Doctor Strange
I'll Lock Up
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- Hudson Valley, NY
I'm a rank amateur by the standards of this place! But they're all for wearing, not collecting:
A-2 - US Authentic seal horsehide (44) - one tough mutha, I love it
A-2 - FS/G&B civil model in black goatskin (46) - great jacket, though the chest/shoulders are a bit baggy on me
M-422A - FS/G&B (46) - just got it last week, I love it... and it fits me better than their A-2
B-15, navy blue - Alpha (XL) - not a good repro, though a solid and warm jacket... but the removable fur collar is *so* wrong and just doesn't lay right
Indy - Wested Raiders model, dark brown lambskin (custom size, based on 44) - love it, great to wear when it's just too warm for a flight jacket
MA-1 variant, navy blue - LL Bean (XL) - briefly available around 1997 and dirt cheap ($40), it's oversized, is made of a tougher exterior fabric than usual, has synthetic down-type insulation, and isn't reversable (it's orange on the inside, but has a wallet pocket instead of snap pockets)... and the neck hole is definitely too big (I need something with a good collar under it, or a scarf). Though some of the insulation has leaked out and it's less puffy than it used to be (Down Jacket Syndrome), this is still a very warm and totally indestructable jacket - I use it for cold-weather hiking, snow shoveling, etc.
80s bomber jacket, brown naked cowhide - Schott (marked 46, but fits more like a 42) - I got this over twenty years ago and wore the heck of it for several years. White pile lining (quilting in sleeves), brown pile G-1-ish collar, 2-piece back, 3-piece sleeves (one functions like a gussett), visible snaps on epaulets, etc. Way too small for me now, pretty beat up, and the knits are loose and pilled, but I just can't part with it - I'm keeping it in the hope that my son may want to wear it when he grows a bit.
I've also got the usual array of assorted windbreakers and baseball jackets, a denim jacket, an LL Bean warmup jacket, a nice double-breasted navy blue long wool coat I never wear, etc.
A-2 - US Authentic seal horsehide (44) - one tough mutha, I love it
A-2 - FS/G&B civil model in black goatskin (46) - great jacket, though the chest/shoulders are a bit baggy on me
M-422A - FS/G&B (46) - just got it last week, I love it... and it fits me better than their A-2
B-15, navy blue - Alpha (XL) - not a good repro, though a solid and warm jacket... but the removable fur collar is *so* wrong and just doesn't lay right
Indy - Wested Raiders model, dark brown lambskin (custom size, based on 44) - love it, great to wear when it's just too warm for a flight jacket
MA-1 variant, navy blue - LL Bean (XL) - briefly available around 1997 and dirt cheap ($40), it's oversized, is made of a tougher exterior fabric than usual, has synthetic down-type insulation, and isn't reversable (it's orange on the inside, but has a wallet pocket instead of snap pockets)... and the neck hole is definitely too big (I need something with a good collar under it, or a scarf). Though some of the insulation has leaked out and it's less puffy than it used to be (Down Jacket Syndrome), this is still a very warm and totally indestructable jacket - I use it for cold-weather hiking, snow shoveling, etc.
80s bomber jacket, brown naked cowhide - Schott (marked 46, but fits more like a 42) - I got this over twenty years ago and wore the heck of it for several years. White pile lining (quilting in sleeves), brown pile G-1-ish collar, 2-piece back, 3-piece sleeves (one functions like a gussett), visible snaps on epaulets, etc. Way too small for me now, pretty beat up, and the knits are loose and pilled, but I just can't part with it - I'm keeping it in the hope that my son may want to wear it when he grows a bit.
I've also got the usual array of assorted windbreakers and baseball jackets, a denim jacket, an LL Bean warmup jacket, a nice double-breasted navy blue long wool coat I never wear, etc.
