IHAS-02 - Mid Weight Horse Hide Western Shirt

RocknRoll

Hi Giles,

I'm not sure where I had discussed the possibility of making a Type III AeroIH jacket

I like the sound of that! Yes I do.

unharmed

I saw that post somewhere too. Colour me interested as well.

apba1166

If you do a true type III, short as Giles maintains they must be, I would suggest it in deer or naked leather or some such, maybe even unlined. Can't imagine how thick/short/bunchy a FQHH one would be, although Aero has a HH they call "vintage" or "tumbled" or some such–and that might work for it. Still, I think it might be best just a tad longer than a denim one.

unharmed

I have a Lee Type III that fits me perfectly (IMO of course). It's about 2" longer in the body than most of the IH Type IIIs or I already would have copped one tbh

Some kind of leather (I saw a rough-out variant mentioned somewhere) with custom sizing - yes please.

Giles

PM me

unharmed

Will do. Might take me a little time to get around to it though. Have you got leather swatches from Aero?

Giles

Not of any of the stuff I want to to the Type III out of…...

RocknRoll

which might be….?

Giles

Reverse out….

RocknRoll

???

apba1166

I like that idea.

Giles

Actually, I am doing one at the moment that is Jerky Horse. I have asked Will to select the most grained jerky he can find. He says it will look vintage before they've finished sewing it. I've christened it "Fucked From the Factory"….

RocknRoll

does it smell like petrol?

Giles

Nope it's not the petrol tanned shit…

georgeel

@Giles:

This one is a complete brute…..

Oil Pull....

holy crap…

apba1166

I put this on this morning–we have a cool day--so I have about 6 straight hours in it now. As opposed to the 6 months it needs. I'll send fit pics, down the road a bit when it makes sense, but I'd like to say a few things, while it's new, hard, and unbroken.

First, this comes as no surprise to anyone on this list, it is unique and great. The combo of IH and Aero is very cool. It reflects all the heritage and what I like about both places. You can see/feel the combo of style and substance, craft and common-sense, earth and fantasy, in this piece. So, kudos to the makers, thank you....

Next, the fit is near perfect. This is really hard to do. I have had a number of leather shirts, some custom, not one as close to a good fit as this. Complete freedom of movement, no sags, arms feel right, I can work in this shirt--labor, that is--which I will, come autumn.

Tremendous value, Giles. Thanks, again.

Mark

@georgeel: