What is this thing? Why does it look like that?
I've been trying to get myself a nice leather jacket for a long time and started hunting for Schotts
I live in Australia, so since Schott doesn't have a store here I've been scouring vintage stores for an A2 bomber. They're quite hard to find here so I got really excited when I came across this and bought it
I looked around online, and this seems to match the appearance of 70s - 80s I-S 674 M-S A2 bombers from that time period. The main thing is that I haven't found any examples of jackets that have aged like this, even ones that were heavily worn.
What caused the jacket to look like this? Is it a teacore leather? And do we happen to know what kind of leather they might have used for this? It's quite sturdy and it might be a steerhide or horsehide. And do we have any idea what the approximate age of this might be?