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  1. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    I know of course you knew that also but just wanted to make it more clear for others. So many small details and small changes throughout the contracs. For example I only recently learned the small detail with that little leather strap attached to the zipper pull on the first khaki pattern...
  2. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    Looks good! How long are the sleeves?
  3. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    like here...
  4. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    You are right, thanks for your help!
  5. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    The first pattern N-1 in Khaki also still had the Alpaca down to the cuff before a newer Khaki N-1 came up that changed this to the fur ending at the storm cuffs. I have seen mint originals with this feature and it can also be seen in period photographs where sailors had rolled the sleeves up.
  7. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    Congrats to your new RMC, mate! Sounds that your Freewheelers could be sized up for you? Let's see fit pics! What color did you choose?
  8. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    I think this is going back and forth now. And since it is so specific of an issue and for only one single person and since it is not likely that there are many others who will run into the same problems with these jackets and could eventually benefit from this discussion, I suggest continuing...
  9. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    short: If I want a standard A-2, I'd rather buy original, not repro. N-1 and the rarer types A-2 I am depending on good repros. But good is not always only materials and sewing. Fit and look plays a huge role for me. I only achieved the look and fit I always wanted, only after I got the N-1...
  10. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    I hope you don't belong to those who, when offered two identical stones, one for ten, the other for 50, choose the one that cost 50, just because it must be better since it was more expensive.
  11. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    Why buy a repro A-2 when near as new condition originals are widely availlable for less money. If you want a good N-1 or the A-2 variant in jungle cloth, or early 60s A-2 with pointed pocket flap, there is now way around good repros, because good condition originals are extremely rare and cost...
  13. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    This is the rare blue A-2, Vietnam era. Claimed to be Navy issue. And this is the later flame resistant Aramid Jacket Civilian in this case did not necessarily mean not military related. There were civilian branches tightly connected to the military. I don't know why the blue, although...
  14. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    Good!
  15. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    Mine is from Vanderbilt. Also one of the good contractors.
  16. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    So-Sew Styles, who made that A-2 was one of the many contractors of the Government. Their Army issued M-65 belong to the best along with the Alpha back in the days (not to be mistaken for modern day's Alpha). So, don't think, the A-2 is inferior to the N-1. It just is the evolution step from the...
  17. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    The one I linked is NOT a civilian A2. It is actually Navy issue. It's the real thing. Very warm. It is the successor of the older N-1. The N-1 was faded out about 1960 and the A-2 took it's place. It's the modernized variant of the Navy Cold Weather Jacket.
  19. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    Sailors wore chambrays underneath. If very cold they'd wear a thin wool knit with zip.
  20. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    Try the Buzz with T-Shirt, then try it with a close to body merino baselayer, a thin wool sweater. This is about all you need underneath. If it gets any colder than what you can stand with a Deck Jacket than it is time for another type of jacket. Where I live Winters can get as cold as -4°F. I...
  21. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    honestly, these jackets don't need much layering to keep you warm. Thin layers better than one bulky thick layer. It is all about to trap your body heat. There has to be some air between Jacket and you that can warm up.
  22. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    I wore my vintage issued A-2 yesterday out in the city. Drafty, wet weather 35° F. I wore exactly what you can see in my first fit pic, thin polyfleece over thin merino baselayer and was warm even sitting outdoors for an hour in a Café and had a coffee watching people passing by.
  23. CatsCan

    Does anyone have a Real McCoy AND a Buzz Rickson N-1?

    This is how the sleeves of my very old Pike Brothers N1 look like after tapering and shortening.

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