Dear members,
for quite some time I´ve used the lounge as valuable source for infomation and a nice place to read about fine things.
Now I would like to post a short thread about a Noble House jacket I`ve ordered recently.
The main reason why I decided to post is that I couldn´t find a real review of one of their jackets in the whole internet. Some people stated that they like the pictures or that they heard the quality is low but most of them never had a NH-jacket in their hands.
Therefore I decided just to order a jacket and take a look at it by myself.
I´ve chosen the BF 109 Jagdflieger in brown horsehide. It retails for 349 € which is quite cheap if you compare it with the prices of other manufacturers.
Here ist the first picture of the jacket after unboxing:
My first impression:
The jacket is heavy and thick. It is definitely more than a mall-jacket. Nevertheless, the leather smells unfamiliar (not like Aero`s or ELC`s horsehide). The smell is rather unpleasant.
When I looked at the details, I found some annoying (for me) things:
The leather quality varies depending on which part of the jacket you look at. The next photo shows the difference in leather quality between sleeve and back
The zippers are marked as "Ritsch" but if you take a close look at them, they are from YKK:
There are worlds between the quality of Eastman`s moleskine and the NH moleskine (which is a simple blue cotton lining in reality). The zipper of the inner pocket is not even marked as Ritsch:
The Jagdflieger-label looks somewhat...hmmm...strange and what definitely is ridiculous is the "FQHH" patch. The jacket may be made of horsehide, but it is in no way even similar to the leather used by Aero.
To be fair: you get what you pay for. For the price, the jacket is ok. If you are used to wear Aero or Eastman, NH is not for you. Nevertheless, NH has thousands of satisfied customers derived from their eBay feedbacks.
The jacket does not meet my requirements. I´ve sent it back to NH.
Hope this helps
Regards
Joern
for quite some time I´ve used the lounge as valuable source for infomation and a nice place to read about fine things.
Now I would like to post a short thread about a Noble House jacket I`ve ordered recently.
The main reason why I decided to post is that I couldn´t find a real review of one of their jackets in the whole internet. Some people stated that they like the pictures or that they heard the quality is low but most of them never had a NH-jacket in their hands.
Therefore I decided just to order a jacket and take a look at it by myself.
I´ve chosen the BF 109 Jagdflieger in brown horsehide. It retails for 349 € which is quite cheap if you compare it with the prices of other manufacturers.
Here ist the first picture of the jacket after unboxing:
My first impression:
The jacket is heavy and thick. It is definitely more than a mall-jacket. Nevertheless, the leather smells unfamiliar (not like Aero`s or ELC`s horsehide). The smell is rather unpleasant.
When I looked at the details, I found some annoying (for me) things:
The leather quality varies depending on which part of the jacket you look at. The next photo shows the difference in leather quality between sleeve and back
The zippers are marked as "Ritsch" but if you take a close look at them, they are from YKK:
There are worlds between the quality of Eastman`s moleskine and the NH moleskine (which is a simple blue cotton lining in reality). The zipper of the inner pocket is not even marked as Ritsch:
The Jagdflieger-label looks somewhat...hmmm...strange and what definitely is ridiculous is the "FQHH" patch. The jacket may be made of horsehide, but it is in no way even similar to the leather used by Aero.
To be fair: you get what you pay for. For the price, the jacket is ok. If you are used to wear Aero or Eastman, NH is not for you. Nevertheless, NH has thousands of satisfied customers derived from their eBay feedbacks.
The jacket does not meet my requirements. I´ve sent it back to NH.
Hope this helps
Regards
Joern