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

[John Luder]

I'm gifted in that such a beautiful cultured girl is with a blunt old Irish guy like me haha

You are a lucky sod, indeed.
Where's she from, then? Someplace on the Continent?
Please tell her that I love the natural look of her hair. I've been telling my lovely wee wifey, for years, to let it go. No one thinks a 67 year old woman of Mayo descent named Hopkins still has auburn hair. Only Maureen O'Hara, God rest her soul.

 

[John Luder]

Too much pristine stuff on here these days. Chilly day Jeep maintenance = dirty tanker.

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S'why I beat up my A-1 before wearing it. Yours like right properly broken in.

 

[JonnyCrow]

You are a lucky sod, indeed.
Where's she from, then? Someplace on the Continent?
Please tell her that I love the natural look of her hair. I've been telling my lovely wee wifey, for years, to let it go. No one thinks a 67 year old woman of Mayo descent named Hopkins still has auburn hair. Only Maureen O'Hara, God rest her soul.

She's Spanish, a Palentina from Palencia province but she's lived in Madrid from 1986, she's let the silver grow out past 6 years, like I said she was silver at 26, it peeves her I'm 55 with no silver but she loves her hair and so do I,

 

[JonnyCrow]

Too much pristine stuff on here these days. Chilly day Jeep maintenance = dirty tanker.

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Lol love it Steve, dirty tanker, Compo would have been privileged to muck out your stables I miss getting dirty and cold especially when my brother was a pigman, I'm too spoiled now

 

[Micawber]

S'why I beat up my A-1 before wearing it. Yours like right properly broken in.

I'm known for it. If it's fabric wear it to death then chuck it in the wash. Leather just wear the piss out of it and see what happens, if I don't like the way it's going I will strip and re-dye / refinish. I have posted several examples of this in the past.

 

[JonnyCrow]

I'm known for it. If it's fabric wear it to death then chuck it in the wash. Leather just wear the piss out of it and see what happens, if I don't like the way it's going I will strip and re-dye / refinish. I have posted several examples of this in the past.

Steve, in the eighties I had fave pairs of jeans like that, the old lady threw some out because she said my arse was hanging out of them haha I was mortified, just because something looks ragged doesn't mean it's dying, thank Christ she never got her hands on my leather bike jackets haha

 

[Micawber]

Steve, in the eighties I had fave pairs of jeans like that, the old lady threw some out because she said my arse was hanging out of them haha I was mortified, just because something looks ragged doesn't mean it's dying, thank Christ she never got her hands on my leather bike jackets haha

Aye. That ATF tanker isn't ragged, more nicely broken in, just like me It's been mucky before but washes up well, also just like me!

 

[JonnyCrow]

Aye. That ATF tanker isn't ragged, more nicely broken in, just like me It's been mucky before but washes up well, also just like me!

You can be mucky but scrub up good as me mam says all fur coat and no knickers, doesn't mean your clean haha you'll get that one I'm sure

 

[WingAndaPrayer]

Is that a Shield? You must have big hands, it looks to be on the small side. I'll have to throw on my A-2 with the Thunderbird and show off my .45 Sig, my personal carry.

It’s a 9mm. It’s good for plinking beer cans.

 

[John Luder]

Hi Gang,
This seems like the most used thread, but I hope you'll steer me to the more appropriate one if necessary.
I know that US PT Boat officers and Sub officers got A-2s, and they appear clearly in a few movies filmed at the time.
I can't nail it down on an internet search, so, does anyone have photos or cites to sites to assist?
Thanks.
John

 

[JonnyCrow]

Hi Gang,
This seems like the most used thread, but I hope you'll steer me to the more appropriate one if necessary.
I know that US PT Boat officers and Sub officers got A-2s, and they appear clearly in a few movies filmed at the time.
I can't nail it down on an internet search, so, does anyone have photos or cites to sites to assist?
Thanks.
John

There was a thread on it similar once about the movie torpedo run

New Custom Project: "Torpedo Run" Air Associates Reproduction

Hello All, I was recently contracted by a customer who wanted a reproduction of a movie jacket from "Torpedo Run", the 1950's war movie. Here is some screen shots of the jacket: At first we thought it was a 37J1 type variant but on closer inspection, I noticed that the collar was folded down...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

 

[ties70]

Original A-2 Deck Jacket from FFG-28 aka frigate USS Boone:

 

[Micawber]

Just an old lemming wearing a GW A-2 about to be attacked by a twisted willow....

 

[Nickb123]

Got this one back from my brother in law. Swapped it with the RW.

 

[Wz1999]

GW HLB today

 

[Nickb123]

GW HLB today
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Is this one combat cloned?

 

[Wz1999]

Is this one combat cloned?

It’s not combat cloned.

 

[A2 B3au]

One size up from my usual, this cable A2 from ELC paint n patches by Joshs flight jackets

 

[Harris_HTM]

Five star United Sheeplined in seal horsehide.

 

[A2 B3au]