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Goat or Horse?
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wop54
Active Member
And this other guy votes for goatMac said:
Deuce!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 145635.ece
Andrew
Well-Known Member
Sounds like the joke about the guy way down the back of the audience at the Paranormal Convention sticking his hand up when the question was asked " Has anyone here ever had sex with a Ghost?"wop54 said:And this other guy votes for goatMac said:
Deuce!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 145635.ece
Chandler
Well-Known Member
bfrench said:
For the sake of follow-up, look for Bill's goat A-2 images here too -- with a little more wear.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=780
I think I read it at Flight Suits! Really.
Chandler
better duck
Well-Known Member
I vote for HH, as generally it ages more beautifully then GS. The GS of the jackets I have seems bullitproof and lasts forever, or so it seems, and it looks more or less unworn, except for the creasing on the sleeves.
A prime example of how HH can age is my ELC Werber, which looks fantastic after a year and a half of non continuous wear. My GW GS Dubow looks new, even after wearing it for some months almost continuously. But then again I have an ELC Roughwear 1401 in HH that doesn't get any character, no matter how hard I wear it. Even the sleeves don't crease, it seems to be made of some sort of rubber (and I'm not into that)
A prime example of how HH can age is my ELC Werber, which looks fantastic after a year and a half of non continuous wear. My GW GS Dubow looks new, even after wearing it for some months almost continuously. But then again I have an ELC Roughwear 1401 in HH that doesn't get any character, no matter how hard I wear it. Even the sleeves don't crease, it seems to be made of some sort of rubber (and I'm not into that)
CBI
Well-Known Member
depends on the quality of hide. A great goatskin be better than a crummy horse. If you post on this site, you will want/get or already have both. The new Goodwear horse from Japan is the most authentic 40's horse out there and is really in its own class. GW goat is extremely convincing as well.
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Is that your ELC Rich? Looks amazing. I had no idea thay went that way. How many years does it take to achieve that look? Something to look forward to I guess.[/quote]
It's not good news Andrew - here's yours truly wearing the jacket when it was new - the babe in arms, being carried by my brother-in-law, is now 17 and 6'2"! I haven't worn it much in recent years though, I fell under the spell of the A2........
Is that your ELC Rich? Looks amazing. I had no idea thay went that way. How many years does it take to achieve that look? Something to look forward to I guess.[/quote]
It's not good news Andrew - here's yours truly wearing the jacket when it was new - the babe in arms, being carried by my brother-in-law, is now 17 and 6'2"! I haven't worn it much in recent years though, I fell under the spell of the A2........
It's all a matter of personal choice. I have original A2s and repros in horse and goat. I like the the beautifully aged GS found on Spiewak, Perry and Doniger jackets for example, but goat is prone to rot and can darken round the inside of the collar and under the armpits. I also like vintage hh. There is a tremendous variation in wartime hh and even from the same contract there are variations depending on the source of the leather. Horse hide ages more quickly than goat and as has been said earlier displays much character relatively quickly. So for me I like them both and do not have a preference.
