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  1. johnnyjohnny

    VANSON COMET MiNTY on EBAY! L to XL

    SOLD...but will have others :D selling this VANSON mercury with next to no use on it, and no marks of wear/no defects. has breakin of about half dozen very careful wearings, none on a bike SiZE is marked 48 but VANSON comet runs small so it's a 25" armpit to armpit, and really like a large 44...
  2. johnnyjohnny

    iNSANE EBAY DEALs on TAYLOR COP MOTO JACKETS!

    i know i can't post the ads from ebay, but i need to mention and share that taylorsleatherwear is clearing out some new old stock jackets...fedLounge member big hairy fin mentioned this to me in an email and i was blown away that taylor was letting $300plus jackets go for $50...they are new, and...
  3. johnnyjohnny

    BuY my SCHOTT 184SM g-1/a-2/g-2 styLe jacket...

    ...pLeeeeeeze! it's going off auction sometime tonight and the auctioning is sOOOOO unbelievable low i've come to beg the forum to save me...auction's over at about 3 a.m. sat morning (tick tick tick) a few of you guys have already bought a few jackets from me and have been verrrrry happy, and...
  4. johnnyjohnny

    BoTOX for JaCKETS???

    love to hear if anyone else has done this...kind of a botox for leather jackets... anyone who has read my posts knows my maniaCaL search for a Luftwaffe jacket, and one that would fit just like i like it... well, i picked up a new schott NYC size XL on ebay a few weeks ago, all black, one...
  5. johnnyjohnny

    Response to a PRiVaTE message on A-2 QUALiTY

    oddly enough, today i received one of the best new military jackets i've ever bought, and at the same time received a private message on the vintageleatherjackets.org forum regarding my review of a uswings a-2 i purchased earlier this year... i'll start out with a brief scathingly positive...
  7. johnnyjohnny

    LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review

    i think i went back in time... somehow i got a 40s LuFTWAFFE jacket...from a British maker of all things... Lewis Leathers' Dominator jacket, which i picked up from ups on a rainy california eve, several hours ago, is a virtual recreation of the famed Luftwaffen attire, totally...
  8. johnnyjohnny

    Exchange Rate?

    no, i don't mean how often you send a jacket back... but i just purchased (an hour ago) a lewis leathers dominator jacket that i had droooooooLed over for quite some time... last time i'd looked at it, it was simply out of the question...the 625 pounds coming in somewhere near $1200...and...
  9. johnnyjohnny

    ReViEW of the HoRSE HiGHWAYMaN...LuFTWAFFE Version?

    First off, let me say, aero does nOt make a ‘luftwaffe’ version...of aNything...I did however order a Highwayman horsehide with all options that would be as close to a luftwaffe jacket as possible...from the photos of the Highwayman it seemed it was basically a ‘hartmann luftwaffe’ in basic...
  10. johnnyjohnny

    a STiTCH in Time saves my A-2...heLP!

    i wrote this to member FISHMEOK, the impressive guy who has been building his own a-2s and sharing the pix and info with us on the forum...i wrote him this question and would also ask anyone who can add anything to answer me as well...i appreciate it: hi, thought you were the guy to ask this...
  11. johnnyjohnny

    when to wear your G-1...do you hear me!?!

    the Army/Navy came up with some great jackets, the a-2 and g-1...however, iN the Army or Navy, you can only wear these when the Army or Navy permits you to...per the Army Service Uniform Wear Policy...DO YOU HEAR ME SON!?! The following are excepts from Navy and Marine Corps Uniform...
  13. johnnyjohnny

    GOiNG oVer to the DaRK SiDE...Schott

    ...184SM that is... that is (shudder) SCHoTT's do-everything, be-nothing-that-is-authentic, a-2/g-1/g-2...acquaint yourself if you can bear to see such bLasphemeee: http://www.schottnyc.com/bomber-jackets/a-2-naked-cowhide-leather-flight.htm i suppose some people matriculate uP once...
  14. johnnyjohnny

    U.S. Wings...fLying LoW, sadLy...

    being the rah rah guy of buying U.S., and liking uswings cuts and general craftsmanship, i was rather saddened by how my transaction to buy a g-1 milspec jacket there ended... coming off of having purchased a uswings a-2 milspec, very beautiful in cut and craftsmanship, except for the end seam...
  15. johnnyjohnny

    WouLD YoU alter a CLASSiC Leather Jacket?

    just like to get the opinions of some astute FedoraLoungers... i bought a size 50 (stock size) vanson mercury jacket on ebay...surprisingly the large size is almost a perfect fit chest/shoulders at 26 1/2"" armpit to armpit, but the waist is too big at 46" all around...this jacket does NoT have...
  16. johnnyjohnny

    wHo is suggested to Re-LiNe Jackets?

    got a 60s perfecto that was beat uP on the outside, and has parts of the liner actually worn to disintegration... leather conditioner brought the steerhide back to insaNeLy wonderful life, the jacket is now suPerb, and i'm wondering who the ILLuminaTi on this site would recommend for a...
  17. johnnyjohnny

    iDentify this SCHoTT PerfecTo...pLease?

    i didn't think they made schott perfecto motorcycle jackets the way i like them, basically with a snap down a-2 style collar...never seen one like this, just had to win it on ebay...now that i did i'm wondering if anyone can identify it (year, model, etc)? it has snaps for a faux mouton...
  19. johnnyjohnny

    BaD pocket spacing on a-2/g-1s bother anyone?

    one element of g-1s and a-2s i've never heard addressed on the LounGe here, except obliquely when referring to rushed or poor work quality on original ww2 a-2s, is that of pocket spacing... i see quite a few, if not most, a-2s and g-1s with some sort of pocket spacing variance from 'perfect...
  20. johnnyjohnny

    NU A-2: PuNCHiNG the Tag through the leather

    really sad to have gotten a new g-1 from one of the major military jacket makers today and finding they attach their tag (on those plastic strands) punched through the leather of the sleeve... never seen that before...every jacket (from this company in the past and other companies always) has...
  21. johnnyjohnny

    Dr. JeKyL and Mr. LeXOL

    two sides to everything, including LeXOL... great stuff, but i've noticed that it comes through and spots the liner to varying degrees, most especially the way i've been sLathering the stuff on... i noticed a few little spots dabbing through on thick goat a-2s like the cockpitusa and...
  22. johnnyjohnny

    CHoKing my CooPer A-2, will i be prosecuTed?

    i am considering ruining, or improving, a classic cooper a-2 jacket, depending on your point of view. so i ask those in this forum their opinions... action considered, submitted for your approval (or disapprovaL): the cooper a-2 (not the saddlery cooper, but the one after that, the classic...
  23. johnnyjohnny

    ANJ-3...LooKs NiCE...StiLL WRoNG?

    to begin, i got a sporty's horse a-2 made a few years ago (post ww2 style)with full military specs...it is perhaps my favorite of all jackets...superb fit and construction... i wanted a true spec anj-3 for my collection...not the uswings pseudo version (no windflap!), and other stuff out there...

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