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I stopped by the auction and took a look. There are a few moth holes in the knits, but on the whole the jacket is in very fine shape for its age. It's just a touch dry; its leather needs a good treatment with Pecard's or the like. The mouton is quite nice.
It is, by the way an actual M422...
My B-6 arrived today. I was afraid it was going to be too glossy a finish, but except for a few parts, it actually seems just about right. (The try-on jacket was very matte.) When trying it on I thought John might have gotten the leather around the arm holes wrong, since it seemed much...
Thanks! As I mentioned, this is just the prototype, sent for sizing, so I'll be sending it back to John. He has several different shearling sources now, and sent samples, so I'll have to decide which I'd like mine made from.
I'm not a frequent buyer of jackets-- though I've owned a Real...
John has straightened out his supplier difficulties and is moving forward on the B-6 project. He sent me his size-46-labeled prototype for fitting. It's just about perfect for my frame. (By the way, does anyone know whether during the war they would go for a larger-than-fit size of jacket to...