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A-2 Advice needed. Please don't hate me if this has been covered.
SiZe is a SiZaBLe probLemo aside from puns, size is a sizable issue...they all seem to have different ideas of what this or that size is...and i mean every a-2 manufacturer from 1945 on that i've tried i'm getting my second uswings g-1 milspec and uswings a-2 milspec because i loved the...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #16
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
WeST HOLLYWooD LuFTWAFFEN ...weLL Baron, it certainly is for the twO guys in that picture- johnnyjohnny
- Post #175
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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A-2 Advice needed. Please don't hate me if this has been covered.
$$$$$$$$$ i have to agree with the folks here who suggest buying premium from the start... i didn't...and i found myself rebuying and rebuying jackets, not quite satisfied with what i had gotten each time... i personally like modern yet true milspec jackets (no sidepocket, a throat hook, trim...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
sNoopy vs. TheRedBaron i may be just a humble beagle on a dog house vs. you, the great RedBaron, but i have to say, my review of the noblehouse 'hartmann' luftwaffe jacket i got was anything but polemic...they were rather nice to me aside from not at least giving me back half my expensive...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #171
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Custom Highwayman
DeR AeRO well, loox like you have mY jacket! i ordered the highwayman geared to have all the features that a german ww2 hartmann-style luftwaffe jacket would have (except the neck and waist buckle on the front) and your jacket is what i came up with... mine's in dark brown horsehide, but...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #20
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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NU A-2: PuNCHiNG the Tag through the leather
WRoNG is RiGHTeD... happy to say the company was rather horriFied as well when they heard about how the tag was attached through the leather, and are sending me a paid mailing label to send it back to them, and it will be replaced...the customer service was very swift and quite concerned, and...- johnnyjohnny
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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...- johnnyjohnny
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Dr. JeKyL and Mr. LeXOL
i was SCHoTT, and survived CPR just finished CPR on the used schott jacket i got on ebay... the leather cpr stuff definitely gives the enjoyment of a real leather treatment, cleaning and conditioning, vs. squirting on lexol...i never had a problem with lexol and the leather, but that stuff...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #17
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Dr. JeKyL and Mr. LeXOL
giving my SchoTT CPR now don't laugh at me, but i finally decided to use something called Leather CPR...no, i didn't need any defib paddles to apply the stuff actually, i checked out all the advice regarding leather, and two rather contradictory things came through...1. pecards was the...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #14
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
secret society should stay secreT! as i mentioned, i had first hand experience with noble house, or 'secret.society' as their ebay name is... their 'hartmann' black ww2 luftwaffe jacket seemed to have sleeves that were a bit tight and short for the large size i got, though arguably and...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #167
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
DaS JaCKeTS very nice arado, and it's fascinating the resurgence in interest in the ww2 luftwaffe jacket styles...(hmmm, wonder if jeremy irons has one)... resurgence...hmmm, i think this is just a surgence (uh, surge)...from what i've seen out there past and present, i don't think any...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #160
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NEW ELC .50CAL A2
50 CaLiBer eastman...bang bang the raison d'etre for this jacket according to eastman is that it comes having had inflicted upon it, "developed treatments to give the new jacket a patina of initial wear (quoting from eastman on this item)" reminds me of the story about laurence olivier and...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
neverrrrrrrrr miiiiiiiiiind...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #158
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
pLeeeeeeeeeeZE! not to get political, but rather from purely a technical standpoint: Technically this is political and unwanted here. Feraud as for jeremy irons and Hans-Joachim Marseille, irons was born 6 years after marseille...the more accepted reincarnation cycles are in fact in the...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #156
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
hear hear! always interesting information from you mr. bellytank... now here's some interesting news for you that shows how on track you are...there are theories on the net that jeremy irons was perhaps a reincarnation of HaNs...to wit...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #154
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Aero Steerhide
a horse is a HorSe of course of courSe... to restate what has been stated above, yes, aero uses u.s. horsehide, which has for a number of years been prohibited from being from slaughtered or killed horses (a la 'the misfits' petfood horses, or slaughtered mustangs, etc...not allowed no more)...- johnnyjohnny
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Aero Steerhide
meMoReeeeeeeZ... i had a girlfriend i lost many years ago...spent 20 years pining over her, wondering what would have been had i been man enough to commit...all that stuff... then one night in acting class i did the jerry maguire monologue about nothing mattering unless you have that...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #38
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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New Aero Route 66
das ist gut! great jacket... this is quite a bit what i ordered from aero to be my modern version of a ww2 luftwaffe jacket...in brown horse as well... only differences are that there are two top slit pockets/zippered going horizontal (a la classic hartmann style); no straps around the...- johnnyjohnny
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LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!
aHHHHHH, Auld Lang Syne!!!!!!! wow mr. beLLyTank! what a treasure trove of pix! certainly proves that there was no one style of the ww2 luftwaffe jacket, but definitely what was in fact out there, as multivariated as they were... as for jans joachim marseille, i believe he predated jeremy...- johnnyjohnny
- Post #152
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ANJ-3...LooKs NiCE...StiLL WRoNG?
i LoVe you MaNNN! thanks to the last 3 commentors for understanding where i am coming from on the anj-3...i can't say everyone should have my opinion, all i can say is that "I" have it, and it's deep felt sporty's sent me a generic product evaluation email after my purchase (even though i...- johnnyjohnny
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
