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  1. thor

    Wow. One of the most expensive repros ever?

    I think it's the Nigerian Prince who's selling it. He gives away so many millions of dollars over the Internet and via his generous e-mail offers, he needs to recoup some money.
  2. thor

    Brown Aero Sheene

    Great looking jacket and a perfect fit! Congrats!
  3. thor

    Who has the best leather?

    This could lead right back to top-grain/full-grain and vegetable/chrome tanning discussions!
  4. thor

    Gibson and Barnes

    I've been to the Gibson & Barnes factory in San Diego. They have a showroom with many jackets pre-made in different sizes, styles and colors. You can look through a large window onto the floor of their workshop where the tailors are all working on producing jackets. If someone orders a jacket...
  5. thor

    My new Aero Café Racer

    +1
  7. thor

    Goatskin

    Bill Kelso uses some nice goatskin too. Another possible choice.
  8. thor

    New "Off the Peg" GW A2s

    Hopefully whoever bought it is a Fedora Lounger who will post a review.
  9. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    I'm always hit and miss with "standard" sized A-2's Smithy. A size 46 long/tall is usually spot on for me. With the WPG, if I went with the XL it would be too short in the sleeves but good in the body. E-mailed them and got a "return authorization code" and I'll ship it back on Monday. No...
  10. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    Received my WPG A-2 jacket (ordered it 5 days ago, so super-fast delivery from UAE). It is decent quality and far better then one would expect of a $150 jacket! If it fit properly I'd definitely keep it as a daily-wear "beater" jacket (was going to add afew patches too). I'm a size 46 long/tall...
  11. thor

    A-2 (or bomber-style) jackets with chest pockets?

    This one is from Bill Kelso; I bet any of the custom jacket makers can add a zipper front to their A-1.
  13. thor

    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    Reminds me of Navy G-1 jacket labels; early jacket labels had Bureau of Aeronautics (Bu Aero) in the nomenclature tag; later on (1950-1966 I believe) the labels said BuWeps (Bureau of Weapons) and still later on (after switching from black labels to white ones) they printed a DSA code (falling...
  14. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    +2
  15. thor

    A-2 (or bomber-style) jackets with chest pockets?

    Yes, very intriguing! I'm sure the Navy gives it's aviators some leeway when it comes to uniforms (especially when they're deployed) but would they allow a green horsehide A-1 in the cockpit?!?
  16. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    Just checked the USW site and took a look at the $195 A-2; not bad. However I do like the fact that WPG attempted to replicate many of the WWII jacket details on their A-2 (cotton lining, no hand warmer pockets, one-piece back, leather hanger strip sewn on back of collar, trim fit). At sub-200...
  17. thor

    Contrast designed A2 in history

    It is a wartime contract from Aeroleather in Beacon, NY. Some had mid-brown knits but many had the rust-red knits. It's all documented in Gary Eastman's superb A-2 book (as well as in several other references).
  19. thor

    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    This jacket was on Aero's used/vintage page and was listed as a rare civilian copy ("The Berlew" is on the tag) of an ANJ-4 jacket, period-made but not entirely accurate to the mil-spec version. It's possible that other manufacturers (in the UK and the US) made civilian copies of military style...
  20. thor

    A-2 (or bomber-style) jackets with chest pockets?

    Now that is a truly unique flight jacket! Imagine the look on the faces of all the sage-green Nomex clad aviators if someone showed up at briefing in an olive-green horsehide A-1! Priceless!
  21. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    If the jacket is well-made and fairly priced, that's what matters. Sounds like the WPG is a winner. Smithy, your write-up and review got me hooked so I've ordered one myself. Got a notice that the jacket shipped from UAE yesterday so I await it's arrival. Thanks!
  22. thor

    What Price Glory A-2 Jacket

    I see that these ship out from the WPG warehouse (factory?) in UAE. I wonder if they import goatskin hides from Pakistan and sew them in UAE (where they are then mailed out) or if the jackets (and goatskin hides) all come from Pakistan where they are assembled, sent to UAE for eventual...
  23. thor

    A-2 (or bomber-style) jackets with chest pockets?

    I have a LW A-2 with 2 inside wallet/map pockets (custom order direct from Stu at Lost Worlds; great work and quick delivery!). BEST A-2 I've ever owned.
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