Pilot
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Yes! metal parts buckles... magnetic... like pre 1945 originals..
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Doursoux Hartmann
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Rory Schultz
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Doh! What kind of metal? Aluminum, steel, iron....?
Pilot
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I believe Iron nickel plated... magnetic... as it should be. Only crapola made are out of non magnetic metal.
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ausreenactor
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Three buckles per jacket?
Bombing IP
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Pilot if you make them I will take one.
Pilot
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Yes I do!
please pm for sizing and commercial conditions.
Pilot
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One set will be as per original design, if you pay for a 3 set design, happy to make one special for you... we are flexibel
jerome35
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Pilot, have you also bought their Reich Defense Jacket patterns? Do you make them?
Rory Schultz
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How many pre 1945 designs were there? I have seen these but a couple of others too.
Rory Schultz
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I thought this design was the German design waist buckle. Because I saw some photos of German made jackets that had this waist buckle on it. Am I incorrect?
Enigma1938
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There were never German designet buckles for cyclist jackets because this were French jackets with all French own parts on it.
Rory Schultz
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One jacket that eludes me and can not find it anywhere is the suede leather one the pilots wore during the Spanish Civil War. It is single breasted button up with button pockets. And the buffed leather version with large collar. The other one is the what Molders wore with the belted waist.
Rory Schultz
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If you look at the first photo of the suede leather one there is a lay over flap that buttons. The 2nd photo you can not see is their jackets are button up but it has a small belted at the waist. You can barely see it on the pilot on the left side of photo. I have not found any info on these jackets or who or where they are from. I saw these jackets and a few others many years ago at the Aviation Museum in Madrid in the section about the Spanish Civil War.
Rory Schultz
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The other designs for the French buckle are these.
Rory Schultz
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This jacket is the one he and his wingman wore during the Battle of Britain. Can't find info on this either
Enigma1938
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Would also love to know what kind of jackets they wear on the right side of this photo. The look pretty interesting ! Especially because they look way more blousy than the later leather jackets preferred by german fighter pilots.
B-Man2
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All of these jackets look cool for what they were used for and the time period they were worn in, no doubt about it . But by today’s standards they look about a size too small and too short . I think I would get some funny looks if I wore one today in the correct period size. Still... it looks damn cool .
Kermit3D
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When you wear this kind of jacket today, I think the main problem is the height of the waist. Because pants are worn much lower than before.
Contrary to what we might think, these jackets (cyclist jackets) are not that narrow. The pattern is square. I have more room in my cyclist jacket (to accommodate a big knit for example) than in my A-2 jacket.
I think that people who are a bit "wide" (I don't know how to say it properly in English) could wear a cyclist jacket without being ridiculous.
Rory Schultz
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My only problem with the waist is that I went from 30 inch to 44 inch! Just in the last 3 years! It wasn't from over eating. It started when my gallbladder ruptured. Once it was removed the waistline ballooned.
