oH mY
just realized i needed 2 more posts to hit 500. have slacked off a bit since i got the perfect jacket (eastman luftwaffe horsehide), but now i need one more post to hit 500. i'll choose wisely.
i am gratified to know that everyone on fedlounge has enjoyed every one of my posts immensely ;)
civil response
a look at the civil air patrol website (http://www.capmembers.com/cap_national_hq/member_services/uniform_information/) has a link to vanguard, and vanguard makes a number of their uniform and jacket requirements.
i think it's pretty cool to get legit spec leather jackets...
congrattttttttts!
love your philosophy of creating true to the era jackets! nice site...i know you'll do well, and i'll certainly check up on your offerings. including, of course, your luftwaffe style offerings.
well, it's time to get rid of jackets that are a bit snug or tight on moi. so, offered for your appreciation, this Johnson Leather of San Francisco MiLSPEC replica of the WW2 G-2 jacket that briefly replaced the A-2.
offered for a buy it now price of $175 on ebay with many pix and more info...
'we must be ashamed for nothing'...paden
it is reassuring to hear paden for fliegerjacke state that their jacket is NOT made by noble house. though my experience is based on a luftwaffe jacket purchased several years ago from noble house, their jacket was mediocre at best and i sent it back...
how strange...
thanks doc strange for pointing out the sizing issues as well, and some other choices...
for my money, literally, i went for leatheretc's g-1 milspec made by excelled, and it's one of the actual contract g-1's supplied to the military, tall and numerical sizing, plus the price...
miLspec insanity
alpha looks tremendous...howevahhhhh
if you have a disease (which i often do) that requires you to get actual milspec versions that have been manufactured for the u.s. military or according to contract specs, then the alpha will not do.
i fell in love with it and contacted an...
SOLD
don't cry, but you missed this one. sold for an obscene $75. see what you guys missed!
selling my minty (worn less than 6 careful times) military spec US Coastguard issue G-1 made only by uswings...selling for $369 discounted on their site, this one is available from me for fixed...
well, selling what i don't wear again...this one's a beaut!
an AUTHENTiC HARLEY LABEL ViNTAGE A-2 MOTO JACKET XL that has extremely little use on it. over on 'the bay' if you care to look. has a buy it now so may not last...last one i put up there lasted 2 days...this one's truly a rare...
SOLD!
thanks all.
well, it had to happen.
when i got my eastman luftwaffe jacket it put the death sentence on a number of similar jackets i had purchased, but would never wear since i just can't take the eastman off.
if you check out the classifieds here on the lounge you'll see me sadly...
SOLD!
i thank you all.
well, i didn't want to sell it...it's gorgeous, but my plans to wear this thick leather motorcycle jacket i got last year ended as soon as i got my Eastman Luftwaffe jacket.
this Dyer leather jacket came just slightly big at sz 48 (more like a 46 to 48) so i had only...
yay cockpit
nice! and you had the fun of going to that store. jacket actually looks perfect fit...size around torso is how i wear mine, wouldn't go any tighter on me, but each to his own.
had thought you were going to get the cockpit ww2 repros with the leather patches on them, they make 3...
go capt!
way to go capt...i guarantee you will love this jacket! it does come an entire size smaller (like the ww2 mil sizing) than civilian sizes, and some so-called military sizing (uswings and gibson and barnes, both of which run like normal sizes, but nice styling)
as for why fedloungers...
uswings thread
hi guys...wrote this thread originally late 2008...unless you personal message folks on the lounge here we don't get notified of responses to the thread, tho i'm going to try this thing that says 'email notification', which might do that.
anyway, capt cave...you've probably...
welcome...good choice
welcome to thefanaticlounge...and i am of course one of the most fanatic...
you say you didn't care if the jacket you got was an accurate replica, but over time i think you will, and be very happy you got a high quality proper A-2...true us authentic is not a repro of a...
LEWiS DOMiNATOR on...me?
yuppers, that's me in that thar jacket. (no, not the dude singing 'la montanara...very cool i must say) happy to clear up any confusion about the lewis and the fit.
it was actually a tad too snug for my taste around the chest...but according to more normal people it...
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
what an incredible jacket...congrats
for me the eastman luftwaffe i bought is perfection, but this is a nice variation on perfection...
being in lalaland i'd probably need to custom order to have quilting taken out, but i'd leave the design as intended even tho i...
oDDball
i recall watching this movie a couple of years ago and wondering what kind of jacket he had on...i was just learning about what was and wasn't an a-2, and knew those unsewn-on epaulets were not ww2...and in fact they seem very much to be a schott motorcycle jacket, the current number...
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