I'm not sure the pockets on a D-1 are designed to put your hands in. They're too high up, and the very fact that they have zips suggests to me that they were there for putting stuff in. The ones on the B-6 are lower down and angled for easy hand insertion. Personally I never put my hands in my jacket pockets anyway. I intend getting a D-1 soon, by fair means or foul, so if there's a size 42 going spare anywhere, I could be interested. Otherwise I'm going to ELC for new one (yes, me who recently said I would never buy another new sheepskin jacket!)