Recent content by Gilmob

I’ll never sell my original Buco J100 in brown horsehide. Ken from Aero really helped me out finding a repro label and the correct Talon pull that was missing. Had a seamstress sew the label back on. It’s the jacket I will lose weight for and possibly, just possibly, hand it down to my favorite...

Hi Ken, I’ll shoot you a dm... here’s the pics of the problem child. It’s actually my grandads and I’ve been striking out trying to get it straightened out.

Any suggestions for a shop that repairs Buco’s? Specifically, I’m missing a pull tab and there’s only a few shreds of the actual Buco label left. The leather and stitching are solid and the liner isn’t too shabby either... thanks for any help

Thanks. I posted it over there on FL and no one really knew much about it aside from helping date the zippers. It’s kind of an odd jacket in terms of the slash pocket and A2ish styling. I’ve personally never seen one like it not to mention the age of it. There’s not a lot of info regarding...

Picked this jacket up recently. Looks like the Talon Main zipper dates it somewhere in the 1930's/40's. Label is faded, but says, "Durable" --"Genuine Front Quarter Horsehide... There's not much information on this brand online anywhere. I've never seen any of there Flight Jacket offerings...