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  1. navetsea

    Best cross zip or double rider jacket

    I think you need to be aware crosszip jacket mostly come with dangling belt, do you realistically wear it half zipped all the time or do you wear it mostly open, dangling belt has some cons to for practical reason, it can scratch on things, if you move too frantically it can bump on things or to...
  2. navetsea

    Best cross zip or double rider jacket

    there is no "the best" or "the one" there is only jackets that fits you best, so you have to try perhaps one time if you know your measurement well or several time if you don't know your measurement well, if you find that jacket, then wear that jacket all the time until it becomes The One, it's...
  3. navetsea

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    while the leather tab is nice but the overall setup is too "busy" a small D ring and leather tab and contact glue is all you need use pliers to spread the d ring a bit, slide in and use pliers again to crimp it back , slide leather tab, and glue the suede side together with contact glue, clamp...
  4. navetsea

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    anti perspirant or wear mid layer, if already happened, just air it out , and use light conditioner since the salt in sweat will dryout leather into early crack
  5. navetsea

    Help! Quick opinion on Kreosote boots.

    one man show is just that, please don't ruin this guy's life, it's in your benefit to make this guy life long and inspired until the day your boots is ready. take it as a one and done, never again approach, but as long as you haven't gotten your boots be nice to him. few years ago I had an...
  6. navetsea

    A2 or Perfecto

    you look equally good in either jackets, with your current outfit worn in that picture my feeling is crosszip looks a lot more natural with the rest of your outfit.
  7. navetsea

    What "Style" do you WISH you could pull off, but know you can't?

    I can't wear buttoned collar with necktie look. and I can't do tidy hair
  8. navetsea

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    thanks, I believe wear is a great equalizer, almost every well worn boots eventually looks great, the same with leather jackets too
  9. navetsea

    Footwear to go with our jackets

    Just 2 days wear, start showing grains and bumps and creases. The upper is just chrome oil pull leather, so i think as usual smooth pullup it has no initial grain so it must have been pressed or sanded. The leather is soft and pliable, so it wont make much creases, i think this is tipical...
  10. navetsea

    A2 or Perfecto

    in my view A2 and all its siblings military repro or civilian version are all grouped into bombers and probably some would call it blouson since it create blousey / muffin top effect, to me visually wearing jacket is to build wider shoulder and narrow waist to look cooler, while A2 pattern are...
  11. navetsea

    The strike gold jeans

    I see every strikegold jeans will eventually lose its arcuate that get unstitched and fall off after few months, seems like intended feature
  12. navetsea

    A2 or Perfecto

    crosszip all the way, I don't like A2, first of all I wear jacket for its pockets, and A2 is among the most useless in that factor, and I dislike elasticized waistband and cuff it add nothing to my visual and make it too hot for my climate, if A2-esque is a must, I probably pick indy first...
  13. navetsea

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    great fit, and happy chinese new year, my older family members still celebrating this, I tend to disappear during chinese new year, because I don't carry around red envelopes.
  14. navetsea

    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    fake prophets showing many miracles with their fake patina to lead many people astray, did they spray silicone allover the hide before spray painted it, I imagine that scratch lottery ticket level of pigment adhesion
  15. navetsea

    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    what a complete **** passing on my youtube feed today
  16. navetsea

    Gustin is trash: Sent me the wrong size and refused to refund

    that big j seemed to hate every second he spent his life in japan
  17. navetsea

    Gustin is trash: Sent me the wrong size and refused to refund

    I'm typing this wearing 5 years old 19oz double knee jeans I've been wearing 24/7 since last november too, but strangely by comparison the fading and wear on mine is equal to someone's 3rd month picture in fading competition, it's complete mystery to me how people wear out their jeans in those...
  18. navetsea

    Gustin is trash: Sent me the wrong size and refused to refund

    those days I wore skinny jeans, and thinking what are these guys smoking to get so worked up about pajama cut pants made of fiberboard, and how minimalist wardrobe slogan buy less buy quality thing was complete BS , because every single denim bro out there have 50+ pairs of denims jeans and...

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