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  1. nightandthecity

    Vintage Raincoats and Trenchcoats.

    1953 officer's macintosh
  2. nightandthecity

    Vintage Raincoats and Trenchcoats.

    1945 Officer's mackintosh
  3. nightandthecity

    Vintage Raincoats and Trenchcoats.

    British Officer trench coat, 1945
  4. nightandthecity

    Vintage Raincoats and Trenchcoats.

    British Army Officer's rubberized Mackintosh ("Riding mac"). Allegedly from 1937, but I'd say a little later than that?
  5. nightandthecity

    British Workwear

    plenty of older working class blokes still dressed pretty much like that even in the 1980s. I still do!
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    British Workwear

    I still have coal delivered. In fact until a couple of years ago he was still using a 1954 Austin k9 lorry, the very one shown here
  8. nightandthecity

    ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

    we've had some discussion on this and other threads about DOT zips - basically we seem to know very little about them and who made them, unlike Lightning. Well, TwoTypes elsewhere posted a link to an aviation adverts site where I found this informative gem, complete with company address. Seems...
  9. nightandthecity

    Pre-1950s British/European sportswear and leisurewear

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlnLbu08do nice soft leather or suede jacket on M. Trenet here...in fact a very nice outfit all round! Plus the great gypsy guitarist saranne ferret as an extra!
  10. nightandthecity

    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    the phrase "Ammunition jacket" was nagging me so i googled it to little avail. I then googled "ammunition boot" to see why the Army boot was called that. Seems it was because they were procured not by the miltary but by the Royal Ordnance dept. So it's interesting that my 1980s informant...
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    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    Baron, I have to say I am suspicious of that label on the Australian jacket - things about it look later than 1942 and rather civilian to me.....the heavy finish, the thick tapes etc, things vague in themselves (especially from a photo) but it all adds up to an overall look. Of course, it is...
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    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    slight change of tack: it seems similar design jackets may have been produced in the US and Australia. Although there are significant differences to the British ones under discussion, at the very least it shows that the basic design with the leather trimmed cuffs/waist and two open pockets is a...
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    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    Incidentally, I see from my notes that I also sold an Irvin to a guy who claimed to have worked in a large ordnance facility where women made new Irvin jackets out of scrap jackets and trousers - this was late in the war "and for about ten years after". I already knew such facilities were...
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    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    I first came across these jackets in the 1980s when I started buying and selling old flying jackets. My initial reaction was pretty much the same as Andrew's: I took them to be post-war civilian jackets using old stock AM zips. However, I soon started to have my doubts. Indeed, the very first...
  16. nightandthecity

    Removing "art" from leather jackets

    here you go Baron. In the 1980s and 90s I dealt heavily in vintage leather jackets, especially WW2 flight jackets, and have had hundreds through my hands. I couldn't say how many I've cleaned paint off, but its a lot - though usually splashes and smears rather than full artwork (you'd be...
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    British made D1 Ground Crew Jacket

    These jackets have been discussed round here before. No definite conclusion seems to have been reached, though its been suggested they were RAF ground crew jackets. They are certainly mid-century and probably WW2, usually have AM marked DOT or lightning zips, sometimes come from RAF veterans'...
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    Removing "art" from leather jackets

    I usually use acetone. Over the years I have successfully cleaned up paint splashes from numerous vintage leather jackets that have been used for DIY and even cleaned the Thunderbird design off the back of one of those LVC/Aero 1930s bike jackets. It seems to work well on the various paints...
  20. nightandthecity

    The Open Road Guild

    I suppose you have to view the price not against ORs in the US, but against fedoras/trilbys generally in the UK. Hats don’t as a rule fetch anywhere near as much here as in the US. For ex, I bought a British made OR-style silverbelly (ish) thin ribbon a few days ago for £20 from a vintage...
  21. nightandthecity

    Veg v. Chrome Tanning

    Back on topic...... one issue BTTs excellent and informative post doesn't address is the (frequently alleged) inability of veg tanned leather to resist water. I've read in several places that veg tanned doesn't repel water as well as chromed, and even worse, that it stains if you wear it in...
  22. nightandthecity

    The Open Road Guild

    Sold by Harry the Hatter of Vancouver whose shop closed down circa 1974. I reckon from the ebay photos, and from when HtH seems to have been most active, it is 1940s/50s. Her sizing guesses were all over the place. Originally listed as euro 56/57, in an email she suggested it was "M/L" and...
  23. nightandthecity

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    My wife has a pair like yours but black. When she bought them (off evilbay many years ago) she was told they were the original buttero design as worn by Tuscan cowboys (butteros). Like the US engineer boot it is basically a "wellington" riding boot (named after the Iron Duke) and I suspect it...

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