Diamond Dave - anyone in contact? / NASA jacket

[CBI]

looks good!!!

 

[MauldinFan]

Luna makes an excellent jacket, but "Still the Right Stuff" made an excellent (in light blue and yellow) NASA jacket of this type.
Al Worden led this project as he wanted a wearable one that would fit him and nobody at the time was making anything like it. Sadly, they stopped making them a while back but I would assume you might be able to find one if you look.

Apollo Couture: Astronaut Offers Replica of Iconic NASA Flight Jacket

Apollo astronaut Al Worden has recreated his iconic NASA-issued blue flight jacket down to the last button. And now they're for sale. Here's how he did it.

www.space.com

They were not cheap but I've compared mine to two real ones and they did a great job.

 

[MaydayWei]

Luna makes an excellent jacket, but "Still the Right Stuff" made an excellent (in light blue and yellow) NASA jacket of this type.
Al Worden led this project as he wanted a wearable one that would fit him and nobody at the time was making anything like it. Sadly, they stopped making them a while back but I would assume you might be able to find one if you look.

Apollo Couture: Astronaut Offers Replica of Iconic NASA Flight Jacket

Apollo astronaut Al Worden has recreated his iconic NASA-issued blue flight jacket down to the last button. And now they're for sale. Here's how he did it.

www.space.com

They were not cheap but I've compared mine to two real ones and they did a great job.

Thanks! I've already tried contacting the guy who made the "Still the Right Stuff" jackets.
Apparently, he still has the materials but does not have someone to make the jackets for him.
Regardless, even the "still the right stuff" jackets use the incorrect zippers.
"Still the right stuff" uses "aged" brass bell-shaped scovills.
The real deal type 1 used a conmatic 'bullet' on the main and a conmar bell on the sleeve.
The real deal type 2 used a rectangular scovill gripper zipper as the main and a conmar bell on the sleeve.
But thanks for the suggestion!

 

[mulceber]

Out of curiosity Wei, do you have any pics of Dave's NASA jacket that you can share? It looks like his website is no longer up.

 

[MaydayWei]

Borrowed from:

Diamond NASA Jacket

The jacket was made by Diamond Dave late in 2018, but I only got my hands on it a few months ago as it was sent to my far east base camp.... Anyway, here are the pictures. Enjoy.

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

 

[CBI]

there's an Al Worden jacket version that Luna makes

 

[ButteMT61]

You can;'t go wrong with the Luna jackets. Why bother with zips, etc? Get one and be a kid!