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Thanks much for posting these! I think you guys will flip when you see the patch I'm having done! Keep 'em coming.
From Barcelos, near Braga, near Oporto.A Portuguese cockerel worn on my Dianese jacket on my 3765 mile tour of France, Spain and on to Portugal this year. It is just the talisman from a holiday key ring
Recently Eastman's new biker label has a selection of trinkets, and whilst the only jewelry I wear is my wedding ring, I was thinking about getting one and breaking it up to attach to the pullers of different A-2's.
Some really nice stuff here. I'd love to see some photos of the jackets as a whole, see 'em in context. I've long tended towrds keeping my jackets fairly plain/stock, though a while back I picked up a used Johnson D pocket that has a few rhinestones here and there (especially on the belt) as added by a previous owner, and a few other bits. Somewhere I have a handful of old Chinese coins with the hole in 'em. Probably repros, as I picked them up cheap in a Beijing street market, but they look the part. Eventually those will go on my planned AVG project jacket for a zip pull.
Yeah, did you look at the price of those? Jinkies. Look nice, but they're a serious chunk of money.
They sure are expensive, which I why I haven't bought any.
The Chinese coins is a nice idea!
Some really nice stuff here. I'd love to see some photos of the jackets as a whole, see 'em in context. I've long tended towrds keeping my jackets fairly plain/stock, though a while back I picked up a used Johnson D pocket that has a few rhinestones here and there (especially on the belt) as added by a previous owner, and a few other bits. Somewhere I have a handful of old Chinese coins with the hole in 'em. Probably repros, as I picked them up cheap in a Beijing street market, but they look the part. Eventually those will go on my planned AVG project jacket for a zip pull.
Yeah, did you look at the price of those? Jinkies. Look nice, but they're a serious chunk of money.
Got any pics? I found the bomb tags from Paddy a little bulky, excellent for pulling a zip with gloves on mind, but I took a chunk out of the paint on my fridge putting on an A2 one time.RAF escape whistle usually to be found on one of my sheepskins, a pre war centime on one of my European A-2's and a bomb safety tag on my CBI A-2.
Hi, did you mean my bits n pieces Edward? i posted the pics like this so really people could see the pullers etc and didnt want to bore members with yet another view of a Highwayman or my old A2 jacket.
But maybe the bike jacket deserves a viewing.
The Chinese coins seem a great idea for an AVG jacket. I got the idea for my French coins from a guy who had a bunch of Japanese coins on his A2, but I would not have the bullet on a jacket if I was using an air service as they like to use any excuse to show that they have the power to refuse you to fly and may class it as ammunition.
All these do make a change from the usual rescue whistles that may hit you on the chin if you need to run wearing your jacket
Got any pics? I found the bomb tags from Paddy a little bulky, excellent for pulling a zip with gloves on mind, but I took a chunk out of the paint on my fridge putting on an A2 one time.