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Lost Worlds B-2

Miles

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Greetings y’all, hope winter is holding for you as it is me! I wanted to see if I could get some advice on my next commission. I’m thinking about getting a Black B-2 from Stuart. I was thinking about changing all the zippers to brass talons and adding a few holes to the belt. Would you recommend anything functionality-wise that the jacket is lacking otherwise?


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Miles

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Do you mean a black collar or body? I have seen pictures of originals with very dark brown collars.

I’m actually talking all black! I have seen a Buzz Ricksons that was super seal brown that was almost black and it may as well have been black! Black looks great on me so I say why not? I’m more interested in hearing y’alls thoughts the LWs Design Function
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Silver Surfer

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only to say that the lw jackets that i have come in contact with are made with extremely densely tanned hides, that seem to never "break" in. i had one their b-3s, and after some 3-4yrs of heavy winter usage, it would still stand up when thrown in a corner. even after those years of usage, it was still damn near impossible to bend the arms from the shoulder or at the elbow. btw, as i remeber, stu claimed that the b-3 he was making [still does] was a true authentic reproduction of a wwll original. well, not exactly. no biggie, but i couldnt fathom whey he insisted on putting a dubow label in his b-3s. dubow did not make b-3s during wwll. for all the difference that it makes, he could have just as well put a "harry's hat shop" label in the b-3 for that level of authenticity.
 

Miles

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only to say that the lw jackets that i have come in contact with are made with extremely densely tanned hides, that seem to never "break" in. i had one their b-3s, and after some 3-4yrs of heavy winter usage, it would still stand up when thrown in a corner. even after those years of usage, it was still damn near impossible to bend the arms from the shoulder or at the elbow. btw, as i remeber, stu claimed that the b-3 he was making [still does] was a true authentic reproduction of a wwll original. well, not exactly. no biggie, but i couldnt fathom whey he insisted on putting a dubow label in his b-3s. dubow did not make b-3s during wwll. for all the difference that it makes, he could have just as well put a "harry's hat shop" label in the b-3 for that level of authenticity.

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LOL here is the goat shield on my LW ANJ-4. I don not know what doth speak of... maybe it’s you that has the problem.



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Miles

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Well said Vic. Black is a BR fantasy and not historically accurate.

I don’t really care. It’s gonna be a moto jacket and a casual jacket. And actually that image I posted is a deep seal brown not black. But Stuart is usually a no comply with requests that aren’t historically accurate. He has agreed to make the coat. I just want to know people here who have actually had a B-2 to discuss what they would like improvement wise of functionality. Why’s is gotta be a black thang?


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Roughwear

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LW jackets speak for themselves. Historically accurate they are generally not, but bullet proof some certainly are! Lol. :rolleyes:
 

Miles

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LW jackets speak for themselves. Historically accurate they are generally not, but bullet proof some certainly are! Lol. :rolleyes:

My anj4 is the most historically accurate version I have ever seen.


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Miles

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LW jackets speak for themselves. Historically accurate they are generally not, but bullet proof some certainly are! Lol. :rolleyes:

Talking trash on LWs historically correctness is something I would like to debate. I also will say that I know his tanning was way too tough a few years back but as demonstrated above with my heavy shearling goat shields it’s apparent that they do break in if your man enough. The G-1 doesn’t look that far off even though he states it’s not supposed to be a totally accurate version, yet a revision. I’m still waiting to hear from someone who’s own any type of B2 to state some of the functionality issues they encountered.


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Roughwear

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You can debate it here. Having handled hundreds of original wartime USAAF jackets and repros I can say LW jackets are not as accurate as high end makers such as ELC and Goodwear.
 

Miles

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You can debate it here. Having handled hundreds of original wartime USAAF jackets and repros I can say LW jackets are not as accurate as high end makers such as ELC and Goodwear.

Well then you better have some examples otherwise the sky is purple because you say so.


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Miles

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You can debate it here. Having handled hundreds of original wartime USAAF jackets and repros I can say LW jackets are not as accurate as high end makers such as ELC and Goodwear.

For the record the ELC is not historically accurate either first off using aniline tanning, seconding first thing I noticed at their brand newly revised ANJ4 is a huge split in the shearling collar in the back which was not accurate for version 1.


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Miles

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Well then you better have some examples otherwise the sky is purple because you say so.


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So for someone who claims to have handled 100s of USAF jackets, you must be missing the details.


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Roughwear

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They use aniline because it is the closest to Wartime chrome tanned leather. Modern chrome tanned leather is not considered accurate enough. Their B-3s are not made of the thick shearling used by LW.
 

Miles

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They use aniline because it is the closest to Wartime chrome tanned leather. Modern chrome tanned leather is not considered accurate enough. Their B-3s are not made of the thick shearling used by LW.
you’re upside down. The cracking in my Sheepskin from LW looks to be plenty accurate to me...
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Miles

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Please refrain from personal comments an abide by the rules of the forum.

If you weren’t making upside down claims I wouldn’t have said so. If I get vetoed for saying your upside down, it’s the end of humanity.


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