Build a Cycliste Jacket start to finish a Repro for me !

[Kermit3D]

My aim of this thread is to educate the end user on why such fabrics or materials are used ,as jacket aficionados we seek to know every thing about the manufacturing decisions and reasons for them . To give us a better appreciation of what we have on our backs .

It's awesome! I feel that I'm going to like this thread a lot.

The project is very ambitious and exciting, stay motivated !

Sorry to ask, but are you in the garment making business? You seem to be very knowledgeable.
I haven't been on the forum for long and I don't know the backgroung of each of you very well.

 

[ausreenactor]

Need to get my ELC Hartmann tailored in on the sides a tad!

Not too many out there that could say that!

 

[bn1966]

Not too many out there that could say that!

stopped knocking back the beer, eating processed food and reduced portion sizes, omitting loads of candy has helped further surprisingly enough. Clothes still fit (shoulders and chest size the same) most noticeable in a reduced gut and back to one chin

 

[bn1966]

stopped knocking back the beer, eating processed food and reduced portion sizes, omitting loads of candy has helped further surprisingly enough. Clothes still fit (shoulders and chest size the same) most noticeable in a reduced gut and back to one chin

I’m now a miserable sod but you can’t have everything

 

[Enigma1938]

I'd be looking for old sofas these days, leather ages well after being sat on for a few years
There was a suitable donor one in the local tip last time I was there
Garments are going to be too rare too expensive

That's a good point. I've stored my old leather sofa because of exactly this reason. I always thought the leather looks great and sometimes I could make something beautiful with it

 

[Bombing IP]

Kermit thanks for you feedback ,no I am not in the garment business I have been in engineering all my life . I started as an apprentice at Hawker Siddeley Aviation , this was where the Harrier ,Hunter and the Hawk was made . But I have many other interests and have a very curious mind ,I have been interested in Jackets for a long time and was a customer at the thrift shop in Battersea where I bought my first Jacket .Incidentally I asked Ken six times for him to post photos of the shop but it never happened .About 10 years ago I was making leather layered patches of the USAAF I made a couple of hundred and then stopped .That probably the closest I got to making garments , I did this with a modified Bernina 730 sewing machine and vintage leather sourced from thrify stores .I am originally from London born there moved to the states in 1988 been to 40 states and now reside in Hartsdale Westchester county 15 miles north of the center of NYC .

Rgds Jeff

 

[Bombing IP]

I am going to move part 2 to a new thread as the salesman cannot take a hint or start his own thread .Build a Cycliste jacket the follow on .

BIP

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

......,I have been interested in Jackets for a long time and was a customer at the thrift shop in Battersea where I bought my first Jacket .Incidentally I asked Ken six times for him to post photos of the shop but it never happened .

Rgds Jeff

I'm really sorry, I am aware of an interest in these. There are a couple in this book

Love - Aero Leather Bible, Aero Leathers, Scotland, UK

Love - Aero Leather Bible on sale at Aero Leathers, Scotland, UK

www.aeroleatherclothing.com

This file below will not flip up the right way, no idea why

and there's one in here

AERO STYLE REVIEW: Issue Three, Aero Leathers, Scotland, UK

AERO STYLE REVIEW: Issue Three on sale at Aero Leathers, Scotland, UK

www.aeroleatherclothing.com

There must be a few more knocking about I just need to go through some boxes

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

That's a good point. I've stored my old leather sofa because of exactly this reason. I always thought the leather looks great and sometimes I could make something beautiful with it

Even one of those DFS ones that often ends up dumped in someone's garden

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[Bombing IP]

Ken thanks for that it really brings back memories , I understand they call Battersea South Chelsea how things change . The jacket I bought off you was a G1 star size 42 circa 1970 and you sold me a US Navy name tag which read Edson D Newman JG US Navy wings . I always remember you showed me an A2 which you had many of and I could not afford . inside the pocket there was a letter from the original owner ,it said yes this is my jacket and I was in this unit keep the letter with the jacket so people don't keep writing to me I am tired of people contacting me every time the jacket changes hands . I wore my G1 for many years and gave it to my girlfirend sold it off just 10 years ago .

Jeff

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Ken thanks for that it really brings back memories , I understand they call Battersea South Chelsea how things change . The jacket I bought off you was a G1 star size 42 circa 1970 and you sold me a US Navy name tag which read Edson D Newman JG US Navy wings . I always remember you showed me an A2 which you had many of and I could not afford . inside the pocket there was a letter from the original owner ,it said yes this is my jacket and I was in this unit keep the letter with the jacket so people don't keep writing to me I am tired of people contacting me every time the jacket changes hands . I wore my G1 for many years and gave it to my girlfirend sold it off just 10 years ago .

Jeff

Nice story, the poem in the pic was written about the very first ever "AERO" an A-2, we managed to buy it back a few years ago
I loved The Thrift Shop, the best job I've ever had and that includes a stint DeeJaying at legendary Marquee Club in my late teens

Bank on subject, if you need buttons for your jacket let me know, I've got drawers full of old used vintage buttons, I'm sure I could donate a few for your project

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

I understand they call Battersea South Chelsea how things change . .

Jeff

And how, Jeff
I bought and sold my first ever house in Battersea for just about the same price, no profit, ,lived there for four years, I think I sold it for about £9000 in 1975, Used the money to buy The Thrift Shop
A couple of years ago someone sent me a Properly Advert for the house next door to my old one,. Proice tag??? £1.300.000 NO Kidding!
OK it did have one more bedroom than mine did

 

[Bombing IP]

And how, Jeff
I bought and sold my first ever house in Battersea for just about the same price, no profit, ,lived there for four years, I think I sold it for about £9000 in 1975, Used the money to buy The Thrift Shop
A couple of years ago someone sent me a Properly Advert for the house next door to my old one,. Proice tag??? £1.300.000 NO Kidding!
OK it did have one more bedroom than mine did

Yes its nuts it out of control , my wages over the same period have not kept up with the market . Where would one get a 20% deposit for the hose at these prices .Not to mention the mortgage payments a month on the loan .
Jeff