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  1. thor

    Fit question: New Aero A-2: 42-18775-P

    Great fitting A-2 Johannes! If your photo were black & white and the plane in the background was a P-40, it could pass as 1942!
  2. thor

    Fit question: New Aero A-2: 42-18775-P

    I think the QM jackets were just a batch of standard sized jackets cranked out en masse to train up some new people on sewing A-2 pattern jackets.
  3. thor

    Fit question: New Aero A-2: 42-18775-P

    Hard to tell exactly with your shirt untucked but in my opinion, the body looks about 1-2 inches too short.
  4. thor

    Leather creasing

    If you just keep wearing the jacket, the color (topcoat of dye) will slowly rub off and the wrinkles and creases will increase and the jacket will look like a well-worn original. Enjoy the break-in!
  5. thor

    Leather creasing

    Could that second posted leather be goatskin? Horse usually has a cool uneven graining with areas of greater and lesser creasing while goat is generally more evenly uniform in appearance.
  7. thor

    Leather creasing

    Looks like "Bill Kelso" on the label? It is a nice color!
  8. thor

    What is it about horsehide?

    "More durable but high maintenance"....sounds a lot like marriage!
  9. thor

    Cockpit USA ANJ-4

    Edward posted "If anything, from what I've seen of LW they could be said to be guilty of 'over-engineering': I think it's fair to say that his jackets are often much heavier than originals. Tougher. Not a bad thing at all from a garment pov, but it seems to me a different focus: making what he...
  10. thor

    Cockpit USA ANJ-4

    Ahh we've all been spoiled by Holly and Ken when it comes to customer service! LW reminds me of Rolex; you do not ask for a discount or wait for a sale and it's not advertising that really makes you buy one. You just want one and save for it and then one day you plunk down your money and buy...
  11. thor

    Cockpit USA ANJ-4

    I don't expect a proprietor to be my new BFF as long as he sells me what I want. LW make a a great jacket, that's all that really matters to me. Some people just have a no-nonsense personality (remember R. Lee Ermey's drill instructor character in "Full Metal Jacket"?). In the military most...
  13. thor

    Cockpit USA ANJ-4

    I tried on a Cockpit AN-J4 at their retail store in NYC a couple years ago. The jacket was well constructed, heavy and thick. While not 100% historically accurate, it is a really nice jacket, very reminiscent of the original and would probably be quite warm. The Cockpit closed their downtown...
  14. thor

    A-2 seam question

    Ah, thank you 2jakes! Great pics!
  15. thor

    A-2 seam question

    The tighter cockpit of a fighter plane made a form-fitting jacket more desirable while a larger, roomier cockpit like a bomber would lend itself to wearing a looser jacket for comfort on those long missions. Can anyone tell what kind of plane is in the photo of the Naval aviator? PBY perhaps?
  16. thor

    The A-2 v G-1 dilemma.

    I was "happy" with my first leather jacket (a reasonably accurate Schott A-2) but then, through research, experience and lots of trial and error, I found numerous jackets that I liked much better. I ended up enjoying a jacket for a while and then discovering something that I liked even more...
  17. thor

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    I agree with you Andrew; the name Battle of Britain is legendary in the annals of air warfare. It's not just a general timeframe, there is a distinct and specific time that is recognized as THE Battle of Britain. The BoB clasp worn on RAF DFC medals was highly prized and only awarded to those...
  19. thor

    "Lady Margo" A-2 Jacket

    Lol! Good luck Doc. That jacket deserves to go to a good home.
  20. thor

    "Lady Margo" A-2 Jacket

    Sorry Gents! You are correct...4 more days.
  21. thor

    "Lady Margo" A-2 Jacket

    Sold for $2,728.00 Great piece of history!
  22. thor

    Aero to make jackets for new Hollywood WW2 Film, "The Monuments Men"

    Ok let's get back to the topic, the film "The Monuments Men".... Anyone know why the characters in the movie are wearing A-2's in the first place? Are they former aviators now hunting down stolen artworks? Did the US Army criminal investigators and OSS-types get issued leather jackets (ha ha...
  23. thor

    Aero to make jackets for new Hollywood WW2 Film, "The Monuments Men"

    Perfectly stated Sloan! I want the BEST A-2 (value-wise) my money can buy. Thicker hide. Stronger zipper. Tighter stitching. If it's hand made (instead of wartime assembly line produced) I want the hides matched and the seams straight and I want it built as close to perfect as possible. For me...

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