Salty Old Flight Jacket on Test pilot
View attachment 834 Any one have any idea of the maker of this jacket ? . No shrink wrap in those days just good ol tape . BIP
View Articleavi bronco
just for the hell of it, i purchased an avi leather goat bronco to see just exactly what they were offering, and what it would take to bring it up to speed. i redyed the hides with a coupla passes...
View Articlea very rare N1 jacket - NAF -1168-40 ? contract NXsx 404
a veryrare N1 will soon ended. at the time of writing, the px is US$910 https://www.ebay.com/itm/223158223750?ul_noapp=true It is rare cos 1) NAF is very rare in N1 2) It belongs to the earlier 2nd...
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Boots / shoes to wear with your flight jacket s...
Hi guys, I have spent the beautiful day in our garden....and cleaned some of my boots. Guess there is another obvious Obsession! Four Pairs of Redwings, two Pairs of Thorogoods, one Pair of Whites's....
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Bronco Mfg Corp
While perusing my contracts list , i noticed that under the Bronco heading they show no contracts for the AC ?? Was BRONCO an abbreviation ?? Seems strange that the vast amount of jackets that were...
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Latest BRONSON haul
Just arrived straight from China (OK not straight coz it was going from China to Germany - from there to the US and now ended up down south here in MEX - all transportation done by workmates ...) US...
View ArticleCollar trim material used on B15 jackets
Could someone confirm for me the type of "material" used on the collar trim on B15 jackets ? Was it ? A . a "mouton" type B. a "nylon2 type of "fur" Carl
View ArticleLevi’s Vintage
Morning Just gotten my Black Friday email from Levi’s In short, if you sign up they will do free shipping and returns and 30% off on there full range I am UK based so check if that applies to you
View ArticleButtoned Pocket Flaps A-2 Jackets
From the original documents used for clearance of A-2 specification, 94-3040, there are three contracts listed as already procured, and the spec. states in section III "All button holes shall be...
View ArticleShow us your satchels.
View attachment 9655 This is an old leather band bag I picked up at a local flea market years ago. The patina on it caught my eye. I would give a silver dollar that it’s horse. But who knows....
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Old Leatherpatch I did some time ago Spirit Of St'Louis" nose art ....
Here's an image of a leather patch I made of one of the emblems on the nose of Lindberg's plane, taken from opposite side so it's reversed on the image of his plane but the patch was "other" direction...
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Leather 457th Bomb Group,rank & name strip, to Finland I made...
Here's a small grouping of patches I just finished recently, made for a man's jacket in Finland, 457th Bombardment Group, set of Captain's bar rank and name strip, I applied a "dirty wash" effect to...
View ArticleStretching your jacket up a size
I posted this on the old forum and by request I'm posting it again. I have a Willis & Geiger A-1 that was given to me as a gift. It was supposedly worn in the mini series "War and Remembrance" by a...
View ArticleG-1 MIL-J-7823C (1962)
Really surprised on how well it held up. My guess is the original owner probably is a collector as well and at best only wore it a few times. My question is, should I have it re-cuff and fix all the...
View ArticleRequesting Status Update re; Goldsmith A2’s
Hi Ken and Jay I was wondering what the status of the Goldsmith jackets is and the current timelines for release . Thanks in advance for any information you might care to provide.
View ArticleCotton thread?
Some time ago the stitching on my early house ELC A2 right hand pocket broke up leaving a gaping opening along the bottom an partly up the outer edge. Two weeks ago I wore my original Dubow to the...
View ArticlePress studs
Does anyone know where i can source press studs for an N3b ? Im wanting to make a small modification by adding these to the wind flap at the very bottom , just to keep it from opening up in the winter...
View ArticleAAF kit issue document Apr. 16, 1942
Thought I'd post some pics of a document I found in the book Combat Flying Clothing by C. G. Sweeting. It shows what the typical issued kit was for flyers and the part numbers for them. May be of...
View ArticleB10 from BOB DONG
pretty often it pays out to have old workmates/pals all around the world ... I just received a new repop B10 outta china which a fellow workmate brought straight from Beijing the jacket was made by BOB...
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