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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead

Call Me a Cab
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2,273
well these forums claim another person's wallet. Didn't take long exchanging a few emails with Carrie for a stock Aero Sheene (Brown CXL FQHH with contrast stitching, which matches my Stetson Gallatin hat didn't notice until I posted the pic) to magically appear on the website. Fits like a glove. Definitely needs a lot of break in and hopefully I can get another. 25 inch out of it so I can take a deep breath. But I'm pretty happy with it. Last shot gets some sun to show the color highlights, but it's more chocolate in person and less red. The long road of the break in begins.

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well these forums claim another person's wallet. Didn't take long exchanging a few emails with Carrie for a stock Aero Sheene (Brown CXL FQHH with contrast stitching, which matches my Stetson Gallatin hat didn't notice until I posted the pic) to magically appear on the website. Fits like a glove. Definitely needs a lot of break in and hopefully I can get another. 25 inch out of it so I can take a deep breath. But I'm pretty happy with it. Last shot gets some sun to show the color highlights, but it's more chocolate in person and less red. The long road of the break in begins.

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What a nice CXL! Looks very... New. But that's that rich CXL color. Really great fit, too.
 

Ayeteael

A-List Customer
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333
Location
Atlanta
Nice pick, brown cxl is a great choice from what I've seen here. Hope you still kept the jacket even then.
I still have it but I don't wear it often bc, ironically, it was too tight from the jump. I should have returned it for an exchange but the thought didn't cross my mind at the time. An expensive lesson learned the hard way. It's a beautiful hide though and has developed character over the previous 2 years of intermittent use. I'm considering gifting it to a friend or keeping it till one of my sons (grade school age) grows into it.
 
Messages
15,563
Location
East Central Indiana
Testing the fit - and this one is just not quite there...

Shame indeed as it's a brillant, beautiful jacket that is as near to new as any I have recieved.

Too short for my tastes in both the arms and body but I'm not into looking like Brando's '50s style. I always want by belt covered and sleeves slightly below my wrists allowing for a possible 1/4 to 1/2" shortening due to creases.
 

Jin431

Call Me a Cab
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2,912
Location
Bay Area CA
I still have it but I don't wear it often bc, ironically, it was too tight from the jump. I should have returned it for an exchange but the thought didn't cross my mind at the time. An expensive lesson learned the hard way. It's a beautiful hide though and has developed character over the previous 2 years of intermittent use. I'm considering gifting it to a friend or keeping it till one of my sons (grade school age) grows into it.

Too bad it didn't work as well as you have hoped for but whoever gets to have that jacket will be lucky indeed. I'm sure it's lovely and just waiting to be worn.
 

marker2037

Practically Family
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834
Location
Curacao/NJ, USA
Too hot to wear, but I figured I would post a pic of this Aero Ridley from Thurston in dark seal Vicenza as I never posted before.

Came out great from Aero, although it’s weird that the one button on the coin pocket is actually copper underneath, not brass. I found this out when I was trying to clean a bit of the “antique” off the antique brass buttons (it was overdone and most buttons looked more gunmetal than antique brass) and noticed just this button was copper. Oh well, it’s a quirk I can live with.

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And this Schott 613H came along for the photoshoot.

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Hh121

Banned
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3,004
Too hot to wear, but I figured I would post a pic of this Aero Ridley from Thurston in dark seal Vicenza as I never posted before.

Came out great from Aero, although it’s weird that the one button on the coin pocket is actually copper underneath, not brass. I found this out when I was trying to clean a bit of the “antique” off the antique brass buttons (it was overdone and most buttons looked more gunmetal than antique brass) and noticed just this button was copper. Oh well, it’s a quirk I can live with.

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And this Schott 613H came along for the photoshoot.

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Schott wins without question.
 
Messages
17,106
Location
Chicago
Too hot to wear, but I figured I would post a pic of this Aero Ridley from Thurston in dark seal Vicenza as I never posted before.

Came out great from Aero, although it’s weird that the one button on the coin pocket is actually copper underneath, not brass. I found this out when I was trying to clean a bit of the “antique” off the antique brass buttons (it was overdone and most buttons looked more gunmetal than antique brass) and noticed just this button was copper. Oh well, it’s a quirk I can live with.

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And this Schott 613H came along for the photoshoot.

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No need to pursue the style any further. You’ve got cross zip nailed into the ground!!
 

AeroFan_07

I'll Lock Up
Messages
5,314
Location
Iowa
What's wrong with it?? Brando fit right there.

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True - but Brando had 10-15 lbs less than me :)

Actually the straight down the zipper from the base of the collar dimension is only 21" on this jacket. I have found 22 - 23" to be idea for my body shape and torso length.
 

El Marro

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,474
Location
California
So no jackets today (80 degrees in the shade) but I do have a jacket story to share.
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This is my oldest friend Jacob, I met him when I was 10 years old and that was damn near 35 years ago! I went up to see him today at his house near Forestville, right off the Russian River here in Northern California. He and his wife are doing an addition on their house and I volunteered to do an electrical service panel upgrade for them free of charge.
While we were working Jacob filled me in on the excitement that they had gone through about a month back when a forest fire triggered by lightning forced them to evacuate their house for several days. Fortunately the fire was contained before it reached their property or else the addition they were building might have gone up in smoke along with everything else.
Jacob told me that when they were rushing to fill both of their cars with belongings as they prepared to evacuate he grabbed the Vanson CHP Jacket that I gave him a couple years ago. “I threw it on and kept packing” he told me, “I knew that whatever happened that jacket would make it through”.
That story brought a smile to my face and I knew I had to share it with my friends here at TFL.
 

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