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Best jacket from a repro company
- Thread starter John Lever
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mr_lits
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Is this the one you sold to Worf? That was the most amazing hide I had ever seen used on a jacket.I forgot about the GW A-1 I had and got rid of. That maybe is the greatest jacket I've owned, hands-down. Sadly, the girth was too wide for me. Maybe it would have been worth putting on more weight rather than flipping it...
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airfrogusmc
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I really liked my BK Willis and Geiger M 422. Like you Paddy don't know why I sold it.
After some wear
when it was new
After some wear
when it was new
airfrogusmc
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ButteM is this the jacket?
Another that I maybe should have held on to.
Another that I maybe should have held on to.
ButteMT61
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Yup guys, that's the A-1. @airfrogusmc - YOU should have kept it - it fit you well. It was too large for me and even with that, I deeply regret selling it off, but I am happy that Worf has it.
Garylafortuna
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Holy guacamole, that has got to be the best A-1 I've ever seen. The back panel is beyond words. What kind of leather is that Allen? I'll bet you are kicking yourself around the block for getting rid of it. That jacket has stories to tell.
Cobblers161
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Oh man that A-1 is incredible, off the scale marvellousness!
Marv
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I still have my BK G&F M422a (46) from back in 2012 which is very well made with a NOS Talon zipper but the fit is quite boxy and the knits are the incorrect colour brown (too dark) plus the goatskin is bullet proof and still hasn't broken in plus is also very dark instead of the correct lighter brown seen on originals.
Not sure what BK's current M422a is like as to whether the above has been rectified, bearing in mind, my jacket was from when BK first started making them.
Not sure what BK's current M422a is like as to whether the above has been rectified, bearing in mind, my jacket was from when BK first started making them.
ButteMT61
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Had I not lost weight and therefor inches, I'd have kept it. The thing that happens over time is that after you fine-tune your jacket buying to a point where nothing less than perfect will do, you end up being way too picky. This is a good example of that. I asked JC about possibly altering it, but he really wasn't excited about anyone doing that as it would be a pretty big project. Basically, and smartly, he talked me out of it...
In the end, a good guy got it, and that's what matters. It was 100% my favorite of the favorites...
In the end, a good guy got it, and that's what matters. It was 100% my favorite of the favorites...
Cobblers161
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Man, that hits the spot!
First that wonderful Werber and now this.
First that wonderful Werber and now this.
My favourite civilian jacket is my GW J-100. I believe it to be the first one John made from copying an original? Buttery soft Horween HH. Military wise it's also a GW, my Dubow 20960 in russet Shinki. It's been through everything from hiking on the moors through woods and brambles, rain storms, to being in photos for event catalogs.
Cobblers161
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Photos Devilish or it doesn't exist ;-) Both sound bloomin' great, would love to see them.
