Recent content by phario

I know this is just yelling into the wind but I can’t help it. I think a few years ago I was eyeing the Hooch Hauler with I think around £750 base price. So I started saving my money. Looked now and it’s £930. It’s just…frustrating. Salaries are stagnant. Living costs are increasingly...

I see. So when people talk about goathide’s ability to look new after many years, what physical property of the leather, specially, is being discussed?

Again I’m ignorant about these things. What constitutes damage? Can you scratch leather? From this https://www.lederpflege.de/en/Pull-up-leather#:~:text=A%20characteristic%20of%20pull%2Dup,leather%20develops%20an%20attractive%20patina. I guess what I’m about as damage is just a surface coating...

I did get a sample from Aero. It’s nice. It feels like lambskin in softness and pliability. But it’s pebbled. If the samples I got, the russet goatskin has a similar but smaller pebbling to the Vicenza horsehide russet but without the nicer varied grain. I also did a scratch test with my...

Thanks for clarifying. I was indeed looking for something that was light and durable.

Sorry. I don’t know much about these leathers. Can you explain what you mean by this comment? Why can’t they be mentioned together?

Oh wow thanks. That’s really helpful. Apart from the yoked back design what is the difference between the bootlegger and the hooch hauler? To be honest I like the bootlegger back more. The Hooch Hauler is listed as slim fit but it’s hard to see he difference.

I'm interested in picking up a lighter but still durable leather jacket, and I've been hemming and hawing at the Aero Hooch Hauler. Rather than a thicker leather, I'd like a thinner leather that would be more versatile in UK weather. Do any of you have any thoughts on goatskin on jackets like...

Hi! I was interested in going through Aero in the UK and read your experience with interest. Can others chime in with whether the UK Aero people are also as tuned in with recommendations and the fitting process as with Thurston in the US? I was also interested in how you were sent a fitting...

I appreciate your sensitivity and also appreciate the private messages I've recieved that have tried to clarify some things. Hopefully the above helps future buyers as well, in case they want to better understand the issues.

I have not been a member on these boards for that long, but I've seen some of these opinions about BK previously. My understanding is that there is a lot of backstory that newer members are missing, and it's not easy to find this backstory. I don't think it's very informative to tell people "I...

For some years now, I've been hemming and hawing on buying a lightweight leather jacket. I'm wondering if people here can compare the Bill Kelso A1 (currently £850) https://billkelsomfg.com/shop/product/custom-type-a-1/ with the Eastman A1...

@jonesy86 I know this is a several-year-old post, but from my other post asking for advice on thin leather jackets, I have to say that this experience really causes me to think that spending £1k on an ELC A-1 is really not a good idea. I can definitely understand putting in that amount of money...

I was curious if you ever followed up on this desire. Are there any pictures of the MTC-127920 in a lightweight leather and without shearling? I was initially very interested in the look of the BK Duke in Capeskin, but then I realised that they don't look so nice in a lightweight leather...

I hadn't known about it before today! I had a quick google search but was there a good company for cape skin jackets in the UK? From what I could see, most of the recommendations, like Eastman, are US-based. I need to look at cape skin jackets after some significant wear. I wonder how it...