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    Ventile ® Adventure Jacket

    Modern Ventile apparently has a DWR type coating on it as applied from the mill. It is just cotton after all, even if the highest grade and tightest weave. While the iconic M-65 has been done in Ventile, the M-43 might be a good one to build upon. Buttons are easy to field repair, not so much...
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    Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

    That's beautiful! Is it wrong to crave a jacket in that natural Vicenza before finishing the break-in for my kangaroo Teamster? [emoji6]
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    Kangaroo Woo Hoo!

    The jacket has been comfortable so far in 75 deg F heat. Shoulders are probably an inch wider than I needed but I am very pleased with it overall. Here's fit pics buttoned & unbuttoned. Since Aero has enough kangaroo for one more, someone could score a wonderful jacket. An Aeromarine in...
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    Kangaroo Woo Hoo!

    Similar texture/grain but with a firmer feel. It is surprisingly stiff.
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    Kangaroo Woo Hoo!

    Don't have a good scale for accuracy, but it weighs between a 2.5lb and a 5lb hand weight. For a size 48 jacket, it is easily my lightest leather. It seems a bit lighter than my 2oz horsehide A2.
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    Kangaroo Woo Hoo!

    I had 2 open pockets put inside on the left and right. That gives me 6 pockets to hold various items when traveling.
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    Kangaroo Woo Hoo!

    So I've been very enamored of kangaroo leather ever since getting a pair of Geier gloves a few years ago. Remarkably strong for the thinness, supple and has shown virtually no wear over 5 years of regular use. I figured a kangaroo jacket would be great as well, but the majority are in the...
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    Leather jackets on TV shows - Goat or Lamb?

    Brooklyn Nine-nine has a few characters that wear leather jackets. Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) wears a classic D-pocket motorcycle jacket and Jake (Andy Samberg) wears a couple different styles from a bomber style to what looks like a leather M-65.
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    Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

    Amazing! Vicenza seems to have a pronounced grain. It almost looks like goatskin. Will definite have to get a Vicenza leather jacket for my next coat.
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    Back where it belongs

    Jeepers. That is staggering. I'm looking forward to participating in clearing those out, but dang, that is a lot of stolen merchandise!
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    Leather Jacket Referb

    If anyone can restore your jacket, it would be Dena Hamilton at Greatleather. She would stitch in a matched replacement panel. It won't be inexpensive, but it will look great.
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    Great Leather

    I have three jackets for various fixes with Dena now, based on the great reviews she has! Communication has been excellent.
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    $700 Horween Dublin Jacket -- Thoughts?

    I believe Horween Dublin is vegetable tanned and then waxed. I have a watch strap from Jack Foster that is perfect: if there was such a thing as a "picture" of odor, under "leather" would be Horween Dublin! That being said, that style of jacket doesn't work in this particular leather. A rugged...
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    Thurston Bros. - Official Affiliate Thread

    Infrastructure can be fixed. Glad you are all okay!
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    February / March Jacket Orders - What are you expecting?

    A kangaroo in the queue, yes Sir. From Aero and Thurston, a Teamster! Late March is the date Waiting is my fate Let's hope it will cause quite a stir!
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    Thurston Bros. - Official Affiliate Thread

    Bold color choice! It takes a special swagger to pull that off!
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    Aero Kangaroo Board Racer via Thurston Bros

    How's your kangaroo jacket breaking in these days? I ordered a Teamster in kangaroo (possibly the last one for Aero for a while), so am curious how the hide wears in.
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    Thurston Bros. - Official Affiliate Thread

    Love, love, love that corded cargo pocket/ handwarmer pocket!
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    My First Aero

    Hey Panacheman, how did your jacket turn out? I'm very tempted to go kangaroo too, but Carrie suggest Vicenza instead.

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