H&L Block AN-6552 starting @ $25

[Jaydee]

Huge size 46!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300249281361&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=020

 

[jacketimp]

Huge size 46!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300249281361&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=020

looks familiar..........listed before?

 

[Jaydee]

looks familiar..........listed before?

I don't think so. I found it at a vintage store here in my town. This is the first time I have listed it, but I guess it could have been listed before by someone else.

 

[jacketimp]

looks familiar..........listed before?

I don't think so. I found it at a vintage store here in my town. This is the first time I have listed it, but I guess it could have been listed before by someone else.

good luck........you're really lucky, no such luck for us brits!

 

[Jaydee]

good luck........you're really lucky, no such luck for us brits!

Thanks. I could not believe it when I saw it on the rack! Shame It don't fit me, I wear a MED 40. Amazing find though.

 

[jacketimp]

good luck........you're really lucky, no such luck for us brits!

Thanks. I could not believe it when I saw it on the rack! Shame It don't fit me, I wear a MED 40. Amazing find though.

you're gonna make yourself some fancy bucks!

 

[Roughwear]

What a great find Jaydee! I own a Block AN 6552 which has the original label and is marked a size 40. I believe Block AN 6552's run large. Mine is only one inch narrower across the chest and across the shoulders than yours and has the same measurements as yours down the back and down the sleeve. Yours may well have been tagged as a size 42 or 44. Good luck with it.

 

[tamoko]

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[Jaydee]

Way is different color on jacket and collar ?

Because I put on a collar from another jacket :lol: I think it must be because of the sun / age, and the collar being folded over while the rest of the jacket was exposed to the elements.

 

[Andrew]

Nice looking jacket but yet another without a label?

 

[Jaydee]

Nice looking jacket but yet another without a label?

Isn't it crazy?! I will be selling off all the labels next

 

[hacker]

Nice looking jacket but yet another without a label?

Block's are notorious for losing their tags...more so then any other 40's Navy flight jacket. Thankfully the rest of their jackets are first rate all the way......


Hacker

 

[rpmooreii]

Great jacket but it isn't a sz 46. I had a Block AN-6552 in sz 46 and the pit was 25" front and back; full 4" in diameter bigger than the one you listed. I would guess that yours is a 42 as the Block AN-6552 jackets are typically 4" in diameter larger than their stated size (yours measures 46" so 46-4 = 42). I would respectfully suggest that you change the listing to reflect the true sz as someone really looking for a sz 46 will be pretty unhappy whenj they find out it is really a sz 42.

Great looking jacket nonetheless! Good luck w/ the sale.

Here is a link to my jacket where you can see the measurements:

http://moorecustom.com/jackets/AN-6552_Block_46.htm

 

[Jaydee]

Great jacket but it isn't a sz 46. I had a Block AN-6552 in sz 46 and the pit was 25" front and back; full 4" in diameter bigger than the one you listed. I would guess that yours is a 42 as the Block AN-6552 jackets are typically 4" in diameter larger than their stated size (yours measures 46" so 46-4 = 42). I would respectfully suggest that you change the listing to reflect the true sz as someone really looking for a sz 46 will be pretty unhappy whenj they find out it is really a sz 42.

Great looking jacket nonetheless! Good luck w/ the sale.

Here is a link to my jacket where you can see the measurements:

http://moorecustom.com/jackets/AN-6552_Block_46.htm

Sounds reasonable, I know you know a lot about the Block Co.
Listing revised.

 

[Roughwear]

Great jacket but it isn't a sz 46. I had a Block AN-6552 in sz 46 and the pit was 25" front and back; full 4" in diameter bigger than the one you listed. I would guess that yours is a 42 as the Block AN-6552 jackets are typically 4" in diameter larger than their stated size (yours measures 46" so 46-4 = 42). I would respectfully suggest that you change the listing to reflect the true sz as someone really looking for a sz 46 will be pretty unhappy whenj they find out it is really a sz 42.

Great looking jacket nonetheless! Good luck w/ the sale.

Here is a link to my jacket where you can see the measurements:

http://moorecustom.com/jackets/AN-6552_Block_46.htm

Your post confirms my earlier one about the size of Block AN-6552s. This one does appear to be a size 42. It really is a shame that Block jackets often appear today minus their labels!

 

[rotagz]

Way is different color on jacket and collar ?

Because I put on a collar from another jacket :lol: I think it must be because of the sun / age, and the collar being folded over while the rest of the jacket was exposed to the elements.

So you replace a major element of the jacket without mentioning it in the listing. Caveat emptor, but the buyer may feel slightly mislead if he happens to notice. And now I have to wonder if the original collar had US or USN on it.

 

[Grant]

If it is an AN6552 it would have US under the collar.
One other mistake in the listing is the AN6552 was issued in '44 not '43.

 

[Roughwear]

If it is an AN6552 it would have US under the collar.
One other mistake in the listing is the AN6552 was issued in '44 not '43.

But surely the jacket in question does have US painted in yellow under the collar. I had always believed the AN 6552 series dated from 1943. I am curious to know where the evidence is for a 1944 issue date?

 

[Jaydee]

Way is different color on jacket and collar ?

Because I put on a collar from another jacket :lol: I think it must be because of the sun / age, and the collar being folded over while the rest of the jacket was exposed to the elements.

So you replace a major element of the jacket without mentioning it in the listing. Caveat emptor, but the buyer may feel slightly mislead if he happens to notice. And now I have to wonder if the original collar had US or USN on it.

What? No sir I would do no such thing. I was joking, thus the laughing face in the post. The color difference is most likely due to sun / weather. I did absolutely nothing to the jacket it is 100% original. Production date for the AN6552 I believe was 1943, that's what I found in my research anyway. I am honest in my listings and try to be as historically accurate as possible.
-Jay

 

[hacker]

I believe the contract dates for the AN-6552 only ran in 1943. Have not yet seen it differently.


Hacker