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For the Eagle-eyed observer . . . I didn't bring it up at the time as John asked me not to, but I see in the Rough Wear 42-1671-P listing John fessed up that he was the one that found it. I was sorely tempted to buy it, but he sold it to Mr Eastman. Rather fitting as Mr Eastman found the...

POST 2 of 2 Bucket 4: Bronco, Knopf, Poughkeepsie, and United Sheeplined Bronco Mfg. Co. Of New York, NY is a war-time jacket made in goatskin and horsehide with very square shoulders giving it an athletic appearance. The slender body and sleeves work best with someone fairly slender. S.H...

POST 1 of 2 This is written for everyone and not just the knowledgeable VLJ members polled. A poll was taken on which Good Wear A-2 jacket VLJ members own or have owned over the years. Why Good Wear and why poll VLJ members instead of others? Good Wear (GW) was chosen because John Chapman has...

Yes! Besides the obvious of employees leaving Werber for Aero in Beacon (Werber was not well liked), it's amazing to think they're joined through arson, assault, and fraud. It didn't make much sense to me, but in one of the legal documents it mentioned Werber had a near lock on A-2 contracts and...

I did see that, but the comments ". . ."it is possible they . . .", " . . . weakly supported . . .", etc. made me question the write-up and I dug a bit further. When I found the legal document, created under oath, it was clear Emily Kramer solely ran ACT and had nothing to do with Aero Leather...

Not quite. In Sept. 1936 Louis Kramer, Abe Wolkowitz, and John E. Liebmann had a purely verbal agreement to enter the business of manufacturing leather clothing but didn’t have the means to do so. Beginning Dec. 1936 enter Emily Kramer, the wife of Louis Kramer, who carried Aero Clothing and...

Given Aero Clothing & Tanning (ACT) is a different company and has never been, as far as I've been able to find, trademarked anywhere in the world that might be an option but that's entirely up to John.

John is being gracious. Aero Scotland has no legal rights to the name outside the UK. They never applied for a trademark in the US. In the United States Gary Eastman filed for the trademark “Aero Leather Clo. Co.” in 2000 and this was abandoned 2003 (S/N 76101490) followed by FGF Industry...

"Acme" is code for "Aero" as John recognizes Aero Leather Clothing in Scotland being in operation. Aero Leather Clothing in Beacon, NY and Aero Clothing & Tanning in Brooklyn (ACT) are different companies, though John has used Acme for both. My ACT seems a bit tighter in the chest, maybe a...

Good question. Given the knowledge and experience of the people on this forum I am really curious what the experts would purchase. I've seen people write about all the different contract makers, but I wondered if one was much more popular than the others (appears so) and if some were much more...

And part 1 is here . . . https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/1-what-good-wear-a-2-contract-do-you-have-you-owned.31071/

Check out . . . https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/2-what-good-wear-a-2-contract-do-you-have-you-owned.31073/

Good Wear has made so many A-2 contracts (all of them) I had to carry the poll over to another poll. Check out . . . https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/2-what-good-wear-a-2-contract-do-you-have-you-owned.31073/

I purchased it in early 2009. I thought if I was going to get an A-2 I'd get "the one", so I spent a huge amount of time checking out all the possible pre-war A-2 options. Good Wear was just starting out and didn't have a track record like Eastman back then. And Mr Eastman was so incredibly...

I thought the house label was a Spiewak as they are still in business.