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    Help: Italian Tanneries

    Thank you very much, Nick! This is one I was aware of, which may work for us.. The specific one I'm thinking of made nice horsehide and had a non-Italian name and a photo posted of the tannery office exterior.
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    Help: Italian Tanneries

    Dear TFL Members: I'm hoping someone may be able to help me locate a thread that listed several quality Italian tanneries. I think this was a few years ago and may have had as the larger subject Bill Kelso Mfg. and/or Eastman. I am working as a technical advisor on two film productions and we...
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    Pocket Dimensions and Location vs. Jacket Size

    It depends on the contractor and also how precisely it was cut and sewn. I've never found a perfectly matched set of pockets on any vintage A-2.
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    Eastman A2 Zipper SNAFU. Now What Do I Do?

    While this can happen to vintage zippers, Worf, it's more common in zippers made in the last 25 or years or so because these zips are made from softer metals than from those in the good old days; softer metals make the zips more prone to open up or close from normal use. Specific to the repro...
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    Eastman A2 Zipper SNAFU. Now What Do I Do?

    Ah, the sound of success. Good job!
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    Eastman A2 Zipper SNAFU. Now What Do I Do?

    You are most welcome. The wear on the A-2 looks good, btw.
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    Eastman A2 Zipper SNAFU. Now What Do I Do?

    Thank you, HM! I was looking forward to sunny skies and temps. in the 70's, but upon checking moments ago, it appears what looked great earlier this week has gone belly up. :-( If I had less of a busy schedule, I'd have invited you and other TFL members to meet up, but everything I do on...
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    Eastman A2 Zipper SNAFU. Now What Do I Do?

    Definitely a case of the slider gap becoming too narrow or too wide (wider is the most common). I've posted on this before at length, covering the fix. Because when we zip up or down there is also pressure on the slider outward, this eventually can widen the gap between slider halves. Leaning...
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    Eastman Californian chinese look alike.

    Thank you for pointing this out! Yes, there are three modeled pics that are owned by me and are of me!!! I hope no one ever buys from this company. The Chinese are the worst violators of IP rights and patronizing goods sold by them is just a slow form of suicide for a short-term gain.
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Thank you, Big J. I fully relate to what you have said. Toyo Enterprises had the same problem with the learning curve when it came to making denim for their Sugar Cane brand. It's one thing to have the correct looms and sewing machines and dyes, and yet another to know how to bring it all...
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Thank you, tropicalbob. I try to not even think about that possibility. I would like to check out some speech-to-type software just to lighten the load on my wrists. Anyone have any experience with speech software that's good?
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Hey, Big J! Sorry to be so slow to reply, but my right hand has been splinted up from carpal tunnel syndrome for nearly 3 weeks (no surgery, let's hope) and I'm now typing with just my left, which is in addition to working on a new feature film as the key military apparel technical advisor to...
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    So let me understand you, please, Cocker. I have stated on the record that I have seen a vintage B-10 with red knit just as I have outlined sightings of various USAF jackets in blue using leftover, earlier components, and I did show such an L-2A being worn in 1952, which you also said did not...
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Thank you, Cocker, glad you like the photo. It's one of those when I first saw it in 2008 that dropped me in my tracks. I truly just stared at it for a few seconds in silence, then let out a "Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!" I had seen a vintage L-2A once in my life with the OD knit and lining, but...
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Thank you very, very much, Butte. I endeavor to earn your sentiments every day.
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Well said, Butte, and on point about the workforce no longer being here. This reminds me of a project I was working on for Toyo's Lone Wolf footwear brand some years ago. We wanted to have some styles made in the USA and set about getting samples made by some makers. Usually, by the third...
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    You mean Northrop red, right???
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Glad to answer questions ANY time, especially to help clarify the ambiguous and dispel potential rumors. I wish more folks would contact retailers and manufacturers before getting things wound up! If BR offers the red MA-1 again in 2018, I'll surely do my best to convince you. And if your...
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    Hello, Butte! BR told me that the example they copied had no label in it. Since it was a civilian item and former Northrop workers noted that these were, to the best of their recollection, made on a very limited basis by a government contractor for Northrop, BR elected to proudly put their...
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    Vicenza leather in new Aero is inconsistent

    It's a shame the OP's topic has morphed into this debate, which should have its own separate topic, but since it has, I feel a need to set things right. "Fantasy" or generic jackets by Buzz Rickson's will typically contain the BR label, whereas those with original-maker labels are intended to...

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