Recent content by RainLikeGravel

Hi Septimus - great you have reached Gary finally - in addition I want to recommend Mr. Rob Brace at Eastman rob@eastmanleather.com, who has corresponded to my recent replies very quickly and kindly on several occassions. In fact I've experienced a similar issue with my Eastman B-3 Time Worn...

Hi all. I'm currently selling my brand new Buzz Rickson's B-10 Rough Wear in size 40 on the bay (imported from Rakuten Shop in Japan). It's too trim for me, I need a 42. Matter of taste, but compared to Pike, Aero and ELC I like the Buzz best, because of the darker shaded knits and neater shaped...

Hi, you may contact Mr. Rob Brace: rob@eastmanleather.com Nice and helpful guy.

Hey Brett, they just call it Russet HH, but Amanda told me it's basically the same als "Smooth Russet" or "Smooth Russet Mid Weight" - also on their Sale page. In fact I owned (and sold) several A-2s from Aero (oil pull HH, jerky seal and regular midweight seal HH) but this russet one is...

Thanks HD - will treat my Aero 1950's Bomberjacket the same way now. Guess it cannot harm the leather if you don't enforce drying. Cheers, Thomas

Hi gents, I'm a seldom poster (more often reader) here, so here's a brief introduction of myself: my name is Thomas - I have a small collection of Aero, Eastman and Buzz Rickson's flight jackets over the years. I'm more into replicas - I want to wear these jackets without caring too much. My...

who is the German dealer? Jan, I particular like that one, can you please name the German dealer you mentioned? Thanks, Thomas

Denim To add one thing to the already mentioned: I'd like to get actual waist measurements in the denim section - or at least the info, if the model runs true to size or not. More details in descriptions would be nice also.

any more Windwards Ciao amice! Am I right, do you have a black and a cordovan one? Or just some color difference in the photos? Your cordovan one looks very georgious, congrats! I've worn mine not so much yet - I found it a bit cold with the weather conditions at the moment (0-10 celsius)...

Windward Connection Here's mine with a little "environment" :-D

Thanks for useful advises, guys. Very much appreciated. :) I'll try something out. By the way: I recently purchased Eastman's new B-3 in broken grain sheepskin, and this very tough leather surface develops a shine while wearing in, up to my notice. Thanks again, Thomas.

Hi, I may belong to a minority, but I especially like a glossy finish on seal brown sheepskin jackets such as a B-3 or B-6. Maybe someone here can give my an advise how to "lacquer" or "shine" my Eastman B-6, which is well worn at the moment, and very matte in finish. Of course without...

Mash Hey deanglen, that's a cool webshop, thanks alot for the advise! Thomas

Hey LtGustl, please give us an idea where to get those decals from - I found vinyl transfer decals en masse on the web, but not our blue AAF one. A link maybe? Servus!, Thomas

nice couple These two are hard to beat - and very nice in fragrance: first: then: