Recent content by Dagenham Dave

I just looked up Aero Badalassi and found this jacket in Tobacco Badalassi: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/custom-aero-a1-in-tobacco-badalassi.98648/ Wow! What a sensational looking leather and a great colour. Tobacco Badalassi looks significantly lighter than Seal Vicenza or Seal...

Hello again, Well I totally freaked out trying to buy my second Aero Happy Days late in 2017 and completely pulled out. Now over 2 years later, I've finally decided to definitely buy my second one through Pickings & Parry. As mentioned previously, I've just found the FQHH on my original to be...

Kasper, regarding FQHH for our climate, I haven't worn it that much here in Geelong/Melbourne, and am not familiar with Brisbane's winter weather. I wore it in LA during their winter and felt I needed a denim jacket underneath to be warm enough at night. But for me it's more about how it feels...

Your jacket looks great in the picture posted by Graemsay. Congratulations! Is soft Italian HH available in brown? Seb suggests a hide that is no heavier than 2.2 oz. Does anyone know soft Italian HH's weight?

What is shinki leather? What is the blackened brown HH that Aero now offers? Dave

Thanks Sloan. I don't really like the dull finish of oil pull. I have sent an email to Aero asking their advice also. And I have also contacted Pickings and Parry (where purchased my original "Happy Days" and where I will purchase the second one), and the owner has suggested I come in to the...

I can't seem to find any pictures of medium steer hide in brown on the Aero site.

Seb, this was in relation to your thinking that I suggested that the vintage jacket looks like FQHH. I was only trying to clarify. And I'm only trying to get this one right, because it's a lot of time and money to get it wrong again.

I really like this Italian Soft Horsehide in the smooth sections: However, it is a bit grainy for my liking on the front right-hand chest piece: Is it a mid-weight? Does it come in brown?

I haven't really made my self clear in that last post. I agree that these vintage jackets don't look like FQHH. But I felt when ordering my jacket, that Brown Front Quarter Chromexcel Horsehide was the closest in terms of colour and smooth finish to the leather on the vintage ones above. Not...

That's why I love the look of the FQHH, because like the vintage jacket in the pictures I posted above, its hide is flat and uniform. I'm not sure any of the mid-weight horsehides offered by Aero give that flat and uniform look, especially Vicenza. Below is another vintage jacket that has in...

You're right Seb. I should have listened in the first place. And I particularly agree with your last statement - "It's also not a great deal of fun to wear in my opinion." Which Aero leather is most like this 50s original below in your opinions?

Cheers. Is the Seal Jerky considerably lighter and thinner than the FQHH?

Hi guys, I absolutely love the look of my "Happy Days" jacket, but I'm just finding the FQHH to be too heavy and rigid, so I'm about to order another "Happy Days" with exactly the same measurements as my last one, but this time with a mid-weight leather. Do you recommend SEAL VICENZA or SEAL...

Yes it does. And also the smooth side is up on the top panel inside of the zipper.