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  1. Doctor Damage

    My new Barbour International jacket.

    Good info, thanks. I remember when the International was introduced (re-introduced?) back in the late 1990s and I should have bought one then, removed the tag, and been wearing it for the last 20 years. For what it's worth, it's common among luxury and "luxury" brands to have variations for...
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Here's another jacket, same design as the Taylor's above, this one by B.I.E. Custom Leather, Kiel, Wisconsin. Looks like a tip-top jacket.
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    My new Barbour International jacket.

    Belstaff or Barbour, I guess there's not a huge difference these days.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Taylor's custom made cop jacket (not mine).
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    For all A-2 nuts, Ebay is full of them all types all sizes

    I guess this means all the hipsters who bought A-2s a few years ago have moved on to something else and are dumping them! With luck they'll do the same with condos and houses here in Ontario, soon...
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    Navy WEP Jacket: Your Thoughts & Experiences

    The astronaut on the right appears to be wearing a WEP jacket. This shows the overlapped cloth on the trailing seam of the sleeves, to shape them. I like the cloth elastic waistbands on these jackets; it's a bit tougher than real knits and easily washable.
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Astronauts undergoing geological training. Nice MA-1 and L2B(?) jackets being worn, plus a WEP jacket.
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    A-2 colors

    I'm sure amateur and professional historians will take us through a bunch of hoops to prove that the USAAF had some cunning plan in mind when they listed two different colours, but I'm sure the truth (probably now lost forever to us) will be banal. Building on your suggestion, I'd bet that in...
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    A-2 colors

    Remember that the U.S. military was much less unified in those days than today and procurement would have been a much less organized thing. There are different shades of black, too.
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    Biker jacket

    Touko Laaksonen, a Finnish artist, in an interesting motorcycle-style jacket. By the way, do NOT look up his artwork!
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Branded Leather's NYPD motorcycle jackets.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    I thought I would post this oddity here: the leather turnout coats worn by sapeurs-pompiers in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Now they use nomex or textile coats, of course.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Spotted on the Bay... supposedly an old police jacket and I sort of believe it given the two equipment belt hooks on the back.
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    MA1 style jacket

    If I were you, I would remove the incorrect tag and just wear and enjoy the jacket! Mind you, it does look a size too big on you, so maybe you should sell it on.
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    ^ Great looking coats, friend. In the past I was never a fan of short trenchcoats, but nowadays I can see the advantages. My grandfather called them "car coats" and they were short so you could get into and out of a car easier, since here in N America we go everywhere in cars.
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    MA1 style jacket

    The knits with seams are not "original" if anything is on the jacket (other than the tag). They also appear to be the heavier ribbed (not rib-rack) versions which Alpha has used on some of their recent slimmer/longer models. I remember seeing on e-Bay a modern day civilian jacket with...
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    Leather Police Jackets

    That's mostly what police up here wear. I was pulled over just before the last long weekend by one of our provincial highway police after I almost cut him off. After quickly realizing and showing great disappointment that I was stone cold sober, he let me go after complaining about being unable...
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    Leather Police Jackets

    German police leather jackets.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Look back over this thread and there's more pics of those 3/4 length coats. I've been on the verge of getting one for a few months now, but I simply have no need for it, so it's tough to rationalize. If you want some links to manufacturers let me know.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    ^ NYPD motorcycle and horseback police still wear leather coats with jodhpurs and high boots quite extensively. Various police forces here in Ontario wear short leather jackets, jodhpurs and high boots on motorcycles. It's worth pointing out that the increase in use of non-leather jackets by...

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