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  1. MudInYerEye

    Pics of my RW A-2 (Again)

    You care because you were the one blowing authoritative hot air all about it. Block Bilt, Los Angeles Sportogs, Star Glove, Cal Leather, and hundreds of other firms were dotted along California comprised a HUGE leather garment industry way back when. In addition the Boston area (Leathertogs...
  2. MudInYerEye

    Pics of my RW A-2 (Again)

    ???!!! A large portion of 1920's-1960's American leather jackets were made in California. Wisconsin (mostly Milwaukee) was also home to many major leather jacket manufacturers.
  3. MudInYerEye

    Are you a Cossack (owner)?

    It's not the lack of a bi-swing. I have one. Pretty pleased for the first hour I had it 'til I actually put it on and wore it out. Great leather and cool detailing but the armholes are cut so low that there is very little range of motion. Basically some 30's details on an 80's mall-jacket...
  4. MudInYerEye

    Pics of my RW A-2 (Again)

    WHAT?!!!
  5. MudInYerEye

    Vintage Horsehide bomber I bought for £25 !!

    Actually that style of piping around handwarmer pockets first became very popular in the mid 1940's and continued throughout the early 1960's. Many immediate postwar Sears Hercules, Penney's Sportclad, and Ward's Windward jacket featured exactly this type of detailing.
  7. MudInYerEye

    Few/ McCoys B2 Werber Leather Coat Inc.

    Yeah, but it was apparently never wired. They look good cut down.
  8. MudInYerEye

    Few/ McCoys B2 Werber Leather Coat Inc.

    I have a WWII USN one piece leather flight suit that looks very similar to those in the photos.
  9. MudInYerEye

    Few/ McCoys B2 Werber Leather Coat Inc.

    Thus spake Wikipediathustra from far atop Mt.Google...
  10. MudInYerEye

    What kind of jackets were these?

    This style was extremely popular from the late 1930's through the early 1960's and are probably the most easily obtainable and inexpensive vintage jackets of their era. Like the earlier A-1, it is basically based on a baseball jacket. Any old Sears, Ward, Penneys catalog circa 40's/50's will...
  11. MudInYerEye

    Quality of manufacture for leather coats?

    I hate this thread.
  13. MudInYerEye

    High Armhole Operation

    Well said, Ray. I agree 100%.
  14. MudInYerEye

    So what is the Fedora Lounge all about?

    I'm glad you brought that up because that has troubled me as well. I was once sent a PM from a mod imploring me to stop posting fluff and instead concentrate on "teaching" the other members about some vintage clothing I have a keen interest in. I considered this for a long while but the idea of...
  15. MudInYerEye

    Just won this 1940s beauty

    I used to own that same Trailblazer jacket you won but it has passed through several hands since. The labels are all original, one the manufacturer's the other the retailer's. The jacket was made between 1939-1941. It is made from a beautiful cape sheepskin and has very little wear. The leather...
  16. MudInYerEye

    Just won this 1940s beauty

    Might be capeskin. Probably relined a while back. The back details, side buckles, and angle of the handwarmer pockets look like the Los Angeles Sportogs Co but that style was made by dozens of firms in the late 30's so who knows?
  17. MudInYerEye

    MC Jacket Opinions Wanted....

    It is a Hercules jacket.
  19. MudInYerEye

    3-piece MADNESS!!!

    Agreed.
  20. MudInYerEye

    New Cooper jacket

    1970's.
  21. MudInYerEye

    Pics of my RW A-2 (Again)

    Great jacket Steve. The Rough Wear is epitome of the A-2. Edit: my mistake, great jacket Andrew. Steve's jacket just looks like little question marks.
  22. MudInYerEye

    FS/FT Eastman '33 Werber Sportswear A-2

    While those two bomber jackets do look remarkably similar, perhaps one might even venture to say: indentical, I think in all fairness Estevan should be given the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps the eBay seller stole the jacket from his unlocked convertible or maybe his wife his tired of his jacket...
  23. MudInYerEye

    FS/FT Eastman '33 Werber Sportswear A-2

    Very cool-looking jacket. Does the zipper function correctly? Will you be selling any more bomber jackets or jeans?

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