Purchased from Thurston directly after a 6 month wait for the midnight blue horsehide. I received this jacket in April this year. Very supple. Has hints of green, grey and blue. I am 5 feet nine inches with a 44 inch chest and 32 inch waist. I weigh 185 pounds. It fits me trim and perfectly. The fit photo's demonstrate the fit on my son who is 5 feet eleven inches tall, 190 pounds with a 42 inch chest and 34 inch waist. Below is the original order. The back length is currently about 25.5 inches, shoulder is 18.5 inches, pit to pit about 22.5 inches and the sleeves are 26.5 inches. The leather is amazing in smell and texture! $700 shipped ORDER NUMBER – 110117JA COMPANY NAME – Thurston Bros. DATE- 11/01/17 STYLE- Café Racer with straight yoke and shoulder gussets (no internal kidney panel and no external kidney panel), Two-Pocket front (two horizontal chest pockets), standard Café Racer collar and sleeve zips positioned like on Board Racer (top of sleeve). Start front zipper 2.75 inches up from bottom hem. Please make chest pockets 6.5 inches deep. SIZE- 40 LEATHER- CXL FQHH (customer requests heaviest hide available) COLOUR- Midnight Blue **Aero uses full grain leathers, which are the most sought-after and most expensive in the world. These leathers have a natural, uncorrected finish that can vary in grain, color, and character. ZIPPER METAL TYPE- Regular brass Talon front zipper (Sunburst box) with regular brass ball and chain pull on chest pocket. We need this jacket to have a Sunburst box main zipper. Please contact us if the Sunburst box main zipper is not available. LINING- Navy cotton sateen lining STITCH COLOR- Matching SLEEVE LENGTH- 27 inches BODY LENGTH- 26 inches INSIDE POCKETS- Left side vertical interior pocket with no closure. Please make internal pocket 6.5 inches deep. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS – 1) Straight yoke and shoulder gussets (no internal kidney panel and no external kidney panel)
Less than an hour!! Not suprised Sweets!! You must have something in the wings to have let that one go. I remember when you got it. More boots?? B
Sweetfights, why this CR looks so roomy and baggy around the torso from the back? I mean, to my taste its front look is absolutely nice - but from the back it looks a bit too roomy around torso. Is that the key feature of all CR's from Aero or is that a special thing which relates to this exact item? The leather looks really interesting.
On me there is way less extra material at the lower back. Maybe because my chest starts at 44 then tapers down it works out there is a little less bunching because leather is pulled up. But I am shorter and wider than my son right now. I thought it looked amazing on him, better than on me actually.
Got it, thanks. That's a bit strange actually, 'cause it's a bespoke jacket which was custom made for you according to your personal measurements. I thought it should fit excellent when it's bespoke custom made jacket. I guess that its fit isn't great because of its length, which looks far too long for CR pattern. It's quite trim at the waist area (exactly as any CR usually is), so it might be bunching at the lower back because of that combination of trim waist and length of the jacket. It possibly should fit excellent to a tall athletic person. Anyway, its leather is a special thing really, very like its colour.
Also, standing and posing gives a different look as opposed to when moving around and riding a motorcycle. Also, only the sleeve and back length are modified, the basic design remains the same.
My son also has a butt that sticks out from weights and football making the bottom of the jacket catch. If he had a flatter butt the jacket would likely fall straight down.