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    Two Aero A2 questions.

    I actually briefly mulled over the idea of going with the happy days model in midweight HH, but I think it's a bit too... generic for my liking. I mean, plain isn't bad, and you could argue that an A2 is pretty generic as well, but A2s are fairly thin on the ground here in Belgium. I have an...
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    Two Aero A2 questions.

    Excellent suggestion, thanks - I e-mailed Amanda last week asking her to include some samples when they send out my LHB. I never noticed that the pockets on the 1938 contract were smaller by the way, thanks for pointing that out.
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    Two Aero A2 questions.

    Hi all! Long time since I posted here. I've got the Aero bug bad: I bought a Bootlegger back in October, which has since been around the globe and is finally starting to show a bit of wear (I'll post pictures one of these days), and ordered a LHB about 14 weeks ago. Both of these are in FQHH...
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    Brown fqhh or brown oil pull fqhh?

    Regarding the thickness of the hide, here's what Amanda mailed me back in August: "The oil pull horsehide is a mid weight horsehide, around 3oz, whereas the f/q horsehide is approx 5oz, so yes its definitely more durable and actually this leather develops more character as you break it in...
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    Brown fqhh or brown oil pull fqhh?

    Correct - at least that's what Amanda told me as well. It's a lighter-weight hide than their regular FQHH.
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    Aero 1930s Halfbelt Slim Fit / Luftwaffe clone planned

    In my experience with Aero, Amanda always replied to my e-mails within 48 hours. I placed an order last Monday, and got the confirmational e-mail on Tuesday. You might want to check back with them, just to make sure that your e-mail didn't get "lost" in cyberspace...
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    A pictorial thread about thread (AERO related...don't try this at home!!)

    Sorry, that wasn't in the curriculum back at uni. I didn't know they were the same thread, thanks.
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    A pictorial thread about thread (AERO related...don't try this at home!!)

    Jan: any idea how Aero's "normal" thread compares in strength to their OD green thread?
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    Aero 1930s Halfbelt Slim Fit / Luftwaffe clone planned

    I just wanted to chime in by saying that Jan's suggestion for slimmed-down sleeves is a splendid idea. I selected that option on my bootlegger, and it works like a treat to prevent the "sagging arms"-problem. I'm not built like the average Japanese customer - I *am* short, but I have a...
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    Scuffing of leather; vintage-weight vs. modern leather

    I seem to have missed that thread by Sierra. Incredible patina on that jacket, making me think that maybe I was a tad too quick to dismiss modern (well, modern by vintage-standards) jackets as being less robust and durable. Ukali: interesting that you should say that the jacket has been...
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    Scuffing of leather; vintage-weight vs. modern leather

    Having broken out the whisky for the evening, and having read the replies to the thread I made last week about my Aero jacket as well as having gone back to the archives of TFL and read up on the pro's and con's of horsehide, I started pondering - after all, what else is a man to do while...
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    My Cheyenne

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    Concerns regarding my Aero Bootlegger

    Thanks for the kind words, randooch. I'm still a long way off from both Conrad and Nabokov, but I get a bit of solace knowing that Conrad didn't even start learning English until his late twenties. Who knows, maybe in another 20 years or so I'll come up with a new "Lord Jim"... Johann...
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    Redskins B32 jacket

    I own a cafe-racer inspired fashion jacket by them, which is a couple years old. Great quality leather for a "mall" jacket: very thick goatskin, which has survived a couple of close encounters with the asphalt without any noticeable damage (cycling to work in a city overrun by cars has its...
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    Critique my next Aero order - LHB.

    I do apologize for having missed the point of your question. In any case, the answer is still "yes", they will *occasionally* try out a new design suggested by a customer. The only example I know is the new "radjacke", which was designed and "test-driven" by a VLJ/FL member. I think the limiting...
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    Critique my next Aero order - LHB.

    Yessir! Aero is very accomodating to custom requests, often with no or minimal extra charge. When ordering my bootlegger, I requested to add an extra strip of leather at the inside bottom hem; to eliminate the breast pocket; to base the pattern on the 1930s halfbelt for a slimmer fit; and to...
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    Critique my next Aero order - LHB.

    Cheers for the comments! Jan: ahem, yes - I think you've noticed that I have taken a fair bit of inspiration from several of your designs. Remember though, imitation is a form of flattery! (I still think that the pictures of your Cheyenne are amongst the best fit-pics of Aero that I've ever...
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    Concerns regarding my Aero Bootlegger

    Hi Griff, that's a great-looking highwayman. The jerky panel on my Bootlegger is even more dramatic than your sleeves, I think. I'll try and take some pictures of it on Saturday or Sunday - it might take a bit of fiddling with the timer-function of my digital camera though.
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    Critique my next Aero order - LHB.

    Hi all, I'm in the process of designing my second Aero jacket. I already have a FQHH Bootlegger with cotton drill lining, which is short and trim, ending right on the middle of my belt. For my next jacket, I was thinking of going for a slightly longer design, with a warmer, thicker lining. I...
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    Concerns regarding my Aero Bootlegger

    Thank you for your replies, gentlemen. I must admit that I was betting on two horses at once here, i.e. I sent the exact same questions to Amanda at Aero. She just got back to me with a reply, basically confirming everything posted in this thread so far – that the jerky horsehide is in no way...

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