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  1. Xopher

    Original Perry Mixed Batch B3

    If I were to guess based off of his having graduated high school they probably would have assigned him to be a Bombardier, Navigator, or Radio Operator, possibly even Pilot. Also guessing from his enlistment records he probably would have been too tall to be a ball turret or tail gunner, but he...
  2. Xopher

    Toysmccoy b-6 gold mode

    Heck yea I'd wear that! Are ToysMcCoy the same as Real McCoy, or an off shoot or what?
  3. Xopher

    Original Perry Mixed Batch B3

    I wanted to post an update on the information I found about this flight suit. I did some research and found the enlistment records of the man the suit was issued to. Walter J. Johnson. Walter J. Johnson Carlton County, Minnesota Enlisting at the age of approximately 27 on April 17, 1941...
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    WTB Triple Marked Talon Zipper

    Anybody out there have a triple marked talon zipper or know where I can find one? I believe it would have been the M-39 zipper. Im trying to restore my '41 Perry B3.
  5. Xopher

    Were Redskin B-3s only 2 panel backs?

    Wow, those are really cool! So its looking like darn near any combination was possible. Im very intrigued by the whiteskin B3. Do you have more photos and information on that?
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    No affiliation just a cool picture on etsy of bomber crew member

    Here is another great one of a fellow in a B-6 https://www.etsy.com/listing/196545709/digital-download-1950s-soldier-fighter?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ww2%20flight%20jacket&ref=sr_gallery_33
  8. Xopher

    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    You folks are really selling me on Thurston Bros. I really like what Im hearing about them.
  9. Xopher

    Were Redskin B-3s only 2 panel backs?

    This is a really dumb question but... Were the original Redskin B-3s only 2 piece backs or did they make them with 3 panel backs too? and Did all 2 panel back B-3s have the little triangle hip gusset or were there 2 panel backs that had the late war configuration where there was no triangle...
  10. Xopher

    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    Yea those Aero D-1s are sharp! I was thinking about one of those too just because Im jonesing for something in the redskin hide and I feel like a D-1 would have more regular use than a B-3, but since I have a B-6 I kind of have that temperature range covered.
  11. Xopher

    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    Yea Charles at HPA is really hard to beat. Literally the best customer service I have ever experienced. The wait time is also the reason I bought my Eastman B-6 Standard. I was looking at an Aero B-6 but when they said 10 weeks, I phoned up HPA and had a B-6 two days later. I have to say Aero...
  13. Xopher

    B-3 Jackets

    I agree with Stand By on a jacket being too warm. I had a shearling jacket I loved so much I wanted to wear it nonstop but it was so warm I simply could not use it more than 2 weeks out of the year, and I live in the Pennsylvanian mountains where its regularly in the 20s and that still wasn't...
  14. Xopher

    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    Why do most people choose Eastman over Aero or vise versa? Do other people choose Eastman over Goodwear based on the price differences and wait time? I think I could safely say if Aero and Eastman were the same price Id go Eastman all day every day although I can't quite put a finger on why I...
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    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    Im just so terribly torn between Good Wear, Eastman, or Aero and I think its largely due to the price differences and wait times. I want a Good Wear but for $1750+ and a year or more wait time I find myself looking at Eastman. At around $1400 for Eastman I find myself thinking "Might as well...
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    Duty and Customs Price on Aero?

    Is there anybody from the States who has ordered a jacket directly from Aero that can tell me what I'd be looking at price wise for import duty and customs to the USA? With the GBP in the hole Im pondering a purchase so how much extra should I save for a 725 gbp jacket plus 40 gbp shipping, that...
  17. Xopher

    Unintended 'water treatment'... advice requested...

    I use and really like Obenaufs. I've never had anything that worked better. My leather worker friend uses it when she restores vintage jackets, said it puts the oils back in the leather that water sucks out. Its natural and smells a tad bit like honey which is nice. Leaves a light wax which...
  19. Xopher

    Does Aero Leather B3 run large?

    Do Aero Leather jackets run large? My chest measures 42 inches. There is a used Aero B3 sized 40 for sale that has a pit to pit of 24", would that fit? Eastman B3s sized 42 measure 24" pit to pit, why are the sizes different but have the same measurement? Are Aero B3 extra fluffly that there is...
  20. Xopher

    My original B3 and repro 2 in 1

    That looks fantastic! I've been wanting to undertake a project like this but I am having a very hard time finding the sheepskin hides. Very nice!
  21. Xopher

    WTB C-3 Vest 42

    I'm looking for a C-3 vest. My chest measures about 42-43. I like vests on the snug side.
  22. Xopher

    C-3 Vest: where early models redskin?

    I was reading that the C-3 vest was first designed in 1936 which to my knowledge was before the mass seal brown spray dye. does this mean that the early vests were "redskin"? I have never seen one, was just curious if they existed originally in the russet brown. Thanks
  23. Xopher

    Original Perry Mixed Batch B3

    This is really tugging at my heart strings here. I just got an email form the woman who sold me the jacket. I had asked her about the origin of the jacket and pants. She said it belonged to a relative of hers. Here is part of her message, she is still looking for photos. "His name was Walter...

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