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

[B-Man2]

Cool(-ish) day today, so I’m off in the patched up FS A-1 (patch by @ties70):
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Jan
Great looking combo.
How’s the color holding up ?

 

[mulceber]

Jan
Great looking combo.
How’s the color holding up ?

A bit of the coloring has worn off I think, but the jacket still looks good.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

No jacket weather today ...

CARHARRT double-knee, Redwing Boots, PIKE BROTHERS denim shirt, wifey's Sporty

 

[Happy Hooligan]

Not quite jacket weather, but had to get a pic of our new Aero jackets that came in Tuesday. Me in my new Aero Original Hercules and my son in his new 30's Half Belt. He also got a great a shirt and 37's LVCs. Now just to break them in.

 

[B-Man2]

Not quite jacket weather, but had to get a pic of our new Aero jackets that came in Tuesday. Me in my new Aero Original Hercules and my son in his new 30's Half Belt. He also got a great a shirt and 37's LVCs. Now just to break them in.
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Sweet!!!

 

[ties70]

 

[Micawber]

Ahoy, Maties; a question that's nautical but nice.
I removed the St. Christopher medal from my One-eyed Jack A-2 and replaced it with St. Michael, the patron saint of flyers.
QUERY: For you creative types, I'm looking for ideas to attach the St. Chris to my submariner's 6552.
I can't find a decent looking St. Brendan-the-Navigator medal for my submariner, so I'll use St. Chris in the meantime.
For balance, as with the St. Michael on the right collar, I want to have the St. Chris in a position that's relatively close to the photo.
I don't want to hang it from the leather zipper strap. For one thing, the strap could get snagged while zipped or partially zipped.
I'm not averse to punching holes, stitching something on, etc.
By way of editing a previous, I should have properly identified the fictitious submarine as the USS Lanternfish, not the US. Too late to edit the original and I feel frightfully dreadful, not to mention cheap and dirty, but I'll save that part for Confession on Friday evening.
Another BTW, I used isopropyl to further distress the collar stencil and make it look less like it was machine lettered by Five Star.
Have at it, Chaps.
Mahalo, as they say in the Sandwich Isles.
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My choice would be to use a small ring and attach it to the zipper pull [not the leather pull] but failing that a small ring fitted to the medallion then stitched through the edge the collar, that way you won't need to stitch through the body of the jacket and it will dangle roughly where you want it.

 

[flyincowboy]

PRETTY HOT TODAY 26°C But finally got this custom made B3 and could not resist for the test fit
This is so far the best sheepskin i have had with 22m fleece . jacket was copied fom an original early model

who felt apart with leather locally tanned. leather is 1mm thick nicely grained and very supple the reinforcement panels and seam protector are mid brown HORSE HIDE repro TALON ZIPPER and correct buckles were sourced.

 

[Chandler]

PRETTY HOT TODAY 26°C But finally got this custom made B3 and could not resist for the test fit
This is so far the best sheepskin i have had with 22m fleece . jacket was copied fom an original early modelView attachment 112657View attachment 112657 who felt apart with leather locally tanned. leather is 1mm thick nicely grained and very supple the reinforcement panels and seam protector are mid brown HORSE HIDE repro TALON ZIPPER and correct buckles were sourced.View attachment 112655


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Who is the manufacturer?

 

[John Luder]

My choice would be to use a small ring and attach it to the zipper pull [not the leather pull] but failing that a small ring fitted to the medallion then stitched through the edge the collar, that way you won't need to stitch through the body of the jacket and it will dangle roughly where you want it.

Thanks. I'll see if that works.
However, in the unlikely event that the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your attire that they've captured a wretched peasant and immediately send you on your way.
Cheers,
John

 

[flyincowboy]

Who is the manufacturer?

Friend of mine.who work in a jacket factory
pics font and back

 

[B-Man2]

Friend of mine.who work in a jacket factory
pics font and back


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Nice!!
That looks like “ The Beast “ . Built for sub zero temps and built like it’s bullet proof .

 

[flyincowboy]

yes Burt i was lucky to find such leather ... even if the white fleece color does not look so accurate i was really impressed with such leather! Very well tanned and dyed , so grainy strong 1mm thick leather veg tanned with 22mm fleece.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

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Nice fit!

Which size and maker?

 

[ties70]

Nice fit!

Which size and maker?

AVI... A first attempt on something different after all these FS's ;-)

 

[John Luder]

That thumb looks painful.
Apropos of nothing particularly kosher, why don't you cats who wear these do a field-mod and add a left-side hand warmer pocket? If it looked like it was an afterthought, done on station, who'd say you couldn't? When I had a leather jerkin, a la Bernard Lee in Third Man, I chopped an old wool blanket, with one wide stripe running through it, and had those sewn on. Made a shipload of sense.
Cheers,
John

 

[stephen210]

M-421A by 5*size 42. Fits great and light weight jacket when leather is too much.

 

[flyincowboy]

That thumb looks painful.
Apropos of nothing particularly kosher, why don't you cats who wear these do a field-mod and add a left-side hand warmer pocket? If it looked like it was an afterthought, done on station, who'd say you couldn't? When I had a leather jerkin, a la Bernard Lee in Third Man, I chopped an old wool blanket, with one wide stripe running through it, and had those sewn on. Made a shipload of sense.
Cheers,
Jo

You are right this idea crossed my mind Could be done... who knows? Yep agree MY THUMB HURT had an accident at work.. with a grinder while working on a seat :The cutting disc split in pieces had half the nail pulled out! aint funny!

 

[Micawber]

PRETTY HOT TODAY 26°C But finally got this custom made B3 and could not resist for the test fit
This is so far the best sheepskin i have had with 22m fleece . jacket was copied fom an original early model


View attachment 112675 who felt apart with leather locally tanned. leather is 1mm thick nicely grained and very supple the reinforcement panels and seam protector are mid brown HORSE HIDE repro TALON ZIPPER and correct buckles were sourced.View attachment 112655


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It certainly looks warm

 

[flyincowboy]

Definitely But was surprised so comfortable when you wear the jacket open.