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Here's my Windward. Cordovan front quarter horsehide with wine coloured rayon satin lining.
What other models are being discontinued, Jan?
This is all rumours, you see, but I've heard that the Windward (because it's too short for most people/ too short for how people like to wear their trousers today) and the HG-5 (weak seller) will be dropped in the not too distant future. They still might redesign the patterns for those who die to have them and bring them back... Who knows...
The B-10 is gone forever. The lady who made those is retired now and gabardine stock is long depleted. The last rolls were used as a (superb) lining material.
Various cloth jackets may come and go as those are usually trainee made.
That's all I know.
Great looking Windwards - both of you!!
I would love an Aero in black waxcotton. The motorcycle jacket they had in green waxcotton was also incredible.
They might do it if you supply the waxcotton (as a forumer once did)
I also regret not having the funds to get a B-10.
Aero used to make incredible shoes. They have a few new models, I've notice, but very different -- more sort of "farmer wear".
Sir J
Here's my Windward. Cordovan front quarter horsehide with wine coloured rayon satin lining.
Griff if you want wax cotton to send to them use british millerain , last year the 8oz black chera 8 (the stuff used to make barbour internationals) was just £4 per meter plus vat.
You might not even need to do that as I know aero get the stuff direct of them and there is no minimum order from millerain so they would be able to get just enought for one jacket at a time.
Another supplier is Halley stevenson but they are a lot more expensive, but they doe have a wider range of colours available, I have a load of their olive drab brown/green and it is fantastic stuff, just like the colour used on sherman tanks late war and it wears to a lovely bronzed finish with use rather than green like the millerain greens do.
Never has a set of numbers vs jacket tag said so much Windy! That's insane
Look at it this way, you'll have the market cornered and won't look like anyone else you run into! They fit you well.
The jeans are '33 LVC. The belt is a one off from a guy in California called Sam (third from top in pic). The buckle made by Ace motor works and I bought it from John Lofgren's Speedway-shop on ebay.