Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    :D
  2. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    thank you for your opinion, I take them all in account as I am "new in the business". just for the story, it took me about 3-4 months of search, reading, studying before I placed the order... all opinions are worth taking into account. for me the sleeves are ok, I could agree for the waist for...
  3. fukigen

    I'm About to Order a Bill Kelso A2, Some Handholding Please Regarding Fit

    jacket in green color with brown thread lol
  4. fukigen

    I'm About to Order a Bill Kelso A2, Some Handholding Please Regarding Fit

    I have bought a BK RW 27752 size 46 and I am 1m90 (I think equivalent is 6ft23). I put sizing in another post where you can see dimensions of the jacket (on page 2). please have a look http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?65823-BK-Rough-Wear-27752 I hope it can help.
  5. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    I am not a tailor, so I did my best. Let me know if an information is missing. Below are links to pics with dimensions. ! pay attention, measures are in centimeters, you need some calculation to convert to inches ! sorry for the pain... (just google "Xcm inches" and you should get the answer...
  6. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    thanks Andy for the confirmation... I had almost heart attack... :eeek: that makes my jacket a bit "unique"... fine with me...
  7. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    thanks, I didn't know there was a TV serie, only knew about the movie, need to check this out! aaaahhhh!!! :eeek: heart attack... :kick: :cry: I am not a leather specialist, the texture is different from the picture of GW jackets, but looks like pics on BK website... also on the website it is...
  8. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    there is only the limit of the bank account... clothes rack space... and most important and tougher point, the negotiation with the wife!! ;)
  9. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    there was no tv series about usaaf squadrons [huh] :) and the m422 is on the wishlist :D for sure, I will provide dimensions once at home
  10. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    out of the box and the first time I wore the jacket, arm length were shorter... (my impression) and the jacket seemed stiff. but now (and on the pics), arm length is fine for me, it looks exactly as I want it to be, and I feel very confortable in the jacket. this is maybe due to horsehide...
  11. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    BK provides Russet / Seal Brown / Dark Seal, and I ordered the seal brown.
  12. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    and some pics of the jacket "on the man". as I am not confident enough yet to post my pics on a forum, I asked one of my childhood tv series "hero", Robert "Pappy Boyington" Conrad to lend me his face...
  13. fukigen

    BK Rough Wear 27752

    This is my first "real" A-2, A BK Rough Wear 27752 in Seal Brown with Olive Drab thread. I have ordered size 46 (I am 1m90, I think equivalent is 6ft23 ). First A-2 and first internet buy for a leather jacket (and all measurement in inches... when I speak centimeters...) Andy was very patient...
  14. fukigen

    first post - hello and thank you

    thank you for the warm welcome. I will do pics this evening, as now it is too warm to wear a leather jacket! (32°C/ 90°F)
  15. fukigen

    first post - hello and thank you

    thank you Worf, unfortunately I think I already get the virus without any help :D but I have to manage with the lady at home... I already have more jackets than her! (some cwu-45-like and others...) Now I need to find out how I can deal to get a BK m422 (especially after reading the post...
  16. fukigen

    first post - hello and thank you

    Hello, the name's Christophe (Chris if you prefer) and I am new fellow to the fedoralounge. as english is not my mother language, please forgive the language mistake I can eventually make... One of my big passion is airplanes (all periods), and so goes my interest in flight jackets (and...

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
109,140
Messages
3,074,930
Members
54,121
Latest member
Yoshi_87
Top