New Guy Into Leather?

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Leatherdude1I have received a few emails in the last week or so from younger guys who have said that they like the appearance of leather garments, and want to get some. However, they have tight budgets and have expressed concern that they don’t think they can afford new leather goods from a reputable leathercrafter.

A couple of these guys were asking what gear they should get to wear to a leather bar, or if they did not have leather garments, could they go to a leather bar at all?

Here are my thoughts on both issues.
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American Cops and Leather

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I am not a cop, but I ride with some motorcops as friends. I also work in my community with local cops on various task forces and community events. Recently, I served as one of about 40 judges for a police motorcycle riding competition held in the hot days of August.

A friend emailed me to say that he was sorry that “American cops do not wear leather… even in winter.” He is right. There are some reasons why…
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Boots of the Past Two Weeks

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Note: a technical error in this post prevented it from appearing completely. I found the error and fixed it on the evening of September 1. If you visited this post before that and it looked weird or ended abruptly, please read on… the error is gone.)
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This is a catch-up post, describing what boots I wore while on my business trip out west during the week of August 18 – 22, then my daily boots through Saturday, August 30. Here goes…
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Being Who You Are: A Coming Out Story

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There’s a guy I know both at work and through volunteering at our local fire department. Nice guy, 30s, good-looking, single. Great sense of humor and well respected among everyone we mutually know.

I would not consider this guy a friend — more of an acquaintance — but we are friendly to each other when we see one another at meetings, passing in the hall, or so forth.

The other day, he came to my office early in the morning and asked, “do you have plans for lunch?” Since he generally does not ask me to join him for lunch, I took that question that he had another reason to ask me to lunch. I replied to say, “I brought my lunch, but sure, if you want to get out, let’s plan on it.”

He said, “Great. I have something I want to talk to you about.”

When we met later at lunchtime, he said, “You are ‘just you’. I admire that. Let me explain what I mean.” My curiosity piqued,
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Cops: Booted, Not Wet

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Yesterday, I served as a judge once again at a large police motorcycle riding competition that is held in the general area where I live (though rather far away.) The weather was damp, though fortunately, hard rain held off during the morning competition. I enjoyed serving as a timing judge this time.

81 motor officers participated, yet the main competition during the morning was completed by 1100. Then we broke for an early lunch.

Right after lunch, jet lag caught up with me real badly, so since I wasn’t really needed again, I went home — and good timing — the skies opened up and it rained all afternoon.

I saw lots of cops and tall black boots. Samples follow…
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