GW United Sheeplined

[rob75IT]

Hi Guys
Some days ago I received my United Sheeplined from John.
I have to say that I could not be more satisfied with one A-2.
Fit like sewed on me and it is very comfortable.
He used his Vermont Espresso HH, with green sewing points and a pristine WWII Talon zipper. The color of the leather is amazing, with all his tones. Moment by moment is releasing all his wrinkles and looks more vintage. I toke a couple of pic of A-2 and Dave cap to show you together the work of this 2 great handcraft-man

 

[kkochheiser]

Great leather isn't it! I received my Dubow 20960 in the same leather a few weeks ago and just love it.

Enjoy it.
Kent

 

[TankBuster]

Great looking jacket Roberto! I also have one in vermont espresso.
Excellent leather! Congrats on a real beauty!

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Roberto very nice indeed ,looks the part .Will you be putting any of your patches on it .Regards Jeff

 

[Andrew]

I have a GW United as well but in Bonanza steerhide. It's a great trim shape and I can understand your pleasure.

I take it you painted the serial on Roberto? How did you pick the number?

 

[CBI]

Great jacket!! I was talking with John last week and he mentioned he was doing this jacket - COOL!!!!!!

 

[DiamondDave]

While I know that I will incur the wrath of the 'non-believers', or be labeled another GW sycophant, I cannot help but marvel at the authenticity level that JC has now attained....IMHO!

Congrats on the jacket Roberto, looks beautiful!


DD

 

[dujardin]

bongiorno Roberto,

un bellezza... belloooooooooooooooo

real nice jacket,
good idea about the small lettering to personnalise your A2

enjoy her

with Dave's crusher, good team.

bye byeeeeeeeeeee

marcel

 

[rob75IT]

Thank you to everybody for the compliments.
This jacket is really great.
The serial number is taken from another A-2 you can see on the pg 39 of the book "Art of the F/J". I asked JC to put the numbers on and he did a really good work also with it.
You can find a Texas flag like the one on my jacket on "more silver wings.....". I've chosen that flag for personal reason.
I'm now thinking about putting a simple shield on the other arm. What do you guys think about it?

 

[hacker]

......I'm now thinking about putting a simple shield on the other arm. What do you guys think about it?

only if it's this one :lol:

A presto

 

[Doug C]

Awesome, I love the jacket !
Doug C

 

[airfrogusmc]

Great looking jacket and I love my Dubow JC made in Vermont Expresso...The color is a perfect match to Pauls original 27798.

 

[shedonwanna]

Thank you to everybody for the compliments.
You can find a Texas flag like the one on my jacket on "more silver wings.....". I've chosen that flag for personal reason.
I'm now thinking about putting a simple shield on the other arm. What do you guys think about it?

roberto,

Tom taught an Aeronautical Engineering class at Texas A&M. He would drive and sometimes fly up to College Station a couple times a week. This sleeve patch would make him proud - he liked Aggies!

dlmiller

 

[kobol]

Very nice jacket. Looks great.

 

[Clyde from Carolina]

Looks very, very nice.

 

[rob75IT]

I thought somebody would be interested in seeing the jacket after some months of use.
Roberto

 

[Anonymous]

Sure looks good.
As I'm very much an amateur and have only handled a few WW2 made jackets, I appreciate that JC's jackets look like originals but do they weight the same as originals or has he lined the jacket in lead to make it feel the same weight ? Like Rolex fakes !

The hide looks thinner but with the same wear as an original and the 2 Good Wears I had were definately light but they were early ones.

J_H

 

[Dr H]

I too have relatively little experience with WW2 originals save a couple of Perrys in russet goat, but I recently observed that the goat on my GW Doniger (a relatively recent example) was if anything marginally heavier (in terms of thickness) than the corresponding WW2 Perrys. I don't think that this was simply due to the degree of wear/flexibility of the older jackets, but more experienced members/collectors may be able to tell whether NOS goat jackets appear thicker than heavily worn examples (as the skin becomes more pliable)?

 

[greyhound52]

I too have relatively little experience with WW2 originals save a couple of Perrys in russet goat, but I recently observed that the goat on my GW Doniger (a relatively recent example) was if anything marginally heavier (in terms of thickness) than the corresponding WW2 Perrys. I don't think that this was simply due to the degree of wear/flexibility of the older jackets, but more experienced members/collectors may be able to tell whether NOS goat jackets appear thicker than heavily worn examples (as the skin becomes more pliable)?

Owning two original Donigers there is a difference in the GS thickness. One has thin (probably 2.0-2.5 oz) GS while the other is most likely 3.0 oz. JC's GS on my Doniger nailed the mark on the thin GS original Doniger. I think the hide does become more pliable with wear but not by much. My original Doniger has about the same feel as the GW.

 

[greyhound52]

Sure looks good.
As I'm very much an amateur and have only handled a few WW2 made jackets, I appreciate that JC's jackets look like originals but do they weight the same as originals or has he lined the jacket in lead to make it feel the same weight ? Like Rolex fakes !

The hide looks thinner but with the same wear as an original and the 2 Good Wears I had were definately light but they were early ones.

J_H

I have found that with originals the hide thickness is all over the place as one would expect. My Monarch is very thick probably 3-3.5 oz yet the no name 18246 is thin (more like the GW models). So, with the varying degrees of thickness in originals it is really hard to say a GW does not have the same weight as an original. Just my take on it.