September 2 is VJ-Day (official end of WWII) so I’m sporting a 1980’s USS MISSOURI cap (when the battleship was still in commission on Active Duty); MISSOURI was the ship upon which the Japanese signed the official surrender document. Oh yes, and a repro M-422a
Avirex was making good quality military flight jacket repro’s back in the 1970’s and 80’s (before the market exploded with so many manufacturers with varying degrees of quality and authenticity). Sadly Avirex quality went downhill in the succeeding years before the company morphed into...
Magnificent! Looks great, and in afew years it will look even better. That coat is ready for everything from rain & snow to a zombie apocalypse.
Wear it in good health.
Interesting post; I found an old Sears Leather Shop leather bomber jacket on eBay in mint/unworn condition for $75 and it’s identical to a Schott 674. Excellent workmanship and superb steerhide leather. It was a size 48 tall and fits me perfectly. A quick check on eBay today showed many vintage...
Visited my favorite historic aircraft, the B-29 “Enola Gay” at the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA (the whole museum is amazing!). Wearing a MilSpec G-1, tho maybe I should have worn an A-2 or at least a B-10/B-15 :)
I’m a licensed ship captain and this is one of my “work” jackets: early 1980’s vintage Avirex G-1 with the nicest, grainiest goatskin imaginable! Added an Acme Thunderer whistle and an anchor shaped zip puller. Anchors aweigh!
Cool jacket. Very similar to 1980’s pre-distressed cowhide A-2’s sold by LL Bean, Banana Republic, etc.
I think if you try to re-dye it you might end up with a hot mess since the hide was already made with a distressed finish and never had an even, solid uniform color to begin with.
I would...
Five Star made a B-15D for me that was simply incredible. They produced the 1950’s silver-sage color material perfectly. I highly recommend them for their textile jackets (I also have a Navy 37J1, a B-10 and a B-15; all of them excellent reproductions).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335198522897?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dUSxL_YAT02&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dUSxL_YAT02&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I’m selling my Buzz Rickson B-15C jacket in a size 44; I’ve also got this jacket listed on eBay. Buy-it-now $349.00 (sorry no...
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