Let's see your old Eastman RAF jackets

[John Lever]

 

[Roughwear]

Very nice late War jacket John. BTW when was it made by ELC?

 

[John Lever]

Very nice late War jacket John. BTW when was it made by ELC?

Unfortunately not mine and unlikely ever to be...
It is an absolute killer, I offer the owner £500, but no joy.

 

[Cliff]

Sorry John I know this will hurt you but you did ask !!!

Cheers
Cliff

 

[John Lever]

:mrgreen:

 

[philip.ed]

The sheepskin on that looks great; probably the best of I've seen from any repro.
How do you know the seller? When did ELC make the jacket?

 

[John Lever]

Some bloke on the interweb....
I'll try to find out when it was made, I suspect it comes from Eastman's 'Red' period about 5 years ago. It looks like a mouton collar special.

 

[Isisllc]

Shiloh:

I noted the prayer flags in the background of your picture and have to ask where you were. It's probably a long shot, but it looks much like outside of the Tibetan Museum in Gangtok.

Thanks

 

[John Lever]

Here's an older jacket. The cuffs were bald so Gary has re-trimmed them in RW B-3 sheepskin, the closest match.

The actual colour is somewhere between the two. It has a slightly waxy coating which I haven't seen before.

 

[better duck]

Let the pictures speak for themselves. Ordered April 1990, collected it in person May 1990, photos taken ca 2006:

 

[John Lever]

Stonker !

 

[Grant]

Peter,
Kick ass Irvin!

 

[Cliff]

Stonker !

Somehow I sort of knew you were going to say that John !!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

But yes it is !!!!

 

[fleet16b]

I cheated a bit with this one Andrew, I had help from John Lever and his nefarious washing machine technique - it works a treat.

"washing machine technique" ????

What is this all about . I must have missed this if it was discussed in another thread.
Can anyone elaborate ?

Fleet16b ( the curious)

 

[deeb7]

"washing machine technique" ????

What is this all about . I must have missed this if it was discussed in another thread.

Here's one of many ...

viewtopic.php?p=18487#p18487

 

[fleet16b]

Thanks David

The process sounds a bit scary to me :shock:
Not sure if I would attempt this with my ELC B of B Irvin