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G-1 repro choice
fLying the 'COOP' ...my oLe forum pal johnson, might i add some info...indeed cooper made two versions, but like so many other manufacturers, including gibson and barnes, the only difference was no 'usn' on the windflap and side-entry pockets next to the patch pockets (not hidden)...just like...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #18
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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G-1 repro choice
Geeeee-1 HeLLuVa PRiCE TaG i'll definitely second that info...if you happen to be a legit size 46 or bigger you may pay for that vintage g-1 on ebay (the following info is all ebay-related)...and if you wanna go back to the Apocalypse NoW daze of the 60s or before, you will pay a premium for...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #10
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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A-2 horsehide from gibson-barnes
yEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! uh...YEAH!- johnnyjohnny
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G-1 repro choice
eBargain having just spent the last weeeeeeeek (yes, it was longgg) on ebay buying, looking, and selling a new schott 184sm, and buying an in-new condition vanson mercury for $250, i must say prices on ebay are LOw... now, prior to the latest econ mess, if you compared vintage g-1s in...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #7
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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BuY my SCHOTT 184SM g-1/a-2/g-2 styLe jacket...
EaGLE fLying to DeutschLand! well, for a $400 jacket that was worn 3 times reading magazines in borders, $285 on ebay should make me shed a tear, but i bought a Vanson Mercury size 48 (the correct size this time) in the same like new condition for $250 on ebay the week before, over a $400...- johnnyjohnny
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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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...- johnnyjohnny
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What do you guys use or recommend to apply Pecard's leather dressing...
an oLd wive told me... actually, it was on several of the 'how to take care of leather' websites, that admittedly share a lot of the same info, repeating it...but the statement was that petroleum products will, over time, begin to have a deteriorating effect on leather, breaking down the...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #21
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What do you guys use or recommend to apply Pecard's leather dressing...
what do you appLy pecard's with? a gaSoline nozzle. ok, sorry for that heresy as pecard's is sorely loved on this forum, i know. however, one contradiction no one has ever explained to me is that oil/petroleum products, or conditioners having petrol products in them, are recommended by...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #19
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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ANJ-3...LooKs NiCE...StiLL WRoNG?
sLeeeeeeeeVe it aLone, OMAR! interesting info on the origins of leather... as for the longs sleeves, be careful omar...remember these flier jackets, especially the very early ones, were all variants of motorcycle jackets...and many of those have long sleeves when your arms are down, but when...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #16
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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High $ Vintage Hercules
such a strange wOrld! thanks jac, i'm glad i could help. by the way, i do love 'a-HA!' very much (which you referenced in your subject line). i took it upon myself, being a former journalist, to call the Tokyo lab involved in this bizarre Elvis and jacket thing, and ask them if they...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #9
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High $ Vintage Hercules
truth reveaLed actually, i came across this story in the brit press, which seems to explain things: "[WORLDPRESS]--Rumours were bolstered that a cloned Elvis Presley, extrapolated from dried saliva of the King of Rock and Roll on a stick of Wrigley's gum, will be alive and outfitted one year...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #7
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G1 or A2
much study done on this fascinating question... since this posting first went up i did not feel i had the background or expertise to weigh in... since then i have buried myself in research and first hand inquiries into the material and materiel needed for an answer to such an apparently brash...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #28
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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BoTOX for JaCKETS???
eeeeeeeeK! yes, time to return to base with the leather cpr and give it break...thanks for the warning- johnnyjohnny
- Post #5
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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BoTOX for JaCKETS???
aTTaCKiNG TACK with CPR well Peacoat, that's a hearty recommendation for leather cpr...i just came across it on my own and had never heard of anyone on the fedLounge even mentioning it...it sounds so, excuse the pun, tacky, compared to all these almost metaphysically referred to products like...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #3
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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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...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
Sie erhalten Ihre Flügel do you have a Stuka Ju-87 to go with that jacket? where did you get it...i musT knoWWWWW! replica? reaL deaL?- johnnyjohnny
- Post #80
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Response to a PRiVaTE message on A-2 QUALiTY
more iS Le$$ i've alas found your theorem, cbi, to have been proven over the time i've gotten to know, and buy, many jackets at first, it's a hard piLL to swallow that anything justifies dropping $700 on an a-2 when you can get one that looks sooooo nice on the websites from usawings...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #6
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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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...- johnnyjohnny
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What is the opinion on Coats from Amazon.com?
AMaZiNG.com now, legaLConcepts, don't sue me if i'm wrong, but my experience with amazon has been suPerb...in fact, by definition it can't be bad you can always return something which you don't like as long as you check it out first before putting wear on it, and they always have the lowest...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #4
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Washed Aeros?
the dRinK or the beD... howdy... i had a discussion with dave marshall, the leather master at gibson and barnes (flightsuits.com) when he brought up breaking in jackets...someone had bought a heavy horsehide from them, and marshall told the fellow that it would take at the least, months of...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #6
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
