What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Thomas Koehle]

After seeing Dmitrys Hump jacket I thought I’d talk to my seamstress to see if she would be willing to help me put something like his together for me . Don’t think it’s going to happen........
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Burt!

Better no jokes otherwise she puts a spell on you ...

 

[Flightengineer]

Drug!

Your jacket looks awesome - is that one Dromedar for the machine-defect you had on your last flight?

Inspiration is from the Noseart book?

Thanks, Thomas. Yes, that’s it. We fought for almost 20 minutes, but started the engine again. I created a separate thread about this jacket and wrote there, there is a link above.

No, this is from another book, from the one that I received from you my friend.

 

[Lebowski]

To find a good high quality seamstress is very important in our hobby. No jokes.

 

[Lebowski]

Burt made my day)

 

[Smithy]

Damn nippy again, -3 or something with a stiff wind, Irvin weather again.

 

[bazelot]

+8c today so no flight jacket, no pretty seamstress just My stretched and pecarded vintage deerskin shirt
that turned a Wonderful tobacco color from the treatment, and 2 cats wondering
Why I’m taking pictures of myself wearing one of their beds especially the red one @mulceber
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Der Fuhrer... No disrespect to the cat, just an uncanny resemblance

 

[busdrivermike]

Der Fuhrer... No disrespect to the cat, just an uncanny resemblance

Oh yes he gets that a lot, I dont think he cares, only thing he finds
Disrespectful is me not being at his beck and call or being held, he detests that

 

[ausreenactor]

Der Fur-rer?

 

[bazelot]

holy crap your seamstress is cute. And i was focusing on the cat, what's wrong with me...

 

[B-Man2]

Wearing a rare bird today.
Wearing a SEFTON A2. The SEFTON is a jacket that doesn’t pop up regularly, so I thought I’d post this one. Obtained it from Micawber a friend and fellow member in the UK. Thanks Steve!

 

[ties70]

Me, the love of my life (well, one of two...the other one was taking the Photo) and a FS A-2 on the beaches of the Baltic Sea.

 

[busdrivermike]

Me looking very serious on a cloudy windy snowy -2c day
In my schott 184, removable fur collar and vest make it
A great versatile jacket

 

[Micawber]

Wearing a rare bird today.
Wearing a SEFTON A2. The SEFTON is a jacket that doesn’t pop up regularly, so I thought I’d post this one. Obtained it from Micawber a friend and fellow member in the UK. Thanks Steve!View attachment 32958View attachment 32959

Looking good my friend! There can't be many virtually mint Sefton A-2's left out there.

 

[mulceber]

Looking good my friend! There can't be many virtually mint Sefton A-2's left out there.

This strikes me as a great time for someone with more knowledge than me to give the rest of us a teachable moment: what’s a Sefton A-2 and what makes them so special?

 

[B-Man2]

This strikes me as a great time for someone with more knowledge than me to give the rest of us a teachable moment: what’s a Sefton A-2 and what makes them so special?

With Micawber’s approval I will paraphrase what I learned about SEFTON A2 Jackets from him.
Steve Silburn the originator of the SEFTON A2 was an early jacket maker in the UK, and turned out great generic A-2 jackets at a time when choices were very limited. They had the feel and drape of many originals. Steve was a one man operation and when ELC started to command a bigger market share of the industry, he couldn’t be competitive any longer and he stopped production of the SEFTON A2. There are a very limited number of these quality jackets and if you can ever get your hands on one I would highly recommend doing so. According to Micawber , Steve Silburn still makes quality reproduction leather flight helmets , and other pieces of flight gear that are highly prized and used in film and documentary shows.
I hope I was able to pass on the information accurately that I learned from Micawber.
Cheers

 

[mulceber]

Thanks - I’ll file that away in case I should ever come across one. Enjoy the jacket!

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Me, the love of my life (well, one of two...the other one was taking the Photo) and a FS A-2 on the beaches of the Baltic Sea.

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Ties Looks kinda "unreal" to see you in an Environment other than a Elevator ...

Nice Company btw ...

 

[Thomas Koehle]

5Star DONIGER ...

And YEP! Also out of my "normal" surrounding out to walk the Dogs ...

 

[saucerfiend]

5Star DONIGER ...

And YEP! Also out of my "normal" surrounding out to walk the Dogs ...

It looks great! Could we see a few more pics?

Brian

 

[Saint-ex]

@saucerfiend

https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/fivestars-doniger-a-2.23319/page-4#post-268627