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    Aero jacket anomaly

    Just a quick question to see if anyone has any ideas. I've just been given a used highwayman for my birthday, my brother bought it me for a song but it had a couple of very easily fixed problems which are now solved. The only thing is it seems to be leaving black on whatever it touches, I gave...
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    Breaking in aero H/H

    Had a really interesting conversation with my friendly neighbourhood tanner/leather worker today and thought I'd pass it on and see what you chaps think. I bought 58panheads aero stockman off ebay a few months ago and was shocked by how stiff it was,he had described it in the ad as nicely...
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    Khakis/chinos To crease or not to crease

    This may well have been covered before but I did a search and couldn't find anything . Under what circumstances if any would you crease a pair of khakis,are there any rules regarding this that anyone is aware of? I've worn khakis/chinos for years,tending to substitute them for jeans which I...
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    Wool felt hat dyeing disaster

    So,looking on the 'bay' at trilbys(fedoras for you chaps across the pond) and find a 'Lock & co' in my size apparently going for a song,(for anyone who doesn't know locks are the oldest hatmakers in the world,started in 1670 odd, and they're not cheap). Well,no alternative but to have a go,they...
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    Different types of leather and their characteristics!

    The reason I have brought this up is I looked on the schott forum last night and came across a lot of stuff about different types of leather and what you can and can't do in/with it,and I've got to say it didn't really agree with my own experience or what I've read here,(the fount of all wisdom...
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    Who managed to get the h/h & alpaca russet aero off the bay this morning?

    Someone managed to get the above aero on a buy it now for £250 at six this morning,absolutely stole it!The usual suspects have got to be around the FL,so I'm wondering is anyone owning up?
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    MA1: What is it?

    Here's a question for all you military leather buffs out there.What exactly is the MA1 and what military history,if any,has it got?I know a majority of you guys are A2 fans and I know the A1 copies by aero,eastman,etc,with the button front and the high knit neck but what I'm talking about is the...
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    Flight of the Pheonix!

    Managed to find the original today,shown the the kids the US remake recently, no comparison,the original is really scarily proper.Get the the original,it will blow you away.This is how to do it! Trust me!
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    60's Jamaican foundation ska,porkpie hats,thigh length leather coats and Dr Martens.

    Having only recently joined the FL and lying here in bed with a terrible dose of manflu I thought I'd start a thread to find anyone with common interests to mine. since buying 'gangsters' by the special aka when it was first released I've loved ska,now though it's the original 60's jamaican...
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    TRADE:vintage schott 184('A2 style')brown leather size 50.

    I picked this up at auction some time ago,it didn't have the zip in liner or fur collar when I bought it but the leather and ribbing is in decent condition,no tears or holes.There was a hole in one pocket that I sewed up not particularly professionally but functionally,also there are a couple...
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    Schott sizing:inconsistencies?

    I have several schott leathers,bought my first in1990 from an importer in covent garden,an ma1 that I'm still breaking in,the leather is like my fqhh aero stockman.On the collar it says size 44,but on the seam tag next to the blurb about cleaning and the NJ stuff it says size 46.I have...
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    thunder bay leather

    has anyone come across thunder bay leathers? I was told aero make them recently,and then i saw one on the aero website in the second hand section. anyone know what the score is? cheers Bumph.

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