Has the five star star faded lately?

[flyincowboy]

 

[flyincowboy]

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[flyincowboy]

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[flyincowboy]

threads and knits

 

[Chris 55]

This my first steer hide jacket mid- brown ROUGHWEAR 27752. By listenning Shawn advices a bigger size was ordered and this jacket fit me very well. Leather is soft very supple and got a nice colour, i can move easily my arms without a tight / snugg effect. Lining is a brown /orange colour. Knit s are mid brown and wool they match perfectly such leather colour.. Pocket s flaps are a little bit stiff .... The stitching is green olive and wery well done No funky threads! Zipper is a nice talon one. I am not used to have a collar stand but for the moment it does not make any differentView attachment 67983 feeling wearing this jacket.

Nice to see.
I have one on order with Shawn but going for Russet colour I'm size 44/45 chest so going of Shawn's fit chart going for size 46.
A bit on the nervous size about the fit as other than Irvins this is my first leather jacket.
I have





View attachment 67983 this jacket need a bit of wear and aging .it will look fantastic

 

[bfd70]

Fit looks really great

 

[flyincowboy]

After a week of wearing this jacket to go to work, driving my truck ;shopping and walking with my dog all i can say that this jacket is comfortable and it will start to break nicely....Got compliments and im really happy with the fit. Guess that it will look as good as high priced jacket soon once weathered.

 

[bseal]

Five star is the next Eastman.

 

[John Lever]

They have certainly come from nowhere to almost top dog.
I heard a rumour that might just be that that Eastman has been sold last year. Another rumour is that Aero is now Japanese.

 

[Chris 55]

They have certainly come from nowhere to almost top dog.
I heard a rumour that might just be that that Eastman has been sold last year. Another rumour is that Aero is now Japanese.

Would that be why we haven't seen much of Ken lately.

 

[John Lever]

No idea. As I say it is only a rumour.

 

[Otter]

I think Ken decided to take a break after the amount of abuse heaped on him by DD and the account that was probably his atler ego.

 

[Chandler]

I heard a rumour that might just be that that Eastman has been sold last year. Another rumour is that Aero is now Japanese.

So what you're saying here, and correct me if I'm too far off course (hint at parody to follow), is that Ken sold Aero and then bought out ELC to finally get even with Gary?



Fanning rumor flames is fun.

 

[mulceber]

Jokes aside, it doesn’t really surprise me that Ken has been quiet. Besides the verbal beating he took from DD, we’re really not his demographic. Where we focus primarily on military jackets, his bread and butter is civi jackets. And whereas we prize reproductions of vintage styles (and accurate ones to boot), he mostly creates original styles inspired by vintage jackets. I think after what happened with Diamond Dave and the fake unknown contract practical joke that was played about a year ago, he decided we weren’t worth his time.

 

[Chris 55]

Jokes aside, it doesn’t really surprise me that Ken has been quiet. Besides the verbal beating he took from DD, we’re really not his demographic. Where we focus primarily on military jackets, his bread and butter is civi jackets. And whereas we prize reproductions of vintage styles (and accurate ones to boot), he mostly creates original styles inspired by vintage jackets. I think after what happened with Diamond Dave and the fake unknown contract practical joke that was played about a year ago, he decided we weren’t worth his time.

Sorry didn't mean to drag anything up.
Totally unaware of what went on.

 

[mulceber]

Yeah, it was an ugly exchange. The exchange started in this thread, at post #32, and continued through most of the rest of the thread, and then what followed was a series of threads, started by a member named ZuZu, (who mysteriously hasn't posted much before or since - make of that what you will). These threads argued that Aero Scotland makes a less accurate Aero repro than any of the other companies. It got very ugly, and DD was right in the thick of it:

Epaulette accuracy- various repros compared to original Aeros- 21996, 18775, 15142

These 2 examples are both epaulettes from original Aero jackets. Notice the stitching pattern- especially the "X" on the shoulder. As you can see it is not complete and even seems to drop off at the edge of the shoulder. In the left hand picture (from an original 15142) this is radically so- the...

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The Collar/Windflap/Zipper intersection- various repros compared to original Aeros- 21996,18775 and 15142

The intersection of the collar, windfap and zipper is a detail which is distinct to each original A-2 maker. Aero had a distinct method of joining these three parts- careful observation will show it to be constant across these 3 contracts (21996,18775,15142) although depending on wear it can...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

Finally, there was this practical joke, that fooled a lot of us (me included), but really made the self-described experts look silly: https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/missing-link.23995/

It all makes for very interesting reading, and neither side comes out clean.

 

[Garylafortuna]

A more fitting scenario: Eastman is bought out by Five Star, resulting in a significant drop in Eastman's insane price tags.

 

[Otter]

And anyway, it is Bill Kelso that that has bought out Eastman......

 

[ausreenactor]

They have certainly come from nowhere to almost top dog.
I heard a rumour that might just be that that Eastman has been sold last year. Another rumour is that Aero is now Japanese.

Can confirm. Heisenberg used some his spare cash to close off a sector of the reproduction market. Uses the Classified section to introduce himself to collectors and enthusiasts that might not know about his 'ways'.

 

[B-Man2]

What!!
You mean the H man cometh once again ?