Top. Very cool.Today I'll be wearing a smile on my face all day because my Field Leathers jacket just came in and it's nothing short of perfection
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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?
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MichaelRhB
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Today I'm wearing the Wested Leather's Tomorrow Never Dies Bond jacket.
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That really looks good, it's mad the difference a tiny bit less material makes.
How is the back? Does it still have the weird overhanging folded shoulders? Or did you manage to get rid of that too?
Do you think the overhang is due to Greg's pattern, or is it just a too wide shoulder width?
Here's how The shoulder looks from the back
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That really looks good, it's mad the difference a tiny bit less material makes.
How is the back? Does it still have the weird overhanging folded shoulders? Or did you manage to get rid of that too?
Sometimes I am afraid to read your posts. Your eagle eye sends me scurrying to my closet.
My Aero does this ever so slightly, if at all. I love my Chips. Wearing it again today.
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Lol yeah, that. How do you guys even notice that!? Makes me feel like I really don't care what the jackets fit me.
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I think it's a combination of the two. In that it can be made worst by having too wide shoulders, but I have jackets with 21" shoulders that are definitely too wide for my natural shoulders but don't do that weird shelf/overhang, they just slope and follow the shoulder, meaning it's also a pattern thing.
I have noticed this shelf both on Aero jackets and on Gregg's, both companies also usually show creases in the chest coming down from the neck that are IMO a sign of the jackets weight resting on the neck rather than the shoulders.
Considering Gregg was trained by Aero i assume his patterns and Aeros must share similar features.
Actually, thinking about it i have also noticed a similar thing on the Himel Imperials we have seen recently on here.
I have to say this one looks really good in the shoulder area.
How is forward/upwards reach?
Trust me, i sometimes wish my eagle eye would stop doing it's thing....
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Not at all. It’s both a positive and a negative. I’m a big picture guy. I always need a detail-oriented dude or dudette around. My wife, best ops Os, work partners, etc., fit that bill. A good balance.
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Could be, don't know. He does mention something about his patterns on his ig account:
Pretty good. The open center vent seems to helps a bit. Also, as you might be able to tell from the above pattern and the picture below, the sleeves are really curved. More curved than any jacket I had before. But I must say that this curve feels quite natural.
Samantha is a pattern maker at Aero, she was the one that did the mockup for my GF's Aero jacket, she was very nice to deal with...
Unfortunately my GF never wears that jacket, she finds it super uncomfortable and impossible to live in, she ends up only wearing her Lewis Leathers.
Those sleeves look good!
Did this fdl member in the pic point this out and you are using that as an example?That really looks good, it's mad the difference a tiny bit less material makes.
How is the back? Does it still have the weird overhanging folded shoulders? Or did you manage to get rid of that too?
I was just using this as an example, if it is a problem i will delete the pic.
Edit: Actually, i deleted the pic, in retrospect i don't want this to be badly interpreted or the owner of the jacket to feel like i am dissing his jacket.
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you can use my pic. It’s similar.
I think it’s the pattern. For my arm position, the sleeves must be a little bit rotated backwards.
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Today I'll be wearing a smile on my face all day because my Field Leathers jacket just came in and it's nothing short of perfection
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Marc, cool jacket and cap toes! What brand are the boots?
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If I remember correctly, you felt like the jacket was a bit short when you just got it. To me the length looks perfect, spot on.
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Thnx, those are ralph lauren (RRL), model is called 'Bowery'. Made in England probably by Cheaney.
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^only person I’ve seen filling up that triceps/pit area of Aeros is ton. It’s probably a combination of armhole size/shape and sleeve positioning. That effect was crazy on my highwayman (not premier), a bit less evident on the Hooch Hauler (which has other issues like cuffs too wide and waist too narrow).
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Today I'll be wearing a smile on my face all day because my Field Leathers jacket just came in and it's nothing short of perfection
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Well done! Awesome jacket and the fit looks perfect too. The design looks very much like a FW Caboose or a BK Wingman, which is my favorite design for a half belt.
We need more fit pics man!
thanks
yes, now it's really fine for me. Greg altered waist and hips a little tighter and now it fits really well as it is.
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Greg made the armhole opening on my jacket slightly smaller. Wasn't discussed upfront but he had to take a slightly bigger seam to hit my ptp measurements of 22' (his standard size 42 pattern has a 22.5' ptp)
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