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USN jackets .... Eye candy for the mouton collar guy's
- Thread starter B-Man2
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MaydayWei
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Flightengineer
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Speak of the damn devil, I have another 68 Brill Bros 7823D in the mail
You will not be disappointed
johnwayne
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I think Flightengineer ought to retract his comment re 50’s G1’s V silhouette now MaydayWei posted that ‘67 Star, that a real V shape! .
Must admit my personal preference of an A2 is often compromised when nice M422/G1’s get posted but I ‘think’ I prefer the the former yet probably had more compliments wearing the latter, mostly good but often jokey ’arms out’ and airplane noises!!!
Must admit my personal preference of an A2 is often compromised when nice M422/G1’s get posted but I ‘think’ I prefer the the former yet probably had more compliments wearing the latter, mostly good but often jokey ’arms out’ and airplane noises!!!
Smithy
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Thanks, its Mia - my granddaughter
Easily the best "selfie" pick on here in yonks. Nice one Dmitry!
917_k
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Great thread Burt, and wonderful contributions from everyone else!
The G-1 is my favourite leather flight jacket, so this is right up my street. I previously did a thread on some of the jackets in my collection:
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
As it happens I’ve just acquired my 7th & 8th G-1s, so this is a great excuse to show them off. First up is a Ralph Edwards 1962 dated 7823B, which is generally regarded as being the rarest of the 7823 series.
And my 8th G-1 is a 1958 L W Foster Sportswear 7823(AER). Sadly it’s a size 36, so doesn’t fit me and the zipper is broken, but it was too good to pass up being listed on eBay as ‘vintage brown leather flight jacket’, so not a lot of money was paid:
The mouton has started to rot a bit as well, so I’ll probably get this repaired when I can as the leather is still in good condition.
The G-1 is my favourite leather flight jacket, so this is right up my street. I previously did a thread on some of the jackets in my collection:
G-1 Collection: 55J14 - 7823D
Evening All, Having been a long-time lurker and (apologies) very occasional poster, this pandemic lockdown has given me the opportunity to finally sort through some photos of my jacket collection, which I thought I'd share with the forum. I've been collecting US military jackets of all types...
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
As it happens I’ve just acquired my 7th & 8th G-1s, so this is a great excuse to show them off. First up is a Ralph Edwards 1962 dated 7823B, which is generally regarded as being the rarest of the 7823 series.
And my 8th G-1 is a 1958 L W Foster Sportswear 7823(AER). Sadly it’s a size 36, so doesn’t fit me and the zipper is broken, but it was too good to pass up being listed on eBay as ‘vintage brown leather flight jacket’, so not a lot of money was paid:
The mouton has started to rot a bit as well, so I’ll probably get this repaired when I can as the leather is still in good condition.
MaydayWei
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Great thread Burt, and wonderful contributions from everyone else!
The G-1 is my favourite leather flight jacket, so this is right up my street. I previously did a thread on some of the jackets in my collection:
G-1 Collection: 55J14 - 7823D
Evening All, Having been a long-time lurker and (apologies) very occasional poster, this pandemic lockdown has given me the opportunity to finally sort through some photos of my jacket collection, which I thought I'd share with the forum. I've been collecting US military jackets of all types...
As it happens I’ve just acquired my 7th & 8th G-1s, so this is a great excuse to show them off. First up is a Ralph Edwards 1962 dated 7823B, which is generally regarded as being the rarest of the 7823 series.
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And my 8th G-1 is a 1958 L W Foster Sportswear 7823(AER). Sadly it’s a size 36, so doesn’t fit me and the zipper is broken, but it was too good to pass up being listed on eBay as ‘vintage brown leather flight jacket’, so not a lot of money was paid:
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The mouton has started to rot a bit as well, so I’ll probably get this repaired when I can as the leather is still in good condition.
7th and 8th? Good god, are you opening a museum?
Lovely jackets, thanks for sharing.
I echo the sentiments above, its getting harder and harder to see let alone acquire these 50s and early 60s G-1s in wearable nick that aren't slowly dying from the cursed red-rot. In short, thanks for letting us have a peek.
B-Man2
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You guys are putting up some great looking original G-1s and earlier jackets . I know I’m repeating myself but at the prices some of these are going for these days , why pay out the Wazzoo for a repro, when you can have an original for less money ?? Unless you can’t find one in you size or length .
London Cabbie
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Have the cuffs, hem & mouton all been renewed..? Lovely, lovely @FlightengineerI have had many different G-1s. I often bough, then sold or exchanged.
Now I have 2 originals:
LW Foster from 1956
and Brill Bros. from 1968
Flightengineer
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1956 Foster - replaced mouton only (due moth damage) for a specially selected vintage muton of the same color, I already published a photo somewhere here.
Otherwise, everything is original on this jacket and knitting in an excellent shape without any flaws.
The 1968 jacket is completely original.
B-Man2
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That’s a great looking Foster . I would definitely hang on to that one .1956 Foster - replaced mouton only (due moth damage) for a specially selected vintage muton of the same color, I already published a photo somewhere here.
Otherwise, everything is original on this jacket and knitting in an excellent shape without any flaws.
The 1968 jacket is completely original.
London Cabbie
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After seeing all these great original vintage USN jackets, I think the way forward this year is to hunt down an original. Move the goalposts for the missus..
Brettafett
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I regret letting go of that Star...
Flightengineer
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No regrets Brett, this Star fits Lorenzo better. I'm sure that you need size 42 in this series, you and I have very close parameters (well, yes, your arms are a little longer
)
Flightengineer
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This is a very infectious place, this forum
Brettafett
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You are right Dmitry, and I do need to look for one that will accommodate the arms
Flightengineer
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You are right Dmitry, and I do need to look for one that will accommodate the arms
Brill as mine would fit you, there is extra length of the sleeves in this jacket.Although of course everything happens in this life and the jackets are all a little different.
MaydayWei
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1956 Foster - replaced mouton only (due moth damage) for a specially selected vintage muton of the same color, I already published a photo somewhere here.
Otherwise, everything is original on this jacket and knitting in an excellent shape without any flaws.
The 1968 jacket is completely original.
Really loving the patches, mate; good looking without the Top Gun 'overdone it' look.
Flightengineer
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Me too.These are the patches that Jerry has got over his career. Top Gun is a movie but this jacket from real life.
galvestonokie
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Here's one i think is a bit rare. Sold it a few years ago but kept the pics. It is an H&L BLock M-422A, size 46 as i recall. I sold some of my jackets but will post pics of some of the more interesting ones. Great thread, BTW.
