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These two pairs over the last couple of days what with the warmer weather...

Pardon my French Steve (I'm an uncouth Antipodean after all ;) ) but fuck me that's a damn nice looking hide on that Perry. Woo-wee, that's really sweet!

Nick, whether you got it out of the cupboard or not, the whiskers suit you my friend. Jacket ain't bad either ;)

Hell's bells that's pretty! What a beauty.

Just polished these old things what with the snow gone. Had them resoled awhile back. One of the best pair of boots I've ever had.

I love that jacket Jan like you wouldn't believe. Don't you ever even think of selling that ;)

Two waist gunners snapped by a crewmate on a B-17 during a quiet part of a mission. Those eyes have seen a lot...

For goodness sake wear it at work man! ;)

That's real sweet!

I don't have one but have always liked them. Thanks for starting this thread.

Yup, it's good stuff and easy to get here. It's as good as any other dubbin I've used and I used to use dubbin a lot when I was still playing rugby/football. I dubbin my winter boots before the snow hits every year. I have only done my roughtouts twice though since I got them as I only really...

..that reminds me, I have to dubbin my roughouts again ;)

Great to hear Rollin might have finally worked out a solution to getting his clogs manufactured again. Wise to start with the type II service shoes and roughouts as those are arguably the biggest sellers.

The problem with most budget, even mid-range A-2 jackets is the leather is often pretty characterless and not a patch on (nor look anything like) what you get from a top tier maker like ELC or GW. Always difficult to tell only from photos but those pics of these new Real Simons' jackets seem to...

Doesn't look shabby at all. Jeff makes a good point, if and when the Chinese decide to really make accurate repros it could be a real game changer. This kind of thing could be just the start.