Two Good Wear Jackets

[Peter Graham]

I'm admiring the furniture in the background more than the jackets, though they are nice.

 

[kiltie]

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, PETER GRAHAM!

Very fortunate to have a dad who knows a guy who restored old radios many moons ago...

 

[derleicaman]

Both jackets look great on you. The Bronco, which I sold you, was just a tad big on me. The fit on you is perfect! I obtained that one from Weasel Loader. I still have his RW 27752 in the Horween Mustang hide and his SAT. The Bronco is in John's older goat from France, I believe. I have another in the new Indian goat (Cable Raincoat) which I will be doing a review on. The older goat seems to be a bit more supple with an easier drape than the new stuff. The new goat is a bit stiffer when new and a bit thinner, but from what i understand more like the original.

 

[kiltie]

...which I sold you...

AH! It's you! Yes, thank you - that was money well spent on an excellent jacket!

***apologies for not relaying a more proper thanks, but here it is in public. I'm easily distracted, but not really as big a jerk as all that...***

 

[ButteMT61]

the lowly Bronco

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Don't talk that way about my favorite A-2 model. :cry:

Obviously mine too. Just not many around from what I see. :ugeek:

 

[kiltie]

Never one to miss out on an opportunity for self gratification ( if you know what I mean ), here's a bump to my own thread with some updated pictures. The Bronco was getting so much love and the Rough Wear had become virtually inconsolable. I had PM'd buzzthetower with additional thanks for guidance and support and intimated that it was very, VERY hard not to experiment with the hot water treatment, but that I had decided to go 100% natural when it came to breaking in the Rough Wear.
I had been wearing it pretty much non-stop since the initial posting, weather permitting. As luck would have it, though, while I was out to purchase a good outdoor heater, it started raining a blue streak. Heavy, cold rain. So, up went the collar and down went my head. By about six in the evening, this is what I had ( pics linked because they're crummy phone pictures in the bathroom mirror ):

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_4854.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/safdkiltie/IMG_4859.jpg

And about an hour ago, after three more days of regular wear -
( I don't have the cool seamstress bust and flight suit combo that some of you cats have, so enjoy a couple of my hamhanded models )

About 3/4 to a full inch has been reduced from the sleeves due to gathering, and the collar isn't all up in my grill anymore. A little more grain has come up, and the shoulders are sitting a bit more properly now. The over all effect is that the thing has kinda...deflated. Really looking forward to getting it out some more tonight with some IPAs.
So there you go, new Good Wear owners, not that you needed it with the bevy of great examples.

 

[Marv]

Looks great and starting to break in very nicely indeed.