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Flightengineer : Thx !! At first I thought about something like CVW9 (era), but that's probably a NAS.... and there a lot of NAS ^^ YoungMedic : the triangle is really a 15 x 15 x 15 cm ;)

Hello ! I've had this jacket for a few years, a 1955 7823(AER) LW Foster Amend#2, CONTRACT N383-22356A 42 the original patches disappeared a long time ago but we can guess that it had its little story (name tag sewn on several times) the most noticeable patch was on the left sleeve, it's a...

Absolutly nice ! Seems that there still some Toko ri jackets fan here ! ;) I did the same for my patches, that works really great ! But I also did some aging stuff on the name tag Here's my 1955 Foster (Yes, same year as the movie ! It's an Amend#2 7823(AER))

Thanks a lot Dave !! that's a real mine of information ! I think i'm going to try this ! For your old thread, the pix are still there ;) just use the "Photobucket Hotlink Fix" extension for Chrome !

I have a quick and radical method to hide the stitch holes.................. sewing something over..... ^^ Seriously, I've tried some kind of tricks like above, it's a very long and painfull job and I was not good enough to do this effectively, I don't bother anymore with that. But my jacket are...

what a price !! That's a steal ! :D Very nice 7823 !!!!

it is certainly that, the jackets from the movie look really different from my 1955 Foster or any early 7823, same era but those Cagleco are really distinctive !

I do NOT want to disrespect the work of some on this forum ;) ! It is very far from being great art, nor representative of a corect sewing work. I just paid a lot of attention to using the existing holes, the leather is very fragile in some places because of the many stitching of old...

I was thinking about those black collar when I was watching "Bridges at Toko Ri".. It's a 1955 movie and all the G1's collar are black although the jackets seems relativly correct for that period. Don't know if they used props repro jacket or mil. issues.

Just changed the Cuff and waist, and found a Conmar zipper from MASH (need to die a bit) Better with original cuff/waist !

Yep ! The Photobucket hotlink fix for Chrome ! Thx !!!

This is impressive how the two sides of the sleves are differents !

good point ! For the weight it is still a question for me... my 1973 "ultra squeeky" Brill Bross looks like pressed cow (way much thicker than my 1955 and 1963 Fosters and way more "rubbery/gummy") But it's also less heavy than the Fosters !! (less than 1,4kg) As you say, there's no question...

the temperatures have become crazy here, 5°C last week, 14° now ! Goodbye the N-3B, hello the "Toko Ri thing" ^^

I think (but that's only my supposition) that the "dark" 7823D where all goatskin... the pressed cowhide may have come later with some 7823E "light brown", the cowhide I seen is twice as thick, less supple and almost unruffled with no pebble grain in some area where the leather in tight folded...