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I think I would rather have mismatched hides as well. I am sure that during the the war the contractors certainly were not worrying about matching the hides. They were probably trying to be as cost effective as possible using every bit of the hide. I think a mismatched jacket has character.
I may be crazy but I like to hear a creak in the leather jacket that I am wearing. To me if the jacket doesn't creak then I might as well be wearing cotton or wool. I'v had a couple of high quality original horsehide police jackets that always creaked. I have also noticed that just about all...
Unsnapped. I think collar up looks real cool but I dont think I pull it off too well. Collar down unless your James Dean or Elvis or Evil Kineval or Marlon Brando etc.........
I had that exact jacket back in 1980. Though it is not an accurate flight jacket reproduction by any means it was one of the best jackets I ever owned. They certainly don't make them like that anymore. Extremely thick cow hide leather and a nice warm lining and collar. The leather looked...
Original American flight jackets were almost exclusively made from goat skin and horse hide. I dont think they ever used buffalo hide. Aero makes what appears to be a nice A-2 in jerky buffalo hide that looks to be very grainy and tough looking. They claim it's as strong and tough as any...
I think in choosing between horsehide or goatskin its all a mater of personal taste and what you are looking for. From all the research I've done I think it's safe to say that goatskin will look new for a much longer time than horsehide. This is either a good thing or a very bad thing...
