What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[ties70]

Again it's not vintage.

Surely I am!

Oh, you are talking about the jacket with regards to this forum's name.... Well, it's not leather either.

As are hundred of other reproduction (cloth / nylon / wool) jackets shown here over the years... Personally, I think most of the threads would be quite boring if the same 20 collectors would show each other the same pics of the same 3 dozen originals they own... But that's probably just me

Ties

 

[Smithy]

Plenty of room here for originals, top of the line repros and even the more pedestrian ones too.

It's like Heinz's 57 varieties here , something for everyone, from the cream of tomato soup right up to the fancy pants gherkins of jackets.

 

[mulceber]

Yep, it doesn’t have to be your cup of tea. I think very few of us are interested in EVERYTHING this board has to offer.

 

[Smithy]

Yep, it doesn’t have to be your cup of tea. I think very few of us are interested in EVERYTHING this board has to offer.

Too right Jan, there's a broad selection of people on here with diverse interests and priorities and that's how it should be.

There's only one thing I cannot stand (and it's not just here but anywhere) and that's snobs who try and lord it over others because they have more money, fancier things or whatever. Doing that just makes you a wanker.

 

[Spitfireace]

Surely I am!

Oh, you are talking about the jacket with regards to this forum's name.... Well, it's not leather either.

As are hundred of other reproduction (cloth / nylon / wool) jackets shown here over the years... Personally, I think most of the threads would be quite boring if the same 20 collectors would show each other the same pics of the same 3 dozen originals they own... But that's probably just me

Ties

sure you can not .... I have very many reproductions

 

[ausreenactor]

FS come on only the real thing will do. As far as I'm concerned.

"Come on , Man?"- Old, inefficient, inept and senile dude....2020

 

[ausreenactor]

Again it's not vintage.

Show us your original B-10 please?

 

[mulceber]

Too right Jan, there's a broad selection of people on here with diverse interests and priorities and that's how it should be.

There's only one thing I cannot stand (and it's not just here but anywhere) and that's snobs who try and lord it over others because they have more money, fancier things or whatever. Doing that just makes you a wanker.

Agreed completely. I remember before Heisenberg got the boot, when he was showing off his collection, I actually thought it was rather boring. All of his jackets were perfect, and so there was no variety to his collection at all. After the first couple jackets we saw, my eyes glazed over. I’m glad we have a wide range of jackets that we discuss on this board, from originals and Good Wears to AVI and Five Star.

 

[Spitfireace]

"Come on , Man?"- Old, inefficient, inept and senile dude....2020

ya may be thanks for pointing out my old age.

 

[ausreenactor]

ya may be thanks for pointing out my old age.

Was quoting that old guy on the TV, some of the time...

 

[Spitfireace]

Surely I am!

Oh, you are talking about the jacket with regards to this forum's name.... Well, it's not leather either.

As are hundred of other reproduction (cloth / nylon / wool) jackets shown here over the years... Personally, I think most of the threads would be quite boring if the same 20 collectors would show each other the same pics of the same 3 dozen originals they own... But that's probably just me

Ties

Might be boring at least it''s authentic.

 

[CBI]

this negative stuff is not needed. No need to jump on someone's sincere post of a jacket.

 

[MaydayWei]

Just out of curiosity, what did Heisenberg’s perfect collection consist of? @mulceber

 

[Spitfireace]

I posted not expecting jacket rage or nothing.

 

[ausreenactor]

Just out of curiosity, what did Heisenberg’s perfect collection consist of? @mulceber

Initially poor representations of flight jackets with some great art, then some off the peg jackets bought through VLJ , TFL and Ebay. Then a pipeline of GWs when he had a bit more knowledge... and then everything / everyone else were not up to the elite collector status. Went from Zero to Hero and back to Zero in under two years. Possibly an internet record.

 

[mulceber]

Initially poor representations of flight jackets with some great art, then some off the peg jackets bought through VLJ , TFL and Ebay. Then a pipeline of GWs when he had a bit more knowledge... and then everything / everyone else were not up to the elite collector status. Went from Zero to Hero and back to Zero in under two years. Possibly an internet record.

Yep, for a while there it seemed like he had settled on Good Wear jackets and Eastman shearling, but then even Eastman wasn’t good enough, and it was GW shearling as well. It need hardly be said that GW jackets are great, but the attitude of “nothing else is worth my time” grated a bit. No Sheeley navy jackets, no 27798 from Platon, no originals. It was a really blinkered attitude to collecting.

 

[Spitfireace]

 

[mulceber]

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Gorgeous, Ace!

 

[Spitfireace]

Mulceber you are aquainted with the Monarch A-2 heres my 1941 version. By the way, congrats on your original also.

 

[mulceber]

Yep, now I can see it - the collar was a little hard to identify from that angle, but no mistaking it, now that you point it out. Always great to see an original. Once the weather cools down I’ll get some outdoor shots with mine. There’s just no way to do it comfortably or responsibly when the mercury is sitting pretty at 30 Celsius.