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  1. Deacon211

    AVI LTHR BRONCO A-2 Jacket Review & Pics

    Not to completely derail this thread, but that is an interesting observation. While I love my ELC G-1, I too thought that the leather is quite thin. I was told that this was historically correct. But I've never seen an original that was similar. Of course, I haven't seen them all. Sorry for...
  2. Deacon211

    AVI LTHR BRONCO A-2 Jacket Review & Pics

    Great review and a great jacket! Makes me consider getting one and I’m a devout G-1 Man! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Deacon211

    AVI Leather seal A-2 Jacket Review (pic heavy)

    If you use Tapatalk, you can easily attach pics without going outside to a third party and copying links. A nice looking jacket and I agree that these guys could cement themselves in a very attractive segment of the market...an accurate (if not stitch for stitch which I begin to think is a bit...
  4. Deacon211

    WPG Irvin...is it worth it?

    That’s a shame about the jacket. I’ve had great products, poorly wrapped, and it really affects the experience...especially if it results in something getting broken. Always surprised when a company doesn’t understand that. As to your wrist question, my ELC cuffs were snug about my wrists. In...
  5. Deacon211

    Like a Phoenix...Bill’s Old G-1

    That looks amazing. Great job on the restore. It looks like it's got several more decades left in it!
  7. Deacon211

    ANJ-4 jackets

    There are fully enclosed whole closet garment bags available on Amazon, which are awesome for all your clothes that need protecting. I bought some foam pipe insulation to place over my hangars for "shoulders" so the jackets don't start to get misshapen. I also use lavender essential oil with...
  8. Deacon211

    B-1, B-2 and other rare/early jackets

    Just conjecture, but there could be another in between reason that you see so many missing pockets on the B-2. Rather than being intentionally removed because they interfere with the parachute harness, which I agree with Charles seems unlikely, it could be that the parachute harness tended to...
  9. Deacon211

    AVI LTHR 55J14 G-1 Jacket Review & pics

    That is interesting. I've seen a pic or two on Moore's G-1 site that shows some fairly narrow waists on some of the jackets. From Moore's site: Still, not everybody in naval aviation was cut like a beanpole which just makes me think. I wonder if there was some scaling going on. Maybe...
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    AVI LTHR 55J14 G-1 Jacket Review & pics

    That's unfortunate. I wonder what maker the original one was. My ELC G-1 is a Foster homage so I've been told and as such has the broad shoulders and narrow waist. But nothing like your model. I'm 6'1" and 220lbs...not as svelte as I used to be. But while my ELC does taper in nicely, it...
  11. Deacon211

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    First post outside the Outerwear forum, but occasionally seem to find myself here. Just caught Joe Smith American on TCM and was caught unawares by the "Bellamy Salute" during the Pledge of Allegiance. Wow...
  13. Deacon211

    Copper oxidation

    Just found this. I wonder how hard it would be to carefully lacquer something like a zipper or snap. https://www.doityourself.com/stry/brass-oxidation-removal-in-4-steps Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  14. Deacon211

    Copper oxidation

    My first thought was "Coca Cola", but reading up on it sounds like it would make more of a problem than it solved. On the natural end, it looks like lemon juice and baking soda. On the chemical end, I have seen Tarnex do some cool things and looks like it won't gum up the zipper. If your...
  15. Deacon211

    G1 Restoration advice

    For those having trouble uploading pics, especially from an "i" device, have you considered Tapatalk? Uploading pics, especially pics that are on your pad or phone could not be simpler. It downsizes them to acceptable sizes and it's no more difficult that putting a pic in a text. Just a...
  16. Deacon211

    cockpit usa a2 jacket

    Have you considered PMing Warhawk? He's up in the Cockpit Pantheon. He might be able to shed some light on their reasoning. I'm still scratching my head why the G-1s fit true to size but the A-2s are tents. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    cockpit usa a2 jacket

    I'm getting lost among the reissues! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  19. Deacon211

    cockpit usa a2 jacket

    So just for us all to be on the same sheet of music, the "Reissue" equals "Modern" and the "WWII Issue" is, well, "WWII". This is again one of those copy writer things. The "Reissue" ad has a bunch of fluff in it all about how Jack Clyman helped the government reissue the jacket because that...
  20. Deacon211

    cockpit usa a2 jacket

    I think that looks pretty good Gamma! I'm interested in the pics of the Cockpit A-2 that Seb posted. Here's my Cockpit 100 Mission G–1 Now, while the sleeves are a bit long, I wouldn't say that this jacket fits me like a tent. Indeed it seems to fit about like my other G-1s. In fact at a...
  21. Deacon211

    cockpit usa a2 jacket

    Weren't some of the earlier USAF A-2s cut more like the originals? I seem to recall someone (perhaps Warhawk in the 100 Mission G-1 thread) saying that the first reissued A-2s generated some complaints from the aircrews whereupon Cockpit started adjusting the pattern to have handwarmer pockets...
  22. Deacon211

    My New Lost Worlds ANJ-4

    That is a beaut!
  23. Deacon211

    Zara B6 Clone - £89.99

    Wow, what an interesting thread! I hate to say that I don't hate this jacket. It's not beautifully made, but it's not pink. It at least hews to its great granddaddy. And if you are going to emulate/steal from a design avenue, you could find a worse one than WWII aviation. It's something of an...

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