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I'll try for a fit pic tomorrow, and maybe some detail pics. A 42L would have provided the best, trim fit had it been available, but 44 is quite serviceable.

After years of wanting a heavy leather 3/4 length coat, I finally found one - a Schott 523 (I think that's the model) that I got on Etsy for a screamin' good deal. I know that in a world of Aero, LW, etc. that this is a fairly unremarkable coat, but I'm pretty thrilled! Aero is a bit beyond my...

Not vintage per se, but I'm pretty fond of this wind-up replica flieger with a lefty crown.

Custom Nessmuk from SDS Knifeworks.

Russian IMZ Ural. The most fun vehicle I've had:

2001 Kawasaki W650. Here at a bike show held in an air museum (super cool event):

I wear a bow tie pretty much every day for work. I like how they don't dangle, flap, or get in the way during the day. I have a pretty nerdly, academic sort of job so I can pull it off ;)

Thank you for your prompt and very thorough response. I am glad to hear that the quality is good, although I am not sure if I would like the flaired/widened bottom. I will try to find some recent pictures.

Stefan, I would very much like to hear your thoughts of the Noble House U Boat jacket, since I am strongly interested in one.

I have a decent 1.5mm thick cowhide jacket with hard, GP style armor (Xpert Performance is the brand - I'm wearing it in my avatar). However, most of the time while riding I wear an Aerostich Darien suit. It is the opposite of fashionable, but is protective, versatile, and weatherproof...

Hey - your hack is on the wrong side! ;)

There is a guy around my neck of the woods who is making cool, vintage looking bobbers and cafe racers out of Suzuki Savages and Honda Rebels.

Oh great. Now I can't tell if you are being serious or not!

Is he being serious or droll? I thought he was trying to be funny. That's how I was taking it. I certainly was in my last post.

Too thin for my aesthetic tastes, I guess. I have a cowhide motorcycle jacket that is about 1.3mm to 1.5mm thick, and I really like the feel of the heavy leather. I have never handled a quality goat jacket.