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Not a bad jacket for $100. Definitely real fur, and it looks like it has a shearling liner, which will be nice.

Too warm for anything else today, so Bronson M-421A: …and Aviators of course, to keep me cool. :cool:;)

Any personalization will increase the value of an original…and generally decrease the value of a repro.

I think you'd more likely fit a typical size 46, tbh. Better to size up for both A-2s and G-1s.

Nice Last Crusade jacket, @Cimmerian. Probably the first time I've seen a Steele & Jones jacket on the VLJ.

Yeah, the most involvement I’ve seen by a Canadian company in U.S. contracting was the Werber G-1 contract, which had a zipper that was made in Canada, but the company that made it was still an American company. There’s probably other similar examples, including the Aussie A-2 clone which was...

Definitely a civilian jacket. Wise didn’t have any government A-2 contracts, and I don’t think they would have been eligible for them since they weren’t based in the U.S. (I think it’s true that the U.S. has a long-standing policy that defense contractors have to be American?)

So damn cool - glad to see you wearing this one, Burt.

Oh man, I didn’t know John was still getting Horween! Glad to be mistaken, as that jacket’s a stunner! Can’t wait to see how it matures!

Yep, that's the trap - the more you look at amazing originals, the more you start to be drawn to the really top-tier repros.

I've been idly following this thread, and tbh, this news story sounds like a tabloid hit job to me.

Honestly, I mothball (dichlorobenzene, not napthalene) mine in big plastic tubs and duct tape the tubs shut to keep the mothball fumes in. When the weather starts to get cold, I air them out for a day in a well-ventilated area with a fan. Bonus: dichlorobenzene is an odor-eater (that's why they...

Still my favorite jacket ever:

I thought it was both.