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  1. bentusian

    3 questions about my A2 from the real mccoy's

    A new RMJP A-2 may have cost around JPY 168,000. It is likely that problem is with the slider rather than the entire zipper, and changing slider is much easier and effective as long as you get the right part (NOS or high-end repro). Besides, sometimes zipper could be sticky when new, especially...
  2. bentusian

    My First WW2 Peacoat

    Those pictures are linked from your photobucket library. I think there's an instruction about it somewhere, but here's how anyway: When you move your cursor on each photo in your photobucket library you'll see three stripes show up in the lower left corner. Move the cursor there, click on...
  3. bentusian

    My First WW2 Peacoat

    Looks like a score! Let me put some up for you:
  4. bentusian

    Jacket guys/gals, what briefcase do you carry? Do you match or change bags?

    Leather helmet bag with the AAF decal(heat transfer) added
  5. bentusian

    USN Deck Jackets period / repop

    Not exactly the deck jackets, but.. Original US Navy 'utility jacket' from the 80s Earlier type of the utility jacket from the 70s (darker navy color) Shade comparison And how I patched up and stenciled one of them
  7. bentusian

    USN Deck Jackets period / repop

    My deck jacket collection so far: RMJP's N-1 jacket (sold off a while ago) Buzz Rickson's William Gibson N-1 jacket (stencil nowhere) Buzz Rickson's Deck Zip jacket (sold off, way too big for the tagged size) Freewheelers 40's Deck Zip jacket (no stencil on the back, paraffin-coated...
  8. bentusian

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Yet another interesting point! I think that sheds a lot light on the tensed-up historical discourse among those northeast Asian countries, particularly over the sex slaves in the Imperial Japan's military. With the people of first hand account literally dying out, I guess now is the last chance...
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    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Very well put in a nutshell Big J, which reminds me of PM Abe's recent cringing speech to the US congress. (I think I would feel sort of ashamed if my President makes a similar speech at a foreign parliament, no matter how good the bilateral relations are) Cold realpolitik speaks there yet...
  10. bentusian

    Real McCoy's are closing down..?

    As far as I know old RMJP was split into RMNZ/The Few and Toy's McCoy, so it's always been a Japanese company based on the factory the old RMJP used. Unlike RMNZ, The Few always kept up with the price range of other high-end Japanese brands like (the new) RMJP. So when I asked RMNZ/The FEW...
  11. bentusian

    High Resolution Color WWII

    amazing. thanks for sharing.
  13. bentusian

    Real McCoy's are closing down..?

    There has been a hearsay for quite some time that The Few(=RMNZ) is moving their factory out of NZ. I am not sure yet where they are moving to.
  14. bentusian

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Thanks for yet another informative contribution, Big J. Are you doing a degree on this subject? :) That kinda explains the Japanese obsession with American culture in the post-war era, which in turn put them on the top of the line in this particular fashion industry we're interested in..
  15. bentusian

    False Valor/ Walter Mitty

    I don't put my name on the name tags - I put the name of a real historic person or an imaginary one (like a movie character).
  16. bentusian

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Thanks for your observation and in-sights, Big J. I think north-east Asian politics has become all the more complex due to China rising and Fukushima incident.
  17. bentusian

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    And look up "Unit 731" Nevertheless, http://nation.time.com/2013/05/20/sorry-but-japan-still-cant-get-the-war-right/
  19. bentusian

    Dating Outerwear by zipper design

    This thread may well be a legend. Thanks for sharing.
  20. bentusian

    FS: G-1 Jacket MIL-J-7823'B' series, size 38

    It's been on Ebay as well and since the bidding has started.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/261825042546 Thanks for your interest.
  21. bentusian

    FS: G-1 Jacket MIL-J-7823'B' series, size 38

    Up for sale is an original USN G-1 jacket, spec MIL-J-7823B series manufactured in 1963 by Ralph Edwards Sportswear Tag size 38, with actual measurements as follows: - armpit to armpit 54cm - shoulder width 47cm - sleeve length 61cm (wrist band incl.) - overall length, from neck to back bottom...
  22. bentusian

    Knopf A2 from the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

    bravo! :eusa_clap
  23. bentusian

    Question: Did US Pilots wear A-2' s during Vietnam war?

    I think the picture above was most likely taken around the Korean war ear. The model plane on the training device looks like P-51 which were received from US in 1950 immediately after the war broke out, and pretty much everything ROKAF had back then was US donation. That also explains the...

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