Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. Siggmund

    Seal leather samples for ANJ-4 poll

    I'm for the Vinnie, too. I love that hide. It is SO much like the hide on my original C-2 USAAF vest. Dark and pebbly-grained.
  2. Siggmund

    L. L. Bean A-2 history time line?

    My go-to jacket is an LLB, single piece back, no date tag, but it has Schovill zip. I traded my 44L for my friend's 46L and we were both happier for it. He said he got his for $10 at Goodwill on San Juan Is., WA. I paid retail for the 44L - about $200, as I recall, in the mid-'90's. It's tough...
  3. Siggmund

    Favorite shaving soaps

    Although I live in the States, my family lived in London for a year back in the '60's and I developed an affinity for Imperial Leather bath soap. Now I buy a case at a time from ebay to satisfy my little decadent urge. When the bath bar gets small I chuck it into the Old Spice shaving mug. Has...
  4. Siggmund

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Me and my Ewok Shih Tzu, Bitsy. Thanks, John
  5. Siggmund

    Greater or Lesser Irvin Thread

    That is an interesting point. I have no idea how many threads there used to be.
  6. Siggmund

    Greater or Lesser Irvin Thread

    Is it my imagination or are there about 100 pages missing from the Great Original Irvin Thread since the change to the new format? If so, can they be restored or the thread re-opened so that it can be replenished?
  7. Siggmund

    Loungers' Pets

    Here is our Shih Tzu, Bitsy, in her Halloween Ewok headgear. And me in my Eastman Battle of Britain Irvin jacket.
  8. Siggmund

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    I'm trying to date an ELC BoB pattern Irvin that I bought last year. The previous owner said it was "at least" ten years old, which would date it to 2004 or earlier. The only really distinctive feature are the original-style zipper pulls: simple horsehide (I assume) leather strips rather than...
  9. Siggmund

    Seattle

    Thanks for the welcome. Ok, I DID go to Insurrection/Thurston Bros. and met Carrie. She looked at me a little funny when I said I was mainly there to satisfy my leather fetish. I didn't mean it the way it sounded, I just really like leather and, boy, do they have some beautiful jackets. I was...
  10. Siggmund

    Seattle

    I'm in Bellingham and new to the forum. I'll be heading down to Seattle tomorrow for the afternoon, but I'm not expecting to be able to visit the shop as I didn't make an appointment. I'll at least check out Mac Pherson Leather and maybe the Museum of Flight. Is the Blue Moon Tavern still...

Forum statistics

Threads
109,669
Messages
3,086,375
Members
54,480
Latest member
PISoftware
Top