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Each Manufacturer’s specialty?
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Ken at Aero Leather
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I'm asssuming we are talking Military only?
If so, having checked our records , I'm amazed
By far the best seller for us is our 38-1711-P Type A-2
I'd never have guessed that, I'd have thought a B-3 or one of the later Aero A-2 contracts.
If so, having checked our records , I'm amazed
By far the best seller for us is our 38-1711-P Type A-2
I'd never have guessed that, I'd have thought a B-3 or one of the later Aero A-2 contracts.
Ken at Aero Leather
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Yeah, I was thinking A-2s specifically, but we could also have categories for non-A-2 and civilian jackets. I’m guessing the best seller in the civilian category for Aero would be the Highwayman?
Yes................By a country mile, has been every single years since 1983 except between 1992-1994 when the Half Belt outsold everything
Second and third in recent years have been the Board Racer and The Shackleton, both new models since 4 or 5 years ago
Ken at Aero Leather
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Not a bad guess, it's more popular than any Aero contract bar the 1938
My favourite (by far) is the 1756 un-named contract but obviously not most folks......................I love the collar
mulceber
Moderator
Yeah, I’m surprised at the 1711 too. Seems like a later Aero contract or the Bronco would be much more likely.
what about BK, ELC or GW? For various reasons, we don’t have their owners around to give us numbers, but which ones do you all think they make particularly well or think is their specialty?
what about BK, ELC or GW? For various reasons, we don’t have their owners around to give us numbers, but which ones do you all think they make particularly well or think is their specialty?
foster
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ELC I would guess is their B-3, their A-2 Rough Wear, or their "house blend"
BK I only ordered one, but maybe it seems like the DuBow is their main offering now?
GW seems to specialize in anything they make; copying the originals as closely as can be achieved. But I do have a fondness for his Werber A-2's.
DiamondDave
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Gents,
Jc has a particular affinity for the Rough Wear pattern and makes a ton of them. I believe it’s his best seller.
Personally I have had great luck with Dubow and Aero contracts.
DD
Jc has a particular affinity for the Rough Wear pattern and makes a ton of them. I believe it’s his best seller.
Personally I have had great luck with Dubow and Aero contracts.
DD
DiamondDave
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mulceber
Moderator
I agree on ELC - most of the ones I see going up for sale on ebay are rough wears or stars. Helps that they have so many different RW contracts available. I agree that Dubow was probably BK's specialty a year or two ago, but I suspect Platon has siphoned off a lot of those orders. Heck, that's probably why he chose to build a company around Dubow contracts. Nowadays I'm not sure what their specialty would be. Maybe RW as well? I know of like 2 RWs on order from them right now (including my own), and a third person that's considering it.
foster
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Five at the moment:
2 DuBows, 1 Acme (Aero), 1 Poughkeepsie, and 1 USL (waiting for my oldest son to grow into it).
DiamondDave
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That’s the spirit. Legacy jackets! We have to get back to that mindset in this country and stop throwing away things if they get old.
foster
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That is what my last ELC A-2 was, a 27752. Loved the look of it, but the pockets were just too high, and the leather had some sort of clearcoat applied to it. Now I wear a DuBow 27798 made of what appears to be the same hide as my ELC 27752 was, but without the clearcoat.
Silver Surfer
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Q: manufacturers specialty? A: separating us from our dough
