Eastman / ELC "Pearl Harbor" question

[Banzai]

No "serial" number? Might be used to identify the jacket by ELC... if you can get them to respond.

Nope. Just a little white tag that says "38R" at the bottom. The tag is no bigger than my thumbnail.

 

[Banzai]

Ok, here's some pics of it, plus one selfie. Included a shot of the new, better cuff knits.

 

[Banzai]

By the way, when I bought this jacket I puzzled out that it was the "Pearl Harbor" model based on the fact that it's clearly a "house" model from the tag, but it has a collar stand. According to what I can find, that makes it the "Pearl Harbor".
Also, it had in the pocket a cardboard Eastman store tag that in pencil had "PH-WAL" written on it, which I'm pretty sure means "Pearl Harbor - Walnut".

 

[Chandler]

Nope. Just a little white tag that says "38R" at the bottom. The tag is no bigger than my thumbnail.

Guess they only do that with their "original manufacturer" repros.

 

[Banzai]

I don't know if they were reproducing Talon zippers back then, but mine, including the shape and engraving on the base, which is obscured by the pull I tied to it, looks just like a mid-40s model that I found on a Talon picture dating ID chart. I guess that's pretty cool.

So I hear you saying I should carefully cut out that white tag by the "contract" tag.

 

[Brettafett]

I was fortunate enough to have visited the ELC factory when there was a long rack of PH movie jackets just been returned post shooting.
These were what the official PH house jackets were modelled from I guess.

 

[Chandler]

These were what the official PH house jackets were modelled from I guess.

Pretty sure ELC started selling the PH jackets pre-release as a promo to their being the "official supplier" to the movie.

 

[Chandler]

So I hear you saying I should carefully cut out that white tag by the "contract" tag.

It's probably a personal preference to those of us looking for a more authentic look to our jackets, but I also can't imagine that tag being very comfortable as is.

 

[Brettafett]

Could very well be. It was a while ago, but when I arrived there to try on other jackets, they were there on a rack, some beautifully 'aged'... When I asked, I was told they were for a movie.
Not for sale.

 

[Chandler]

Not for sale.

Well, that would've been frustrating.

I have a vague memory that they eventually sold some of those "set used" jackets -- maybe thru eBay? Too long ago.

 

[Brettafett]

Yes, I dont recall exactly. Could be that those on that rack we're not used in the film.
They did look more 'aged' than usual as I recall, more so than what I saw in the film. There was a seal A-2 that I was doting on big time. I tried, really... lol but no sale.