Recent content by Tim gresla

Geebo and Bombing IP thanks for the advice. Cleaning in a mesh bag on delicate then leather moisturizer worked great with no further damage to knit cuffs and waistband

i just acquired my first vintage flight jacket. It is in good shape but is a little musty smelling in the Dynal collar. Stopped by a dry cleaner to inquire about cleaning. There are a few small moth holes in the waistband and and the cuffs have a larger hole from wear, possibly from...

Thank you very much for the info

Just curious about the patch above the name tag. Looks like someone giving the finger? Do you know anything about that? Is it a tiny patch?

As someone new looking to pick up a wearable G1 on eBay after reading much useful information I still don’t know what the 11 digit number represents on the last line of a Brill 7823D. My understanding is the contract is the DSA number. Is 8415-268-7802 still part of the...

Do you know the address of Star. Was going to look on google maps

Yes. The dsa100 is followed by only two digits 71 which I assume is 1971 contract. I don’t see the three digits for a date suffix in YYM format. Reading the actual MIL-J-7823D spec it specifies the last line is the date of manufacture or for this example 8415-268-7802. How do you interpret the...

I am a newbie on this great site. Can you please help me interpret this tag 81D80F17-1079-4782-B5C7-AC607B6A3A83 by Tim gresla posted Dec 23, 2018 at 10:53 PM Under the mil spec my understanding is the last 3 lines are contract, manufacturer, and date on the last line. Also partially shown is...

Please help me interpret this tag