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  1. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    thanks for understanding my obsession...i am sooo obsessive and the jacket apparently is at the post office today, so later i'll get over there...an immediate reaction will likely follow this evening, and pix in the next few days as i can take them aside from the "luftwaffe' (i'll use it...
  2. johnnyjohnny

    Does Anyone Make an Insulated Version of a G-1, etc?

    schott schott, of course, makes the 184sm, which has a zip out thinksulate inner layer...fur collar also comes off...seems what you're looking for...as well as these going for a better price on ebay, though often the fur collar or inner liner is not with the jacket anymore, so you'll have to...
  3. johnnyjohnny

    Question on A-2 Fit

    as you say, the 184sm is truly not an a-2, or g-1, but some motorcycle jacket attempt to combine the styles...and for not being militarily authentic, i'd say nicely too from everything i've heard and experienced with leather, it is supposed to stretch, if anything, with wear, unless you throw...
  4. johnnyjohnny

    Brill G-1 questions

    "it's not a Lost Worlds..." uhhh, i wasn't saying it was not a lost world's made jacket...i was joking...uh, lost world/small world, you both owned the same jacket? small world after all? it is, indeed, a small world. or crazy one.
  5. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    oooh, lively talk. got a few more words out of laconic hdaddy than in a couple months of his spartan and tersely dry posts...and i always feel talk is good, even if people disagree i'm always happy to be swayed...love it in fact, which is why i solicited info on whether it was not in fact until...
  7. johnnyjohnny

    g-i new jacket

    heresy i'll duck for cover after saying this, but if you want a current contracted g-1 jacket, and remarkably at a budget price, i recommend 'excelled'...you can go to leathercoatsetc.com and get an 'excelled' that is made under contract for the u.s. military (of course there are more than one...
  8. johnnyjohnny

    Brill G-1 questions

    it's not a Lost Worlds... ...it's a small world. couldn't resist. p.s. and finch, i want your jacket. 48's are impossible to find. or nearly so as you prove.
  9. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    verrry interesting very interesting, bellytank, as arte johnson (wolfgang the german soldier on laugh-in) used to say... french motorbike jacket design (without windflap) ending up being one of the most iconic (in my and eastman's opinion) flight jackets of ww2, and the most iconic enemy...
  10. johnnyjohnny

    Lost Worlds Downtown not too bad at all

    superb very nice jacket, looking great on you... howevah, i must ask, who is the luscious very tanned lady sitting on the bench with you in one picture?
  11. johnnyjohnny

    I do ID's of WW2 Military Aviation patches

    u r great siggy did a patch for an a-2 customer of mine who wanted authenticity...the guy was blown away with what he got, writing me an effusive letter about what siggy did...siggy many be too modest to mention but he's done replacement patches for many ww2 pilots whose jackets may have been...
  13. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    sure why not. which brings up another question you or someone else might know...was it military jackets (a-2/g-1) of ww2 that brought the windflap into both utility and vogue? which would be ironic since the early 30s motojackets didn't have them (from what i've seen), likely because...
  14. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    ok, how's about... cool info, highwayman based on a util jacket...and i thought it was the other way around...whatta fool, huh however, there are a buncho aero 'motorcycle' jackets that have no windflaps...could be they're all based on that utility jacket... some of the other leather aero...
  15. johnnyjohnny

    Cooper A-2 question

    more atticus, i agree that the orchard is much more a ww2 cut...it's very clean, and very squared off and trim...i think the lower arms do make a2s very 'mall jacket'-like, meaning blousy so they fit rather out of shape bodies more easily...which is what civi manufacturers are concerned with...
  16. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    accuracy and other things thanks bellytank for your congrats must admit, that if numbers were the guide, the eastman would probably not correspond to the 'median' or even the design most actually worn by the luftwaffe in ww2...there were so many different varieties on a theme however...
  17. johnnyjohnny

    My NEW Aero Zip Sleeve Highwayman!!

    couLda wouLda shouLdnota congrats on the jacket! i'll admit now that i had scheduled a bid on this jacket considerably higher than your winning bid, but after measuring all my other best fitting similar style jackets, i concluded i needed a 26" armpit to armpit rather than the 25.5" on this...
  19. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    yixe wow...i think somebody did see that pic... in other news, within 24 hours i heard from both gary eastman and several of his folks at eastman, and their size 46 is apparently the exact size stock that i need....woooohooo...they ship it out tomorrow...i'll certainly let all know as soon...
  20. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    Bartender Notice. thanks 'G' for the offer, but i may be keeping this one... just need a restored messerschmitt Bf109E-1 to go with it. BARTENDER NOTICE - That's just not appropriate on a number of levels Johnny, and I think you realise that. There are plenty of other places on the WWW...
  21. johnnyjohnny

    US Navy flight jacket

    iT'ssssss a... nice jacket...it's a ralph edwards, obviously as the label sez, which was a govt contractor for g-1s, which means it's milspec g-1, which means it's goat...by the dsa number i see '77' there so i'm guessing by that, and when the other edwards were made that i've seen on ebay...
  22. johnnyjohnny

    did iT...(guLp!)...ordered a new EASTMAN luftwaffe jacket

    well, i bit the bullet, so to speak, and ordered a size 46 eastman black horsehide luftwaffe jacket an hour ago... if anyone has any experience as to what will happen next, how long, if i'll even hear from eastman, etc, i'd really appreciate it i had written eastman an email from their...
  23. johnnyjohnny

    ALMOST MINT STAR SPORTSWEAR A2

    lefTy hey, what's with the slightly oversize left side of the collar? i've noticed this on a number of ww2 designs, more or less. i just sold a post war spiewak a-2 that used the same patterns as their ww2 production coat...it had an even bigger left collar side that i thought was a mistake...

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