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  1. Doctor Damage

    size 40S? two leather jackets Cooper A2 and Flight Suits G1

    G1 jacket is sold.
  2. Doctor Damage

    Leather Police Jackets

    I saw one of Nate's jackets on e-Bay recently, brand new, and it didn't look very good. I notice that Taylor's, another maker of CPD jackets, misses on some of the details. Second-hand ones show up on e-Bay quite often, but they're usually knocked to pieces or close to it. Oh well, a man's gotta...
  3. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    On an unrelated note, here's some info on Alpha with a "general" telephone number listed (703-378-1420): http://companies.findthebest.com/l/194903/Alpha-Industries-Inc-in-Chantilly-VA
  4. Doctor Damage

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    winter is coming soon to Ontario!
  5. Doctor Damage

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The recent film version of Tinker Tailor etc. It is crap.
  7. Doctor Damage

    Smiley's People & Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    I watched the new film last night and I agree with you. It was mis-cast, filled with repetitive visual cliches, highlighted the wrong story elements, was difficult to make sense of (even though I'm thoroughly familiar with the book and Guiness tv series), the four main 'suspects' are never given...
  8. Doctor Damage

    Possibly the coolest leather jacket I've seen!

    This jacket's blue appears to be pretty dark, which looks good. But like you guys said, there's a small margin of error with blue. I think it looks good on police leather jackets, though.
  9. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Some disorganized thoughts... (1) There's no point in competing head-on with Buzz and Real McCoy. It's safe to say they "own" the top end of the repro market for nylon flight jackets. Their brands are well known and they have loyal customers. I mean, when a repro company's products are as...
  10. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Getting the patterns right would probably be the biggest challenge, since fit is key to getting the 'look' right. Materials can be upgraded or downgraded to achieve a particular price point, and sewing is a skill which is widely available.
  11. Doctor Damage

    A2s in the Jet Age

    You can download the official 1995 specs for "Jacket, Flyers, A-2, Leather" here from the DLA website: (click on the tiny PDF symbol that says "base document") http://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=115467
  13. Doctor Damage

    A2s in the Jet Age

    Good point! Here's a modern A-2 worn by a slightly pudgy technical sergeant:
  14. Doctor Damage

    Buyer's Remorse or "What do we do with our failures?"

    True enough about getting 50% on new jackets, although I will still take 50% on used ones just to get them out the door. I find that one I want something gone I want it gone now. I have a few jackets I don't want, good stuff but winter stuff, so I have to wait until the weather gets cold and...
  15. Doctor Damage

    Buyer's Remorse or "What do we do with our failures?"

    Good gawd, if only! If I get back 50% then I'm happy.
  16. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    Those photos will be useful for your book on cold-war nylon flight jackets, which you are no doubt working hard on now that you're retired...
  17. Doctor Damage

    Joseph Bank double-breasted camel hair top coat

    Camel hair is by definition not a 'budget' cloth. E-Bay is probably your only chance and when I was watching e-Bay for camel hair polo coats (about a year ago) they used to show up regularly in all sorts of sizes and price points. The chances of finding one in a thrift store in Canada is zilch...
  19. Doctor Damage

    MA-1 Flight jacket

    ^ What amazing jackets. Where do you guys find them in such good condition? Lucky guys. Whenever I see a vintage Large listed it's almost always destroyed.
  20. Doctor Damage

    NOS Knits Fitted to 1973 Alpha L2B

    BN1966 - please empty your inbox and sent items folders.
  21. Doctor Damage

    A2s in the Jet Age

    Modern jet age use of A2s (from USAF gallery). Huge photos.
  22. Doctor Damage

    My G-1 Lineup (Others Invited)

    G1 fans can download PDFs of military documents on the jackets from the links below. The first document has details on materials specs and a series of diagrams showing how all the seams are supposed to be sewn! 1971: http://www.everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-J/MIL-J-7823E_9437/ 1984...
  23. Doctor Damage

    NOS Knits Fitted to 1973 Alpha L2B

    For trivia super-fans you can download a PDF of the government document on the 1979 L2B here: http://www.everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-J/MIL-J-7448K_9436/ Press the orange "download" button. It's a safe download, or at least I had no probs.

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