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The Highwayman will be warmer than the A-2 in almost every case because they are often lined with wool of varying weights and often made with heavier hides. A Highwayman lined in cotton drill with no storm cuffs will probably be similar in warmth to an A-2.

@JonS1967 and @rogueclimber, I just wanted to say that I am not trying to pick a fight with you guys or say that there is no merit to your idea. I guess I just like the organic, meandering flow of the lounge and so I resist suggestions that would make it more logical or user friendly.

But then when you clicked on the other thread you found the other half and life was good again.

Why do people get so interested in merging threads, locking threads, and telling new members when they should (or shouldn’t) create new threads? Seriously, we are talking about jackets and pants and boots here. There is nothing urgent about this forum, nor any reason that it needs to be...

You got me!

I’ve got one too!

Great selections by the both of you. I would add the N-1 deck jacket.

It looks downright ladylike, doesn’t it?!?

They are not better than YKK, they have more cachet in the repro jacket world is all. I can only recall one YKK zipper failing, and that was when I filled a suitcase way past what it could hold and tried to zip it closed while kneeling on top of it. Any zipper would have broken. In my 10 years...

Yes, those are good names because they get the point across without being overly nasty, perfect for a forum like ours.

I have thought about this, but I keep coming back to the fact that he is such a terrible messenger. I know there is the saying that any press is good press and it is undoubtedly true that he got people talking about master supply. But there was nothing about him that you could relate to or that...

It was probably an Imperial. They had a G-1 Contract in the mid 1970’s and they are infamous for making one of the worst G-1 jackets ever. Apparently it was real cowhide, but with such a thick plasticky coating that one could be forgiven for thinking it was 100% plastic.

I knew a Bulgarian waitress named Anita here in Berkeley. She was an amazing young woman, spoke four or five languages she had learned growing up in Bulgaria as well as Spanish and Portuguese that she had learned here in California.

I think buying the Highwayman in your tagged size will give you exactly what you are looking for in terms of fit.

I know Lost Worlds has made cross zip jackets from heavy cloth before (I believe it was some really beefy canvas) and I don’t know why they couldn’t do the same with denim. Johnson leathers might be another place to talk to because they are super flexible and customer oriented. And worst case...