ALL ORIGINAL Irvin RAF type Jackets - Loving that Wolf in sheeps' clothing!

[aswatland]

Yeah I'm just waiting for Andrew's definitive book to come out...which would actually be pretty amazing, and maybe more than just us Fedora Lounge nerds would buy it. Would it be a large coffee-table type photo-journal? Or more compact with lots of written history? I know that I never get tired of seeing pictures of people's Irvins, that's for sure.

Thank you for your kind works. It would be be the latter type of book, but with plenty of pictures.

 

[Mk Vb]

No pressure Andrew...

 

[Otter]

Next week would be good though................!

 

[Mk Vb]

I was gonna give him this winter to get some good wearing days in, then mount a petition for a late spring release...

 

[Ernest]

My Irvin jacket

Hi, I bought this from its original owner, Flight Sargent Manwaring, in 1977 who served in the 1948 Berlin airlift at RAF transport command.
I'd love to hear if anyone knows any information.

 

[ButteMT61]

That's a great looking jacket!

 

[Ernest]

Thanks! I bought it to wear but I thought the labels were unusual so I've hung it up for 30 years to keep them intact.

 

[ButteMT61]

It's got fantastic wear and color. You were probably smart to hang it up. That's lovely...

 

[Otter]

Looks superb, thanks for posting the photos, I am sure Andrew will be along shortly.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Wow..!!

 

[aswatland]

I have only seen electrically wired jackets from this 1939 IAC contract. This jacket may be a mid '30s jacket that has been refurbished by IAC under the B24376/39/C.1 contract. The skin side appears to have been re-coated in a dark seal shade. The fleece is typical of mid 30s IAC jackets.

 

[Ernest]

thanks otter look forward to hearing from andrew hes a real expert

 

[Ernest]

thanks

 

[Spitfire]

Ernest: That is one amazing jacket!

 

[Ernest]

thanks spitfire i love my irvin

 

[aswatland]

I would be interested in seeing some close up pictures of the jacket, such as of the collar back, the single trunnion Dot zips and of the slider box and belt buckle. The very earliest IAC jackets had an unmarked slider buckets, like my 1933 Irvin before they were stamped Dot Made in England and Dot British.

 

[Dumpster Diver]

WOW, GLORIOUS!!!

hands down! one of the nicest RAF jackets Ive seen in my life! beautiful!

 

[Otter]

Sorry to see you go, as you probably know, I am Otter at the other place as well.

 

[aswatland]

This is a real shame Soren and a loss to TFL. I hope you reconsider at some stage.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Good-bye, Spitfire. We've never crossed paths but I wish you well. (What is VLJ?)