it particularly short?

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Incidentally, what are the dimensions? Is it particularly short?

It's quite "vintage" in Length in that you need to tuck your shirts, but that is the look I like these days.

 

[Dr H]

Wet and windy today, so civvy Excalibur ‘N-1’ deck jacket by Spiewak.

 

[Dr H]

It's quite "vintage" in Length in that you need to tuck your shirts, but that is the look I like these days. View attachment 180594 View attachment 180595

That’s marvellous. Would love to have one of those in a 23”’ pit to pit!
I’m wearing High Rise trousers by Old Town today (high waist, fishtail back, braces) so this is the ideal Length.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

That’s marvellous. Would love to have one of those in a23”’ pit to pit!

Which this Incidentally is Length is 25" from bottom of the collar and 19" shoulders.