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I’d have to say that jacket is a couple of notches higher than the old versions. And the moton looks vintage, unlike what they used to have. Replacing a mouton on a navy jacket is like playing Russian roulette. It all depends how good the leather is to take the resowing and how good the...

Instant classic Dave, I too will be looking forward to these

G’day mate...

Steve, is that a 350 or 370? Nice rolling stock. Mate at work has a 350, he doesn’t look after it, lost a the verve after a few incidents with the general public. It’s a daily drive for him but I keep telling him to buy a bomb for daily and take the 350 of the road and Start doing it up and...

You gotta point there Couchy. I’m Guilty as charged. How often do we sit on the sidelines and point the finger at those doin all the work

On the EASTMAN thing; I haven’t read it apart from what’s posted here, but it certainly comes across a little arrogant in lieu of the current focus. But even if they did adopt the required measures there is a perceived view from the customer upon reading it that your just trying to work the...

Totally agree their cobber

Spot on Tim, but it’s not just the makers is it, it’s all the trades that these guys depend on and order from that go into making a finely crafted leather jacket. The tanneries, haberdashery stores, knits, button press studs, zips. Not to mentioned the struggling postal/ courier services that...

One of my all time favourite Ferrari’s. funny how your post popped up when we’re watching series 3 of Magnum P.I. Do you wear Hawaiian shirts when you drive it?

Does self isolation plus one work? Hardly a soul around this morning...

I’m now expert, but navy m422 series jackets have a variety of different fits for a given tag size, some are snug, some feel really baggy. The early M422’s were a trim, long fit, sleeves were slimmer, then when they branched out into 422a’s the body became a little more roomy/boxy, and After...

A lot of it has to do with the neck hole as well, but I do love a Dubow swoop in a collar. Interestingly though, when the collars up it doesn’t appear (feel) to sit as high as a Werber, which has a smaller neck hole and thereby hugs your neck a little more closely

Yeah DD makes a fine jacket

Not sure really but you could try the Few. If that’s their house jacket, it’s probably made of details from a number of different contracts. From the photo it looks to have a collar stand? If so the thiscwould be an early design of an Aero or Dubow? The collar looks more Aero, the pockets...

Used to do that, after 10 jackets and a lot of mullah I’ve finally sorted them out to 4 jackets that I really want, just sold one this week which will fund an m422. oh, and there’s the Irvin I’m looking for.... and maybe a non military jacket somewhere along the line... did I say 4 jackets...