John Lever
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Ingo, this is the one I have waited a long time for !!!Paden said:
The colour looks black or very dark brown ?
Thanks,
Ingo, this is the one I have waited a long time for !!!Paden said:
johnnyjohnny said:yes, i thought that might be the case...whilst the fliegerjacke website sells the current luftwaffe jacket (a nice exact version also done by flightsuits/gibson and barnes, for less money i believe as price is in doLLar$ not euroz), vedddy interesting their ww2 replica is done by the briTz at eastman...
as for me...i sent my noble haus back and am waiting for my aero which i chose options for that replicate nearly exactly the ww2 luftwaffe hartmann...by the great Scotts
johnnyjohnny
Graemsay said:I think that the jackets sold by Original Fliegerjacken are mostly Aeros and Eastmans.
If you compare the Messerschmidt jacket (linked to above), with:
http://www.eastmanleather.com/WWIILuft.htm
It's apparent that the details are identical. (The same label, zips, etc.) Only Eastman are selling their's for a lot less.
How about a 30's bike jacket ?Paden said:Yes, that is right.
But we held the Messerschmitt and Arado Trade Mark for Germany and sell the jackets under our own label.The german Eastman shop sells it nearly to the same price.
But we are selling also a channel jacket, made by us, also the LW WWII shorts also made by us and we are working on a sheepskin version LW WWII.
tonypaj said:(take for example the cotton A-2 they have, which seems to be a pure product of imagination, but which btw I also bought, and like).
johnnyjohnny said:i'll keep posting pictures i find on the net of original luftwaffe jackets as they are not easy to find, and it might be of interest the variety of them there were, and the construction of the legit and original ones...the few that are now made by replicators are the icons, but it's interesting to see so many varieties out there...this one has the original (and it is pretty clear it's the original) luftwaffe tag put in the jacket that these apparently had when they were commissioned or bought by luftwaffe pilots:
http://san1.atlanta.gbhinc.com/GB/099835000/99835029/pix2991635343.jpg
http://san1.atlanta.gbhinc.com/GB/099835000/99835029/pix2991635406.jpg
http://san1.atlanta.gbhinc.com/GB/099835000/99835029/pix2991635750.jpg
johnnyjohnny said:one question i do have though, is, with all the variations in a-2 design not only over the years, but during ww2, and then again post war milspec versions, etc...hOW has the g-1 jacket been able to remain extremely stable in design from one manufacturer to the next? all manufacturers can pretty much agree on what one of these fine jackets is supposed to look like...how did that happen with the g-1 and not the a-2? is it because the g-1 came along a bit later, or was only meant for one branch of service?
love to hear if you have any ideaz
johnnyjohnny