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Thank you! Steerhide sounds interesting! Would you describe its drape and character as more similar to horsehide than goatskin?

Hi! I'm planning to order another A-2 jacket from Fivestar and I really can't make up my mind when it comes to choosing the hide (the authenticity when it comes to the combination of hide, contract and colour is not that important to me this time). The colour should be dark seal brown, but which...

Hi! I wonder if there are any simple methods that can tighten up too loose A-2 waistbands (acryclic)? Best regards, Swedish_Pilot

I must say that it's very unfortunate that some people like to spread their poison and try to offend other people as we've seen in this thread. It's both ironic and tragic to read this insultive bigotry in a thread where we are constructively discussing the succesful development of a repro...

Thank you very much Shawn! Could you please provide a chart with bigger sizes too, and preferably with the column "suitable for chest" too?

Could you please develop that a little bit?

A piece of advice, double check that all requested materials and colours are available in your size before placing the order. I ordered a B-10 jacket from Fivestar and got a message later on when the jacket was 90% ready, that they couldn't make the collar in my size with the mouton we had...

Looks fantastic! Looking forward to see the size chart and start the ordering process!

Looks nice! I'm wondering about its size chart though. It looks different compared to other Fivestar jackets' charts, such as the charts of the G1 or the A-2, and I'm wondering about the mutual proportions between some of the measurements? Almost as if the columns of the chart have been...

Saw that Fivestar is offering real wool knitting now for their G1s and A2s. How is the wool, is it soft or is it itching?

Yes, it's a badge of our Air Force (nowadays we refer to it as "the Air Force", previously it was called the Royal Swedish Air Force). Once upon a time, during the 1950s, the Swedish Air Force was regarded as the 4th biggest Air Force in the world. Concerning that we at that time only had about...

Yes, in a previous thread I wanted to discuss Aero's pricing strategy and I responded to a request from a member and posted some pics of my Aero. But as I wrote in the beginning of this thread, I wanted to lift this question about how Aero jackets wear to a new thread. As I've written previously...

Ok, if that's the way Aero has dyed my jacket. As I wrote previously, my jacket got its current appearance already after 2 years of seasonal use. Not after 12 years of wear. It really hasn't changed much the last 10 years. No, no anxiety and I'm not worrying about this, I'm just curious about...

Those are well worn examples with even more high point wear than my jacket. Interesting is how long time it could have taken from when they were issued to their users before they got the same level of high point wear as my jacket currently has got?

I hope it's in the normal category, although I must admit that most originals I've seen so far haven't had that much high point wear. They've had a lot of character and patina and the hides often look "crumpled", but I understand that there must be a lot of variation between originals too. We...