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Anyone own a Real McCoys flight jacket?

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I picked this one up on ebay last year for 600 bucks, and it was brand new looking when I got it. Still is not broken in very well. It is horsehide. I went overboard on the patches, and in retrospect, I would have just used the Flying Tigers patches, although I like the all leather path on the left of the jacket. I have a blood chit in leather sewn on the back of this jacket. Fedora

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MudInYerEye

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Nice jacket. I had a Real McCoy's Japan A-2 (McCoy's Sportswear model). Beautiful, but too big and long sold on eBay.
Currently own a several McCOy's jackets and other product but they are all of the motorcycle/work variety.
Great stuff, McCoy's. Among the best.
 

Jeffmo

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A2 Great Escape

Can anyone suggest which contract of A2 jacket Steve McQueen was wearing in The Great Escape? And what was the decal on the shoulder of the jacket: AAF Headquarters patch, perhaps?
 

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Good looking jackets. You know, I forgot the mention one of the reasons I am fond of the Real McCoy. The slimmer fit. My other A-2s are blousey comparitively. I like the slimmer fit. Fedora
 

airfrogusmc

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Fedora both of my A-2 were custom made. Their standard sizing is very trim. Also in their larger sizes RMNZs 50 is really a US 46. Anyone interested in buying one I would HIGHLY recommend sending them really good measurements. Congrats on the fantastic looking A-2 and a GREAT BUY.
 

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Fedora both of my A-2 were custom made. Their standard sizing is very trim. Also in their larger sizes RMNZs 50 is really a US 46. Anyone interested in buying one I would HIGHLY recommend sending them really good measurements. Congrats on the fantastic looking A-2 and a GREAT BUY.


I am assuming the trim fit was the way the originals were made? Regardless, it sure makes a difference in the way the jacket looks on me!! I do recall the guy telling me that although it was a particular size, it actually fit a size smaller. Once he told me it would fit a 48, I bid on it and got it. And I was gratified to find it fit as if it were made for me. Now, I want another one!! I am planning on a goatskin one, in a different pattern than mine, and one that I will leave as is, with no patches. Thanks for the advice about measurements. They are pricey jackets, but I have grown fond of the breed. :) regards, Fedora
 

Hemingway Jones

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Fedora,
That is a beautiful jacket. I think when you posted it over at COW it didn't have the patches. I love the way the patches look.

I don't have a Real McCoy, but I know these types of jackets are meant to be very slim fit, very closely tailored. It makes you want to lay off the sweets.

Peter Botwright measured me for a Wested at the QM and it is very tailored to me and now serves as my primary motivation to skip dessert. ;)

Great jacket. It motivated me to look at their website and drool!!! Awesome stuff.:)
 

grant

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Here's a photo of my Real McCoy's Roughwear. I normally wear a sz. 42 in RMNZ jackets but the Roughwears are cut trimmer in the chest than their Dubow or Monarch so I ended up getting a stock sz 44. This particular jacket had an analine finish that's wearing in beautifully. Grant

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BellyTank

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I've had a couple of RMC jackets (as well as many other repros and an orig.)and in my opinion, they're the best available repro- they have it all- well more than any other repro out there (maybe Buzz Rickson excepted).
Others would disagree with me but they really shoudn't ... ;)

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dudewuttheheck

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The RMC London store Facebook page has pics of the new Security Aviation Togs A-2 and a new ANJ -3 and they are stunning. And like the originals they are PIGMENT colored. None of this aniline BS. How do you get this stuff? The NYC store is closed and I cannot find a website, I guess you have to call London.

First of all: HOLY THREAD RESURRECTION, BATMAN!!!!!!

Secondly, I got my RMC JP jacket straight from Japan.
 

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