What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[JMax]

Wow, this looks so good! Love the rough out, back panel piece looks especially nice. That mouton collar though! Super cool jacket! Congrats @JMax

Thanks man. I cleaned the front panels and they look much better.

 

[Jin431]

@JMax got it, no wonder the panels were so uneven.

Will you be planning to darken the jacket? I remember @dannyk doing treatment on his ww2 repel rough out service boots and they looked better after.

 

[JMax]

@JMax got it, no wonder the panels were so uneven.

Will you be planning to darken the jacket? I remember @dannyk doing treatment on his ww2 repel rough out service boots and they looked better after.

I won’t be wearing this one so will probably leave it alone. Still, I’m interested in Dannyk’s treatment.

 

[Corky Corcovado]

Cal Rough-out

Awesome jacket. I’ve never seen one before. It’s in great shape, typical Cal build. Fits...except for my delts. Upper arms a bit tight. Bummer. So cool I’ll keep it. At least for now (it’s already spoken for if I decide to sell). I will give it a cleaning and post additional pictures soon. To the pics:

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Edit:: The Angelus Bar and Brush really works wonders. As does Bick’s Suede Cleaner.

Alright, next then. Cause damn.

 

[Jin431]

I won’t be wearing this one so will probably leave it alone. Still, I’m interested in Dannyk’s treatment.

Footwear to go with our jackets

This is the boots after treatment. Looks great to me.

 

[dannyk]

Footwear to go with our jackets

This is the boots after treatment. Looks great to me.

@JMax as the link shows I used Huberds Shoe Grease. I’ve used it before, just at room temp and using my body heat off my fingers rubbed it in. This time I wanted to take it up a notch, so I heated up some water-not boiling, just warm-borderline hot...poured it in a bowl and placed the can of Huberds in the bowl. It melts it down into a very greasy but very thin almost liquid. That way I could make sure to cover every inch and get every crevice. Mixed the **** out of the can and applied it. I’ll have to take some follow up photos of how they look now a bit later. Basically the same as the follow up pic but maybe a bit different and always nice to do a month or two follow up. Not sure how a jacket would work....but the boots turned out killer.

 

[jonesy86]

Woke up to a cloudy, rainy day of 68 degrees F.. I took advantage of the weather and threw on my GW Arcadia Shinki, and puttered around on my lanai until it soon went up to 73 degrees F. This jacket is starting to feel like an old friend, the way some describe their vintage jackets.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Spring has sprung. Back on the Berman's experiment.

 

[timmbo]

X-post from the Aero J-106 thread.

 

[dannyk]

X-post from the Aero J-106 thread.

Details? As in how old is it? is that black cxl fqhh? Etc.. thanks. Looks fantastic on you!

 

[timmbo]

Received from Aero in March, so about a month old, worn less than 10 times.

Black CXFQHH, silver snaps, brass zips, Rob Roy tartan wool lining. Size 38 with +1" in the shoulders, +1.5" in the arms and a 24" length in the body (which I believe is -1.5" from stock).

 

[dannyk]

Received from Aero in March, so about a month old, worn less than 10 times.

Black CXFQHH, silver snaps, brass zips, Rob Roy tartan wool lining. Size 38 with +1" in the shoulders, +1.5" in the arms and a 24" length in the body (which I believe is -1.5" from stock).

Thanks. Seriously looks great in this photo. Can’t wait to see more as it ages and breaks in.

 

[King B]

Schott Perfecto 118

 

[ABCD]

Sheepskin jacket. No label. Probably 30s? Is there any way to date the Crown zip?

 

[torfjord]

Sheepskin jacket. No label. Probably 30s? Is there any way to date the Crown zip?

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WOW! That is super nice!

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Incredible! Love the 2 tone effect.

Sheepskin jacket. No label. Probably 30s? Is there any way to date the Crown zip?

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[Mandarin]

Sheepskin jacket. No label. Probably 30s? Is there any way to date the Crown zip?

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Fantastic find!

 

[dwilson]

Sheepskin jacket. No label. Probably 30s? Is there any way to date the Crown zip?

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I assume this wasn't intended to be bi-colored originally? Wild that the sleeves and the body faded so differently. They must have used two very different hides or something for the body and the sleeves.

 

[Imuricecreamman]

I assume this wasn't intended to be bi-colored originally? Wild that the sleeves and the body faded so differently. They must have used two very different hides or something for the body and the sleeves.

Maybe he wore a bear-skin west over it during the cold season

 

[ABCD]

I assume this wasn't intended to be bi-colored originally? Wild that the sleeves and the body faded so differently. They must have used two very different hides or something for the body and the sleeves.

I think you're right, the sleeves probably had the same color as the body. The sleeve creases still show some of the original color.