Jacket Question

[Blitz190]

I can understand that. For me it isn’t really about inaccuracies on the history bunker it’s more I don’t like the way it looks, and if was casually wearing that it would bother me. When they were making them during the war they got a lot of the details just perfect for whatever reason and that makes the jackets look really good in my opinion

Ah, that's fair. Price wise it'd definitely be a bit lower than getting a custom one from Magnoli. But with Magnoli I'd be able to get a custom lining to really hammer home the vintage look.

 

[abbaralph]

Ah, that's fair. Price wise it'd definitely be a bit lower than getting a custom one from Magnoli. But with Magnoli I'd be able to get a custom lining to really hammer home the vintage look.

Would love to see how it turns out for you however I think you’ll get just as good with five star leather as magnoli and both are made in Pakistan or India. Five star can do the correct vintage wool lining that the jackets were made with

 

[Blitz190]

Would love to see how it turns out for you however I think you’ll get just as good with five star leather as magnoli and both are made in Pakistan or India. Five star can do the correct vintage wool lining that the jackets were made with

I'm mainly thinking a plaid or pinstripe lining, rather than the heavier wool lining.

 

[abbaralph]

Here’s the new five star jacket compared to the original. I haven’t sewn buttoned on it yet, just got it

 

[Blitz190]

Here’s the new five star jacket compared to the original. I haven’t sewn buttoned on it yet, just got it

How's the leather quality with that? I'm currently leaning towards History Bunker since price wise it'd be much more affordable than a custom jacket from Magnoli. Granted I'd imagine shipping is going to bump the price up but still. Would still be cheaper to get both styles compared to the one custom jacket.

 

[abbaralph]

I think the leather quality is great. It was a special tanned goatskin just for the purpose of matching the jacket. I am not a leather expert although I have owned many leather jackets over the years. I am very impressed with how this turned out. And they do have a variety of brown goatskin, horsehide and cowhide and buffalo hide to choose from at five star

 

[Blitz190]

I think the leather quality is great. It was a special tanned goatskin just for the purpose of matching the jacket. I am not a leather expert although I have owned many leather jackets over the years. I am very impressed with how this turned out. And they do have a variety of brown goatskin, horsehide and cowhide and buffalo hide to choose from at five star

So my current plan is History Bunker, since it'd be cheaper to get both U-boat style jackets from them if I really wanted to compared to the one custom jacket from Magnoli. Though I'll probably just get one, at least for now.

 

[abbaralph]

That sounds like a good plan to me. Send pictures of the actual jacket once it arrives

 

[Blitz190]

So a bit of an update, or I guess a lack there of. Haven't gotten around to ordering yet, things have just been busy. As dumb as it is, I haven't gotten a chance to get my measurements (while I do have a cloth tape measure, I don't trust myself to get accurate measurements on my own).

But I am thinking of getting one of the engineer jackets in brown. Be it History Bunker or some other seller if there's anyone better that can do that in brown. Main issue is I haven't really seen them in brown outside of them, since that wasn't really a "thing" I guess. Just not a fan of the grey and I would prefer a brown jacket over black.