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

[Pa12]

Fair, although it really depends on the shade. Some of the lighter seal colors are very much a chocolatey brown. Pretty reasonable to call that "medium brown." AAF preferences also seem to have shifted over time as they realized that lighter-colored leather jackets showed grease and oil stains more easily.

I can definitely see that. As an aircraft mechanic I could never figure out why the British mechs wore white coveralls. Would definitely keep the laundry busy.

 

[ties70]

Me and my genetical upgrade..pretty tall for a ten year old....

WPG B-10...

 

[B-Man2]

Hard to say about the total numbers. The earlier contracts were mostly (overwhelmingly?) russet, but seal became a lot more common in '42, when the bulk of the jackets were made.

I would suspect that after 42 when most of the original A2’s were being depot re dyed to seal , that the A2’s that were in production were all seal by then . It would have served no purpose to keep making russet A2’s, as the purpose of re dying the existing Russett jackets to seal was for uniformity of color .

 

[B-Man2]

Me and my genetical upgrade..pretty tall for a ten year old....

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WPG B-10...

Nice photo Ties !

 

[Pa12]

I would suspect that after 42 when most of the original A2’s were being depot re dyed to seal , that the A2’s that were in production were all seal by then . It would have served no purpose to keep making russet A2’s, as the purpose of re dying the existing Russett jackets to seal was for uniformity of color .

I didn’t know they redied them. Then the bosses did notice.

 

[Otter]

Sitting on the balcony, post sundown with the temperature dropping fast, watching the bats fluttering about. Wearing my Eastman Irvin 1940, (pre broken grain version).

 

[RumRunner]

Fresh from ebay... Saddlery/Cooper A-2. Goatskin feels a bit stiff and I think the left arm needs some patches. First real A-2, happy to find a size that fits (48 Long)!

 

[B-Man2]

Nice A2 and a good fit .
Did you have all of the patches put on it or did it come that way .?

 

[RumRunner]

Nice A2 and a good fit .
Did you have all of the patches put on it or did it come that way .?

Came that way. I'm thinking maybe remove a few so you can see the jacket a bit better.

 

[B-Man2]

Came that way. I'm thinking maybe remove a few so you can see the jacket a bit better.

I hope you got a good deal on it . If you start removing patches It’s going to have a lot of holes in it . Not exactly pleasing to the eye.

 

[RumRunner]

I hope you got a good deal on it . If you start removing patches It’s going to have a lot of holes in it . Not exactly pleasing to the eye.

It was under $100, so for me that's about right. I did go ahead and take off a few patches and it looks much better now. (The one about the bass fishing tournament really didn't fit the motif...)

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Fresh out but sunny so time for my Martln Lane 7823D G-1 for a bit of bike cleaning

 

[YoungMedic]

Rocking the first of two Bronco contracts, this one from 1943. Kinda cool to think a 79 year old jacket is being worn on the streets where it was made!

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Very cool Grant! A jacket so nice, they contracted it twice

 

[mulceber]

Speaking of which, any pics of the other Bronco, @Grant?

 

[newagegeezer]

Rocking the first of two Bronco contracts, this one from 1943. Kinda cool to think a 79 year old jacket is being worn on the streets where it was made!

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I have the same contract Bronco, didn't know that equated to 1943 so thanks for that info....mine gets worn occasionally in London UK as it's wearing rather nice original paint

 

[Spitfireace]

Cold here today again. Wore the United Sheeplined to town today. Guess it’s about time as it’s the first time I’ve worn it since I slapped it together 2 yrs ago..

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It's begging to have the crap worn out of it.

 

[Griffon_301]

ELC RW27782 A-2 today for a late shift at the airport...

 

[Dany McDonald]

Griffon, I really like your RW, cut and fit is really nice! Collar is amazing.

Dany

 

[mulceber]

Out and about during a cold spell. Thought I’d take advantage of The weather to put a little more wear into my cold weather jackets. Aero merino Irvin and sugar canes.

Natalie’s wearing a post-war ski jacket made by Eddie Bauer

 

[Griffon_301]

Thank you very much
I never thought that I'd like an A-2 as much as I do now, I am really looking forward to wearing my two A-2s way more now that the temps are rising again...