Recent content by Nick H.

A fine city. The kind of place you could make a home in.

Since they became a fashion brand they've been collaborating with anybody and everybody. The company keeps changing hands and is now owned by Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire tax exile pro-Brexit provider of fracking and SUVs. So if I had a Belstaff I'd remove the badge. And that was before it was...

Do you have internet access?> Just google Belstaff Not On Our Watch.

Just the thing for that TV detective look. I love it but I've got too many jackets already. It's on ebay UK for £150 but if you add it to your watch list the seller offers it to you for £90. https://ebay.us/ePOC8C

Thanks guys. I think I was lucky to get a jacket which is structurally strong. No rot, good seams. Now I need to give it some elbow grease. First, some cleaning. I think I should use something gentler than saddle soap. Any recommendations? At some point I think I might have to remove and...

Useful info! Can you recommend any sources? I would like to learn more about kanaljackets and those ugly grey leather jackets which look like a poor man's G-1. And why there are so many Hartmann jackets.

The seller has replied: "Non , je n'ai aucun élément d'identification de ce pilote. Le tampon au bas du blouson est un tampon de réception assez inhabituel. est ce un blouson du commerce acheté et distribué par l'unité ? sur le blouson il y a les emplacements d'une croix de fer 1ère classe...

Sounds fun. I'd wear my Soviet anti-G suit or my Chinese air force pilot's jacket, just to add some flavour.

You probably paid a lot less than me though.

It's just a temporary settlement. Everyone is leaving because of pollution and disease. Soon the ruins will be underwater.

I like anything old and wearable but WW2 German stuff is strictly for millionaires. Actually I might have a real Nazi coat, but it's so sinister that I tried to disguise/conquer it by adding big brass Coldstream Guards buttons. I still get people asking me if it's a Gestapo coat. Not being a...

This is a little oblique. Do you want me to insert a 'please' somewhere? I've been reading all over the web since my first post and have decided that a professional would advise me to accept the inevitable cracking, and that Pecard could make the flaking worse. It seems to be a controversial...

London. Not London, Ontario, the other one.

I think I'll offer him fifty quid. Top marks for effort.

The seller is in France https://ebay.us/JAh4md He's offering a "Blouson pilote Luftwaffe 2ème guerre mondiale....Cuir souple, insignes remontés sur ce blouson de prise où ils avaient été grossièrement arrachés, marquage intéressant au bas du dos à l'intérieur. Fermeture ZIP en état de...