Recent content by warguy

You might write to Society brand. I think he is in the military and mostly posted elsewhere, but if/when he returns to the states, he might start making them again. I had sent him an email once and replied over a year later asking if I was still interested. His prices are high, but the product...

Nice jacket, congratulations. I think the un-painted, un-patched originals are under valued/under appreciated. In truth, so many of these un-adorned jackets appear in original crew photos, there is no doubt if you want a original collectible jacket on display to represent our flyers, one of...

Yes, they look German to me.

I own one of his RAF Battle of Britain period D masks. Friggin incredible workmanship. He is a credit to our hobby!

I am envious you live so close!

Thanks Thomas!

Yes, I agree with Jay. In fact Burt, I bet this is a topic a lot of folks have spent some time thinking about. I agree with Jan as well, by the time the cloth jackets came about, I think the pulls were standard. In fact I have a mint B-15A missing one, and would bet it might have one time had...

Here is another in my collection. This pilot flew P-51's in the 353rd fighter group 8th AF. He is credited with one air to air Me109, and four aircraft on the ground. He arrived in England in October 1944 and flew through the end of the war. His B-15 is in nice shape and looks like he had a...

Burt, here is a plain jane jacket but in nice condition. I just found this one a few months ago locally. It is named to a Captain out of Oklahoma who served as the flight surgeon for the 34th Bomb group 8th AF in England. Original knits, zipper, lining, etc, all pretty nice shape.

Thank you Burt. Yes the vet died at an early age, only 41. I havent been able to find out how or why as of yet, but I suspect this collection has been in collectors hands since the early 1970’s. It is a testament to the importance of ethical collectors who are dedicated to preserving...

Bretta you are right, it is in fact a Bronco. Here are more pics of that collection. The other one, the goatskin, is a Dubow contract 27796. Thanks for the nice compliment B-Man.

This post popped up in my what have you missed on VLJ. I am not ready to be as active as I was before but glad to see a return to originals and perhaps if that continues, my previous frustrations over the repro talk here might dissipate. I love originals as well. I will add a couple quick ones...

Zu Zu, I appreciate your last post, and think it is a mark of character to admit when you are wrong, and I appreciate that. But I am not letting you off the hook quite that easy. You admit that you saw the B-10 posted in John Levers post and recognized that Eastman indeed does make jackets with...

Ok guys since we are back on Eastman….. Thank you ZuZu for this post to illustrate my point “Show an example of an Eastman with a genuine mouton collar. You can't.” This is the second thread where he has posted this statement. Most of the best and brightest members on this forum are...

B-Man, no offense taken at all, and I really appreciate your thoughts. I certainly have no issue at all with folks offering differing opinions, and I really do think you and I are not far apart in that respect. I find wisdom in many counsellors. My point is simply that the Eastman bashing is...