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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

Canuck Panda

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Johnson Barneveld Remix (heavy) Goatskin, again...
Was taking a few photos before leaving this morning and decided to go with the goat. It was 4 Celcius this morning and the goat felt the warmest and easiest to wear of the three.

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TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead

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The love hate I have with this one. Probably my most evolved jacket. I've literally beaten it to break it in, I'd say 85% there. At least 10 shades of brown in various nooks and crannies. But the CXL isn't very forgiving on this paterrn. Probably need a size up or lose 10 pounds to be comfortable. No way I'd go through that break in journey again from scratch though. First world problems, I know. Might see this one on classifieds sooner or later. In the meantime, it gets quick wears here and there. And honestly, I can stare at this one just sitting on a hanger. If I ever opened a leather store, I'd have this one in a showroom on display.

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Mrfrown

One Too Many
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The love hate I have with this one. Probably my most evolved jacket. I've literally beaten it to break it in, I'd say 85% there. At least 10 shades of brown in various nooks and crannies. But the CXL isn't very forgiving on this paterrn. Probably need a size up or lose 10 pounds to be comfortable. No way I'd go through that break in journey again from scratch though. First world problems, I know. Might see this one on classifieds sooner or later. In the meantime, it gets quick wears here and there. And honestly, I can stare at this one just sitting on a hanger. If I ever opened a leather store, I'd have this one in a showroom on display.

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For all the acknowledged comfort issues, it DOES look good!
 

torfjord

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The love hate I have with this one. Probably my most evolved jacket. I've literally beaten it to break it in, I'd say 85% there. At least 10 shades of brown in various nooks and crannies. But the CXL isn't very forgiving on this paterrn. Probably need a size up or lose 10 pounds to be comfortable. No way I'd go through that break in journey again from scratch though. First world problems, I know. Might see this one on classifieds sooner or later. In the meantime, it gets quick wears here and there. And honestly, I can stare at this one just sitting on a hanger. If I ever opened a leather store, I'd have this one in a showroom on display.

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The cxl looks really good on this one. But also it’s an example of Aero pattern issues rather than the wrong size I think. If you look at this picture and compare with your Lewis the neck hole of the aero is ridiculously small.
 

Will Zach

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SoFlo
The love hate I have with this one. Probably my most evolved jacket. I've literally beaten it to break it in, I'd say 85% there. At least 10 shades of brown in various nooks and crannies. But the CXL isn't very forgiving on this paterrn. Probably need a size up or lose 10 pounds to be comfortable. No way I'd go through that break in journey again from scratch though. First world problems, I know. Might see this one on classifieds sooner or later. In the meantime, it gets quick wears here and there. And honestly, I can stare at this one just sitting on a hanger. If I ever opened a leather store, I'd have this one in a showroom on display.

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Looks phenomenal, though.
 

powersci

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Chicago
Fuzzy Ralph. The Sherpa on this one is fat. Love it.
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I saw this jacket at the store the other day. And you’re right about the sherpa: thick, fat, and soft. It was like a return to what most jackets used to use as sherpa lining, not the cheaper thinner stuff around today. I wanted to try it on but they only had a small and XXL available. Glad you were able to get one!
 

TooManyHatsOnlyOneHead

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The cxl looks really good on this one. But also it’s an example of Aero pattern issues rather than the wrong size I think. If you look at this picture and compare with your Lewis the neck hole of the aero is ridiculously small.
It's a racer with an ornamental shirt collar :)

I think the main problem is they market the Sheene/Cafe Racer as being for V shape body type. While it's true the waist does taper, I think having broad shoulders causes problems with this jacket. It's a better fit for a lankier sort of body and obviously skinny waist. For this particular jacket, 6'0 175 lbs, 5'10 165, etc. not going to the gym too much, would fit amazing.

edit: and thanks to all for the compliments
 

Motocann

One Too Many
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San Francisco
The love hate I have with this one. Probably my most evolved jacket. I've literally beaten it to break it in, I'd say 85% there. At least 10 shades of brown in various nooks and crannies. But the CXL isn't very forgiving on this paterrn. Probably need a size up or lose 10 pounds to be comfortable. No way I'd go through that break in journey again from scratch though. First world problems, I know. Might see this one on classifieds sooner or later. In the meantime, it gets quick wears here and there. And honestly, I can stare at this one just sitting on a hanger. If I ever opened a leather store, I'd have this one in a showroom on display.

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That is killer! What brand? If you ever let it go let me know.
 

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