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http://www.mash-japan.co.jp/cgi-bin/prd.cgi?itemno=95-11-4060 You may take a look to the MASH JP repro thread with 16/4, 4 cord cotton thread for military leather jacket like A-2 and M422A

one of the comparative advantage of five-star is that it located in Pakistan, where most of the goathide and cowhide come from without a expensive shipping cost. Some posts in the last year questioning that what makes the low price of five star jackets, and someone suggested that five star is a...

Do you consider the thickness of the jacket, both sides may give you roughly 0.5" extra to the measurement?

Actually, Shawn acquired a early type M-39 of Talon zipper. You can compare different talon zippers by their model in the mash jp http://www.mash-japan.co.jp/oversea/cgi-bin/plist-eng.cgi?cno=17

It looks great, beautiful

Hi Bill, i think you can ask Shawn to do you a favor to measure the jacket dimensions with tailor tape and take photo before the shipping.

Mailed from the Mainland China by Taobao. Bronson web shop on Taobao...

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.15.6ff95699tCkzgg&id=607409037848&ns=1&abbucket=3#detail Bronson is still selling B6 at price CNY 3199 (USD 460) at TAOBAO...

Some Old posts may help you figure out the AN-J-3 https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/m422-m422a-and-an-j-3-contract-value-award-completion-dates.21144/page-3 https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/original-issued-anj-3.380/

I think it is a good chance for manufacturers(not only 5star) to notify it is a bad practice to directly use someone photos to present (or pretend) his product. Many other manufacturers on eBay/Amazon using the same set of photos to present their product, Shawn is talking about the truth, and...

"G-1" appear since 1947, so we cant classify m422a as a G-1

Take a look to the left wide pocket, sure is a G&F M422a

IMO, Shawn is trying to make a piece of art rather than a product, and he is now talking, discussing to his protential customers and modifying the jacket according to their opinions. Furthermore, his can customerize, tailor-made everything to meet customer needs, which is not common amongst...

The jacket is nice, and below is my opinion to improve the jacket. 1. push the seam a little bit close to the edges. 2. use golden yellow size tag rather than silver one. 3. the most important, is the thread...Heavy duty thread should be used to make it stronger (look stronger as well). Copy...