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  1. vintagewool

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Pleasance did an interesting Himmler in The Eagle Has Landed (1976). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074452/
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    Vintage toasters

    You can march into a bank and demand a free toaster. https://history.wf.com/ponies-vacations-and-cars-the-story-behind-bank-giveaways/ https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2006/realtors-give-their-own-version-of-free-toaster...
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    Advice on Buying 1941 Field Jacket Welcome

    This review of the "Summer" jacket troubles me: http://www.90thidpg.us/Equipment/Reviews/ATFM41Summer/index.html The Summer jacket is so off-spec long that the Small (33-36) AFTER deliberately hot-shrinking is as long as a vintage 38. Further, the shrunken Summer jacket has the back band too...
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    Your favorite movie quotes

    "You brought two too many." -Harmonica Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/ Do you have to watch the movie to get the line? Yes.
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    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    My potential ones are in my signature.
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    WW2 Uniform

    Or 1957, by continued use of Army clothes. https://www.readkong.com/page/early-usaf-uniforms-the-transition-period-1947-1950s-8050802
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    Confounded by sizing

    “Vanson tells me it's all about the ease through the chest, which they peg at 5-inches. When I asked how that equates to a size 38 they couldn't tell me what the actual chest measurement was on a C2.” 38+5=43 Do you mean that they are not meeting their own specification?
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    WW2 Uniform

    1947 https://www.aflcmc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2886516/with-2022s-arrival-us-air-force-gears-up-to-commemorate-its-75th-anniversary/
  10. vintagewool

    For Women Interested in WWII Vintage Fashion or Re-Enacting, Especially WAVES/SPARS

    https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/wwii-waves-spars-the-best-dressed-women-in-the-world.114772/
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    Sewing Patterns for Men's Jackets?

    Hello. Does anyone have patterns for men's vintage jackets similar to: 1. WWII USAAF A-2 jacket, leather, cotton lining. 2. WWII USA 1941 field jacket (a.k.a. "M1941" "Parsons"), cotton, wool lining. Both "mil-spec" jackets are really variations on civilian jackets. The standard "M1941" story...
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    WWII WAVES/SPARS: "the best dressed women in the world"?

    "$200 worth of clothes free!" -Uncle Sugar to American women, USN WAVES recruiting advertisement, dangling the Mainbocher-fashion WAVES uniform as an enticement. -"How to serve your country in the WAVES" booklet (see attached PDF) WAVE recruits in their civilian clothes...
  14. vintagewool

    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    What USN peacoat sizes were made at various times, including any "longs"? How many inches more than the person's chest size were in the USN peacoat's cut at various times? Someone mentioned that they became less form-fitting but I am looking for hard numbers, such as in TM 10-265 (uploaded PDF...
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    Fabric Weight Rankings in Ounces

    Fabric Weight Rankings in Ounces Wool Ounces 9.5 wool shirting flannel, (year?) Scout (BSA) shirt no. 649. 10 wool, vintage Swedish 10oz. parka liner (lightweight). 10.5 wool serge shirting, lining (under 5oz. poplin or twill), 1940OCT7spec USA field jacket (pocket flap like "1938" "Parsons")...
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    Fabric Weight Rankings in Ounces

    I get a notice that you are blocking me from seeing your profile, so I don't see how to PM you, so I will post the updated version as a reply in this thread.
  17. vintagewool

    Advice on Buying 1941 Field Jacket Welcome

    Sorry, you already had mentioned buying the ATF summer jacket. Thank you for the added information. My worry about the summer version is that it is too long because ATF deliberately diverted from mil-spec. From ATF's description, it seems like a jacket might be over 29in long, supposedly to...
  19. vintagewool

    Fabric Weight Rankings in Ounces

    Thank you, Peacoat. I was going to update the first post but I can't find the edit button.
  20. vintagewool

    Advice on Buying 1941 Field Jacket Welcome

    Thank you for the feedback. Did you get a 1941 jacket and, if so, what kind? I am trying to sort out sizing problems here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/1941-m1941-m41-parsons-field-jacket-sizing-guide-database-comparing-vintage-and-reproduction-repro-jackets.114745/
  21. vintagewool

    WTB: Wanted: 1941 m1941 m41 "Parsons" Field Jacket, Repro, under $100 Shipped to CONUS USA

    Based on further research posted at the link below, it might be that a jacket's actual pit-to-pit measurement of 22-26in might be OK, and a WWII tag size of 36-44 and might be OK (unless shrunken to less than 22in chest)...
  22. vintagewool

    1941 "M1941" "M41" "Parsons" Field Jacket Sizing Guide: Database Comparing Vintage and Reproduction ("Repro") Jackets

    Add your pre-shrunk jacket's actual measurements to this thread. The descriptions and repro-sizings of these field jackets are a mess, so this thread is intended as a resource to restore sanity. There are 3 important points about the actual WWII 1941 field jackets, gleaned from the technical...
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    WTB: Wanted: 1941 m1941 m41 "Parsons" Field Jacket, Repro, under $100 Shipped to CONUS USA

    I did not notice an edit button so I will use the reply button. I intended the usual pit-to-pit outside jacket measurement of 1 side to be 21" and corresponding to 42" circumference. Upon reflection that I am citing an actual outside jacket measurement, 22" (x2 = 44") or even 23" (x2 = 46")...

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