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Real repro A-6A boots!
- Thread starter Dimitry M
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ausreenactor
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I am excited for you!
Dimitry M
Well-Known Member
finally an update
sorry it took so long. they look good and i really like them. they aren't 100% accurate but they are pretty good. they dont have the lace eyelet at at the top of the tongue but that's not a big deal. also the shoe part its self is not shaped correctly.
sorry it took so long. they look good and i really like them. they aren't 100% accurate but they are pretty good. they dont have the lace eyelet at at the top of the tongue but that's not a big deal. also the shoe part its self is not shaped correctly.
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Orange_Mound
Active Member
Dude are those what they sent you? Are those the escape boots?
Dimitry M
Well-Known Member
I agree the "boot" does not look so good. but from 10-25 feet who's gona notice? not many re-enactors wear these any way
Dimitry M
Well-Known Member
sorry no not A-6 boots they are made in middle east by replicators.
B-Man2
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Dmitry M
I applaud your enthusiasm and excitement for what your trying to put together with this project . As the youngest member of the forum, it’s great to see someone your age with a passion for collecting and learning about this hobby and WWII history , particularly aviation history . I certainly don’t want to diminish that enthusiasm in any way, so if it’s ok with you let me suggest that the money you invested in these boots, would have been better off saved and added to other money down the road for a purchase of an original pair of boots or some other original or accurate repro of kit used during the war . These will not hold up over time and they will probably fall apart with anything but occasional use . You have a lot more years of collecting ahead of you and what seems like an expensive item like an original pair of these boots now , will be worth 3 times what you paid for them in years to come . So it’s worth the investment to save and purchase them rather than what you doing here .
I sincerely hope you see my post as what it is meant to be , some thoughtful advise to a fellow collector .
Cheers
I applaud your enthusiasm and excitement for what your trying to put together with this project . As the youngest member of the forum, it’s great to see someone your age with a passion for collecting and learning about this hobby and WWII history , particularly aviation history . I certainly don’t want to diminish that enthusiasm in any way, so if it’s ok with you let me suggest that the money you invested in these boots, would have been better off saved and added to other money down the road for a purchase of an original pair of boots or some other original or accurate repro of kit used during the war . These will not hold up over time and they will probably fall apart with anything but occasional use . You have a lot more years of collecting ahead of you and what seems like an expensive item like an original pair of these boots now , will be worth 3 times what you paid for them in years to come . So it’s worth the investment to save and purchase them rather than what you doing here .
I sincerely hope you see my post as what it is meant to be , some thoughtful advise to a fellow collector .
Cheers
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ausreenactor
Well-Known Member
Did they look at pics at all? Way off the escape boot style.
Have doubts on the A-6 when it emerges.
Have doubts on the A-6 when it emerges.
