Do all FQHH Jackets Creak/Squeak

petng · Apr 24, 2007

Hi Guys

I have 2 FQHH jackets from Lostworlds. Lovely Fit and Quality. The only thing I hate about it is that it much so much noise when i move around. The Jackets are fully broken in and have been conditioned regularly.

Do FQHH jackets from Aero have the same problem or is it just a LostWorlds Phenonemon?

HoosierDaddy · Apr 24, 2007

My first repro A2 was a LW. It squeaked and creaked. That is a trait of LW. I have ten Aero jackets. FQHH and steer. None come close to the noticable LW creak.
HD

Faisalha9159 · Apr 24, 2007

I personally love it when leather creaks. I am thinking of ordering a Highwayman from Aero FQHH of course... so its nice to know that it wll creak.

Pilgrim · Apr 24, 2007

Most leather jackets will squeak. Same goes for leather of many kinds.

Back when I was a reserve deputy, one of our dispatchers was in the hospital for a few days. While on patrol I stopped in to visit her.

When I entered, she said "I knew it was someone from the Sheriff's office coming down the hall - I could hear the leather squeaking."

I'd never thought about it before that, but I've been more attentive to it since then. She was right enough, a full set of gun leathers will usually make a distinctive sound.

Jacob Dubow · Apr 24, 2007

I don't mind the creaking sounds that much. I have a LW Suburban Jacket made of FQHH and it makes some noise regularly. I kind of like the particular sounds that my jacket makes!

MudInYerEye · Apr 25, 2007

Some do. Some don't. I have a few horsehide jackets that are 60 to 70 years old that still sqeak.

Maj.Nick Danger · Apr 25, 2007

The stiffer leathers like horse or cow seem to creak, but the softer leathers like goat or lamb do not noticeably creak. I like the sound of leather, just like I like the smell.
It's part of leather's overall appeal to the senses.

PADDY · Apr 25, 2007

I love the smell and creak of leather in the morning..!

It just reminds me that I am wearing something of character with its own personality to it that gets better with age. Just like my old beaten-up leather brogues.

petng · Apr 25, 2007

So what you guys are saying is that it is a common character of FQHH.

Thanks for the info. I was about to fork out for a Aero, but now I can save the $$$$$$

DJS Press · Apr 25, 2007

My Highwayman doesn't creak or squeak noticeably. I'm trying right now and I can't make it squeak if I try. Maybe it's a combination of the individual characteristics of the hide and the finish? Or maybe treatments made after purchase?

Faisalha9159 · Apr 25, 2007

I`m getting a FQHH Highwayman soon from Aero...and it better squeak it -would be a real shame if it didn`t make any noise. Like someone said on here, alack of squeaking takes away the authentic, unique quality of leather.

Gustav · Apr 26, 2007

My Aero FQHH jackets don't squeak or creak,maybe when they were new they did.

Raymundo · Apr 27, 2007

I wonder if the tanning process has anything to do with leather squeeking? Just a thought.

Ray

HungaryTom · May 26, 2007

Don't worry, be happy (that it squieks)

petng said:
Hi Guys

I have 2 FQHH jackets from Lostworlds. Lovely Fit and Quality. The only thing I hate about it is that it much so much noise when i move around. The Jackets are fully broken in and have been conditioned regularly.

Do FQHH jackets from Aero have the same problem or is it just a LostWorlds Phenonemon?

Dear petng,

You are not alone:
This is an excerpt from a novel written by Gyula Krúdy a Hungarian writer in 1917/18: "The BOOK of Canaan"

ORIGINAL
Jégszürke fejű, veremhangú, száraz lóbőr módjára nyikorgó lépésű emberek már manapság azok a magyarok, akik még emlékeznek Magyarország boldog éveire

MY TRANSLATION
---Those Hungarians who still remember the happy years of Hungary are grey haired, raspy voiced old men whose steps squiek like dry horsehide...",
1917-18. Long time before Lost Worlds set up business.... Horsehide did creak/squiek than and there as well. It did that so much that even a classic novelist found it worthy to immortalize that as a metaphor.

The moral of the story is: Lost Worlds works with real horsehide.

You are not alone

Horsehide creak/squiek shall be hereby officially epitomized.

Amen
lol

HDRnR · May 26, 2007

I have Lost Worlds and Aero, my LW squeak also. Even though they are both fqhh they have a different finish. The Aero is more supple while the LW has a harder finish. The Aero seems heavier also than the LW.

Technonut · May 27, 2007

My Highwayman does creak somewhat... It adds to the character of the jacket IMO...

HDRnR · May 27, 2007

If you want to hear creaking I have an old horsehide CHP jacket that creaks more than my great grandmothers rocking chair. It has the hardest horsehide I've ever seen, at least fifty years old and not broken in yet.

1911 Man · Aug 9, 2007

There is a scene in the movie "Schindlers List" where Schindler speaks with Stern for the first time. He is seated at a table, and is wearing that beautiful leather coat he wears regularly in the film. He leans forward to make a point in the conversation, and his leather audibly creaks. I remember thinking, gosh I wish I could find some stiff heavy leather jackets that still creaked like that, as opposed to the flimsy stuff on the market nowadays. Since then I have learned about FQHH. Don't own one yet, but hope to buy an Aero Barnstormer some day.

tomsk · Aug 9, 2007

I am absolutely 100% certain that it depends on the finish. If the leather on the arm ,for example, doesn't slide smoothly across the surface of the body then it will squeak - same with the seams etc. The heels on my leather-soled shoes squeak a bit where the midsole moves slightly against the sole leather. Also my 60's G-1s are quite squeeky. If you hold two parts of it together and rub there's friction and sqeakiness. The surfaces of the horsehide on my eastman and aero A-2s however don't squeak as the surface moves smoothly across itself without friction.

Benny Holiday · Aug 10, 2007

To creak or not to creak?

I've got an Aussie-made R-Jays black Brando-style jacket that has a great creak to it, but my Aero Halfbelt is as quiet as can be! Both smell great, though.

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