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FiveStar Leather Reproduction of M444 Jacket
- Thread starter Shawn Ali
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ausreenactor
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At least you wear them!
flyincowboy
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The Leather is Double face and the thickness of fleece and leather is 10mm
Shawn
Just thinking that the hide must be strong and thick never had such a jacket with 10mm fleece.
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saucerfiend
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Shaun, would you please post some fit pics of your new M444?
Shawn Ali
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ausreenactor
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When will the horsehide make the website Shawn?
ties70
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Couchy,
if @Shawn Ali is lucky (and the increased feedback after showing the three new shades on the FB page seems to be a good indicator), all the hides will be turned into (sold) jackets before they make it to the website!
Ties
ties70
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Honestly, we gotta cut the guy some slack.
The hides were made with special contracts (Werber, Star, Poughkeepsie) in mind, and I am pretty sure that immediately after showing us the horsehide, FiveStar got swamped with orders and change orders for a lot of jackets...not necessarily these three contracts, which are hopefully developed right now.
I am sure, they are busy at FS....The duotone sheepskin B-3 hasn't made the website, either.
Ties
flyincowboy
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Look like a warm jacket might be good for the cold weather!
So my new Fivestar m444 arrived.
My impressions: This is a really well-made jacket. The materials are beautiful. The fleece is thinner than my other sheepskin jackets, which I gather is accurate compared to originals. The colors are really nice, both outside and inside. The stitching was obviously done with tremendous attention to detail, with no appreciable flaws.
The wax that's applied was overpowering at first. It has largely dissipated over the past few days.
The jacket overall fits very well and as expected, except for the cut of the sleeves over the forearm and wrist. the ends of the sleeves are wider than expected, and wider than I would have hoped. They measure 15" in circumference. My W&G m444 and W&G m445 are 13", my RMNZ m444 13.75. One of the photos below shows the end of the sleeve compared with the W&G m444, the size I prefer. they did send photos for my approval prior to shipping, which I approved, just wish I'd paid a little more attention to the cuffs prior to shipping. I have been thinking of sending it back to have the sleeves tapered a little bit, but am not sure the cost of shipping the jacket pack to Pakistan would justify it. Fivestar has assured me the cut of the sleeves is accurate based on the original contract. I wonder what people think?
Fivestar communications have been excellent. They are willling to do the work at no cost other than shipping.
My impressions: This is a really well-made jacket. The materials are beautiful. The fleece is thinner than my other sheepskin jackets, which I gather is accurate compared to originals. The colors are really nice, both outside and inside. The stitching was obviously done with tremendous attention to detail, with no appreciable flaws.
The wax that's applied was overpowering at first. It has largely dissipated over the past few days.
The jacket overall fits very well and as expected, except for the cut of the sleeves over the forearm and wrist. the ends of the sleeves are wider than expected, and wider than I would have hoped. They measure 15" in circumference. My W&G m444 and W&G m445 are 13", my RMNZ m444 13.75. One of the photos below shows the end of the sleeve compared with the W&G m444, the size I prefer. they did send photos for my approval prior to shipping, which I approved, just wish I'd paid a little more attention to the cuffs prior to shipping. I have been thinking of sending it back to have the sleeves tapered a little bit, but am not sure the cost of shipping the jacket pack to Pakistan would justify it. Fivestar has assured me the cut of the sleeves is accurate based on the original contract. I wonder what people think?
Fivestar communications have been excellent. They are willling to do the work at no cost other than shipping.
leper-colony
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Looks really great! On page one (1), the prototype jacket, the cuffs do not look as wide to my eye, not sure.
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
Here's an original Monarch (not sure what Shawn drew from):
www.goodwearleather.com
FiveStar Leather Reproduction of M444 Jacket
Hi Dear Members and Friends First of all I want to Thank you all for making our attention towards these rare jackets reproductions, From Some Time upon request of few members here we were working on a Reproduction of M444 jacket, we made this jacket's first prototype and I am posting its...
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
Here's an original Monarch (not sure what Shawn drew from):
Good Wear Leather Coat Company — Sale Original Monarch M-444A Flight Jacket
www.goodwearleather.com
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MrProper
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mulceber
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Looks like something Steve Sellers could fix pretty well.
