I thought about that but I don't want to bother them unless I'm thinking of buying the jacket. Unfortunately the p2p is .5 short. On the other hand, I once bought a jacket from their sales page which was supposed to have a p2p measure of 22.5, turned out to be 23.75.
I'm pretty certain I'll be happy with it, if it fits. Size 38 feels totally wrong, I usually wear 42, but the numbers are pretty close. Aero's sizing is all over the place. I think it comes down to the height of the armholes and the suppleness of the leather.
I just heard back from Aero. I asked them about this particular hide and about the way they actually measure p2p (some time ago I bought a jacket from their sales page and the p2p measurement was completely off. Back then when I asked Aero about the completely off p2p measurement they simply replied: you're welcome to send the jacket back, no shipping costs will be refunded)
Me:
1) could your tell me a bit more about the 'Maine' hide? Is it chrome tanned, is it vegetable tanned? How is this hide different from your regular CXFQHH or Vicenza?
Aero:
We’re actually not 100% sure ourselves as this was a sample batch from way back in 1999. We believe it’s a Horween mix of Chrome and Veg Tanned. Our founder Ken made one A-2 from it back then and there’s a pic attached taken 14 years later after some really hard wear/mistreating and it’s still in great condition with some lovely patina. We also made a Dustbowl for Ken from it in 2012 (pic attached). Needless to say he loves the leather so that should give you an idea of it’s quality. He’s said the jacket your looking at is actually pretty heavily underpriced due to putting in a Blue Label in error (should have been standard one). Sorry couldn’t give you more specific information on the leather’s make up though.
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2) How did you measure the p2p? Last year I bought one of your sale jackets which had a specified p2p measure of 22.5. It turned out to be too big. I measured 23.75 on the jacket. Maybe I didn't measure it the correct way? (I added a photo of of the jacket, how I measured and a screenshot from the listing on their sales page back then)
Aero:
I’ve double checked P2P measurement on this one and it’s sitting just between 21.5” and 21.75”. We just lie jacket flat on floor (without stretching), place arms up and measure between where arms meet the body on both sides of jacket. No your measurement seems correct there so I’m very sorry for the hassle you had there. I think we had a new start around this time and some measurements on sale jackets around this time we’re a bit off but this has since been rectified. Sometimes measurements can be ¼ to ½ inch out depending on person measuring/how the jacket is lying/rounding up or down but over an inch is way out.
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First of all, I was completely amazed by Aero's response (in a positive way). Not only did they go to great lengths to provide extra information on the hide (they even included photo's of jackets made form the same hide!). They also apologized for not getting the measurements right on the sales jacket I bought some time ago. Shout out to Aero's customer service!
About the jacket, I usually wear my jackets tight with a 22' p2p. Therefore this one will probably be borderline small. But after seeing the above photo's I couldn't resist, I just had to try. I just bought a new Aero
Your Tabacco Badalassi kind of inspired me, it looks so cool. Is yours a 30s slim fit as well? How are the arm holes, are they high?
Thanks, man. Yes, mine is the slim '30's as well. I ordered mine slightly oversized so I would be able to layer underneath it so the armholes are really comfortable even when layering. So I wouldn't be to worried unless it is very undersized on you.
