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Midnight Blue HH

Edgar Laurel

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I was making some prospects for my next Aero jacket and found that the Midnight Blue HH option is available.
Anyone here had a jacket made in this specific shade of blue?
If so please share the experience, how it ages, the way it behaves when exposed to a certain light.
 
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That is a question for @ton312 !
He had a 30s HB made of the stuff. Beautiful Greenish/blue in direct sunlight. Otherwise looked black.
Were I to order an Aero, it would be this color FQHH or Blackened Brown Vicenza.
 
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Edgar,
My Aero Teamster was made with midnight blue FQHH. Here is a shot of it:
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As Ton 312 and others have mentioned it is a very hard leather to photograph or even describe with any real clarity. In most lights it appears to be a dull steely black color. Most of my friends looked surprised when I told them that it was really a very dark blue, they had seen it as a black jacket.
I was very taken with this color when I received the sample but as sometimes (often) happens the jacket and I haven't really clicked. It is beautifully made and I do wear it on cold days when I want to layer underneath, but it isn't the favorite I thought it would be.
The Aero I ordered after this Teamster was a Bootlegger in Cordovan FQHH. This is a color that I just can't say enough good things about! I would highly recommend the Cordovan if you do not already have a jacket in this color.
I hope this has been helpful Edgar. I don't want to kill your enthusiasm for the midnight blue but I think there are more dynamic options available in FQHH.
 
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Oh man. The CXL midnight is such a cool leather. And indeed it is green. And Black. And Blue. Even a bit gray too. At least the batch mine was cut from. It is intoxicating to look at and almost impossible to photo as @El Marro mentioned. I absolutely want another jacket in it. The 30's HB just wasn't my cut but I think I over spec'd the length...
@Leither has a beautiful j-106 done up in the hide.
There's something about that hide. It has a very chameleon like character, like Cordovan. I think any jacket in Aero's range would be killer in it.
 
Edgar Laurel

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handymike said:
If you are looking for a more true Blue color, the Navy Vicenza is a beautiful leather too!
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...nned-horsehide-for-aero-jackets.77738/page-49
...on Nick123:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/leather-jackets-colours.88288/page-11
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Already knew the Vicenza Navy and I also think it is a beautifull leather. In fact I've enquired Christine at Aero about a BR or 60's Trucker jacket in that colour with cream contrast stitching a while ago.
 
Edgar Laurel

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My doubt now goes for which style I should go for.
I want a mora "classical" style leather jacket, so style like the Highwayman, Original Hercules, Zip Sleeve Highwayman, HB, Sunburst are the way to go.
 
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Edgar Laurel said:
I'll probably have both.
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It's actually quite a bit removed from black. It doesn't show well in the photos tho. It was very difficult to capture the true hue with a camera. The minute I saw it I knew it wasn't black but it sure does tend to photo that way. In fact I took the sample to work and asked my coworkers what color it was. Nobody said black but I did hear dark gray, slate blue and steel blue. Meanwhile I'm trying to convince them it's actually green. :rolleyes:
 
Edgar Laurel

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ton312 said:
It's actually quite a bit removed from black. It doesn't show well in the photos tho. It was very difficult to capture the true hue with a camera. The minute I saw it I knew it wasn't black but it sure does tend to photo that way. In fact I took the sample to work and asked my coworkers what color it was. Nobody said black but I did hear dark gray, slate blue and steel blue. Meanwhile I'm trying to convince them it's actually green. :rolleyes:
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I'm quite sure the shoemaker Clarks used this same hide for some boots they made and I saw them in loco. So if it's the same hide it's a very dark steel blue that in a certain light shows some evergreenish hues.
Being that hide I'm even more sold.
 
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I think it would look great as a cafe racer, but I would do a Sheene or Seven. Something simple with a moto-vibe and zip sleeves.
 
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I took a couple photos of my Horween navy Teamster alongside a black Shinki cafe racer for comparison:
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I have to thank Edgar Laurel for starting this thread. I had not really looked at my Teamster or thought about it much for a while now. When I saw this thread yesterday I pulled it out of the pile and I have to say it has been like reconnecting with an old friend again!
 
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