Edward
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I think most of the options have been identified here - LW, Aero, Himmel, Goodwear, RMC, and there are probably a handful of the smaller Japanese labels doing them over there, never exported (a lot of the coolest Japanese stuff no matter what it is - clothes, guitars, watches.... never makes it out of Japan). I hadn't seen the Schott one before, that's probably the closest to mainstream I've ever seen this. Grizzlies just haven't been in mainstream fashion for a very long time indeed. Heck, you don't seem them much even in our circles.
I've had my eye on the Aero one for some time, in black. I'd love to see one fitted out with armouring for bike use - it'd obviously need a chest plate of some sort.
The SJC one could tempt me at the right price; I believe Simon's looking into doing a run of those in 2018/19. The brown one looks really nice.
I agree. The hair on hide LW jacket looks great when new, but I wouldn't much fancy it when eventually the hair started to wear off. I imagine the hoh are easier to produce, though, as it's just a matter of using a different piece of hide for those panels, rather than the traditional furry ones where the fur panels are actually sewn in as part of the jacket with no leather layer behind them.
I've had my eye on the Aero one for some time, in black. I'd love to see one fitted out with armouring for bike use - it'd obviously need a chest plate of some sort.
The SJC one could tempt me at the right price; I believe Simon's looking into doing a run of those in 2018/19. The brown one looks really nice.
I agree. The hair on hide LW jacket looks great when new, but I wouldn't much fancy it when eventually the hair started to wear off. I imagine the hoh are easier to produce, though, as it's just a matter of using a different piece of hide for those panels, rather than the traditional furry ones where the fur panels are actually sewn in as part of the jacket with no leather layer behind them.
