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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
and yeT moRe... thanks SoLo, i appreciate your unfettered appreciation for this jacket...also i wanted to thank StOrM (not the wrestler, the FedLounge member) for his warm post, and Smithy, as well as others... as for this aero Luftwaffe on fliegerjacke, JanSoLo is right on...i checked with...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
the SoLOiST OOPS mistaken post...real one below- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
SS thanks for the wishes for me and LaLaLand FeLtFan... as for hugo boss, we won't go into that...except to say his fine work for the ss uniform won't be listed among the credits on the hugo boss website just got this letter from derek at Lewis, so thought i'd post it here: I note...- johnnyjohnny
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gibson barnes veg russet goat a-2
SiZabLe question on size, something i found out pretty quick with not only vintage a-2 and g-1s (or any leather jacket) but with the modern stuff as well, size varies from manufacturer to manufacturer...and oft times from style of coat to style even WiTHiN manufacturers... i've posted before...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
some DoMiNaTing questions answered thanks for some of the questions which i do have answers for>>> i think Edward most eloquently and accurately answered the 'naZi' question, so i wouldn't elaborate on that...howeVer, as to the luftwaffe vintage jacket i posted many posts ago, Edward is also...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #14
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
but what would ViVieNNe say?! well Edward, i CouLD wear my new jacke with a coLLar and tiE...however, i might look a bit tOO much like one of goring's crew>>> but you suRe know your stuff about your Brit coat manufacturers...in fact all you Brits seem to know your finest jacket makers...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE FLiES: LEWiS LEATHERS 'DOMiNATOR' Review
thanks to Spitfire, Rufus and Johnson... together you guys sound like a law firm, or a rap group, can't decide which, but i thank you so much for your kind comments... what makes getting anything you love more enjoyable is sharing it with others, especially those who appreciate it... sitting...- johnnyjohnny
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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...- johnnyjohnny
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Has anyone ever stopped you and asked if they could "pet your coat"?
GeT aHoLD of YouRSELF...er...i mean... geeeeeez smithy, do we really need to hear this personal stuff?!- johnnyjohnny
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Custom Made Leather Sqd/Group patches
Heeeeee's gooooD hi siggy, i have to tell people you are quite good...wish you'd get some patch pictures up on photobucket or something so you could post them here... i came across you on a military blog, while i was looking for a leather version of vf-3 felix the cat with a...- johnnyjohnny
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Has anyone ever stopped you and asked if they could "pet your coat"?
anyone ask to pet my coat? ...yes, people have asked to pet my coat... ...but i don't think they meant what you were asking about- johnnyjohnny
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Fake leather?
LeatheR uP! have no fear, sears leather shop was sears' name for their leather ware the 60s/70s, possibly 80s...i even have a schott 184sm style jacket made from their leather...not only does it look real with grain variegation that would definitely NoT be so varied if it wErE fake, but sears...- johnnyjohnny
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An A-2 / G-1 question for those of you who have worn or felt a Schott 184SM
going soLo thanks for the clarifications...even though the burger comparison was a bit lost on me as i'm a vegetarian (right...then why am i buying leather jackets?...ask my psychiatrist) otherwise, do say hi to ilya kuryakin for me... oooooops, i mean chewbacca- johnnyjohnny
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Korean Avirex
cRazeeeeee yes, i've gone a bit crazy on fedLounge before about buying u.s. military jackets made by foreign countries... i have a suPerb, really amazing, sporty's horsehide a-2 from about 10 years ago...this lead me to buy another one recently...a g-2...when i got it, it was very nice, but...- johnnyjohnny
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Korean Avirex
...and mOre... hi iMa... aside from the 'quality' difference, and the fact that the korean avirex were so wrong vis a vis the milspecs, especially on having the multi-piece backs, just the concept is disturbing, of getting a korean-made jacket that is a u.s. military creation, and would...- johnnyjohnny
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What is B-3 Jacket temperature comfort range?
LaLaLand report i had to sell my authentic b-3 as well...i only got to wear it twice a year here in lalaland...it was at night, walking in santa monica, with a temperature of around 45 to 48 degrees...and i only had on a light shirt underneath... too bad, it's a gorgeous jacket style, but...- johnnyjohnny
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Korean Avirex
mE again sorry to keep being the one to answer your questions iMa... but the military jacket avirex today is like the george bush of next year...out of office...no more, defunct... the company avirex was sold, and the larger avirex no longer makes mil jackets, but relegates that to their...- johnnyjohnny
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Cockpit jackets
let the sunshine, and fLo thanks sunfLo for not taking offense, none was at all intended :) as for the original question, which is a better jacket, and that being all, i'd say hands down the avirex...as mentioned in my inaugural address above, the coopers are: 1. thiNNNNNNN leather 2...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #12
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Cockpit jackets
nOt 'authentic'??? hi, i must point out a common fallacy when folks claim cooper jackets aren't 'authentic'... by their own definition, they are exactly accurate...they are nOt ww2 replicant jackets such as eastman, chapman, and the like make... they were newly issued 80s jackets made to...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #8
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An A-2 / G-1 question for those of you who have worn or felt a Schott 184SM
i wear cHRoME! thanks mr. solo...any relation to napoleon (uncle, not 1800s france)? as for the veggie vs chrome info, which is interesting, i'd like to ask if this 'everything chromed' these days means the mid to low price jackets (that i usually get) like cockpitusa, and some other current...- johnnyjohnny
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