AbbaDatDeHat
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Win win win win J!
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Post your KEEPER jackets. Here's mine and I mean it this time..!!
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patrick_b
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Thanks @barnabus
Black CR is the Real McCoy’s J100 in tea core Shinki.
Brown 1/2 Belt ELMC Californian in Walnut.
Brown CR is an Aero BR/J100 in dark seal Vicenza.
barnabus
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That RMC is lovely! What a jacket.
patrick_b
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All you need to improve diversity is an Aero CR or BR in Midnight Blue...
patrick_b
One of the Regulars
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All you need to improve diversity is an Aero CR or BR in Midnight Blue...
I like the way you think
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With cream cxl sleeves!All you need to improve diversity is an Aero CR or BR in Midnight Blue...
barnabus
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Mmm...
Hey Ton- What type of adhesive did he recommend? Always like hearing about what material people use for repair work. Agree with Guppy on this, you did a nice job on the repair. How deep was the cut?
The cut wasn’t terribly deep at all. Only about a 1” section that I felt needed to be looked after and in truth the hide is so thick I wonder if it even matters at all. Nevertheless though I did use a flexible clear drying epoxy, meant for leather and plastics ( I’ll have to find the bottle, can’t remember the brand). As it dried I gently tapped it with a rubber mallet and then set some weight on it while it fully cured. Next day I hit it with some brown shoe polish.
I should update with some pics. After a few wears it’s all but disappeared. Takes me a minute to find it!
Nice! Yea it would be good to know what type of epoxy you used. I recently made a belt and after I went through the trouble of punching the holes for stitching I saw a giant slit on the back of the strap that was about half as deep as a 9oz strap. I filled it with a combination of flexible adhesive and a boot glue a bit flexier than super glue. So far my friend says it is holding up well, but I always like trying out other options on scrap so I have more options when it comes to items that need the love.
Cheers!
Cheers!
BobJ
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Easy to wear, isn't it?But the one that stays for certain is this one.
You really nailed it, hope you keep it lol. That is one gorgeous jacket.
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It's hard to even think about another cross zip with this around. Seriously might have ended my Perfecto styled leather jacket quest. Or rather, the one with a longer kidney panel, belt loops and shoulder gussets will end the quest but until then, this will do.
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It's hard to even think about another cross zip with this around. Seriously might have ended my Perfecto styled leather jacket quest. Or rather, the one with a longer kidney panel, belt loops and shoulder gussets will end the quest but until then, this will do.
Cals are next level, and this is a next level Cal. You better be buried in this.
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They seriously are. IMO, if there ever was a leather jacket worth anything north of a grand, only CAL fits the bill.
AeroFan_07
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How old is that one Monitor? Any back story/history on it? It is amazing!
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Not much story to it, R.
Yet! I bought it last year from @jacketjunkie. It's possibly 90's and it's possibly made under the Leatherman label tho that's just my guess.
AbbaDatDeHat
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Ahh, yes!!It's hard to even think about another cross zip with this around. Seriously might have ended my Perfecto styled leather jacket quest. Or rather, the one with a longer kidney panel, belt loops and shoulder gussets will end the quest but until then, this will do.
Oddly, last night i was trying on jackets to see what few i really want to keep. First and foremost in the crosszip is a Cal. Got it down to two so far and the Langlitz.
Your’s is perfect Monitor!! No surprise there!
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