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    Mash A-10 gloves

    You are most welcome, Cocker. I think Sweden may have you beat on taxation, but you may know best. I'll try to post pics of my MASH gloves from '90's so all can see the sort of patina and wear after all these years.
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Perhaps an amazingly detailed NASA jacket (named to one of the giants of the space program) will turn up in the future. I have my sources and this looks to be on the horizon ...
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    Mash A-10 gloves

    I have two pairs from back in the day when we carried these gloves and they are superb; one pair is from 1993 and the other from 1999. The goatskin just keeps going, as good leather should, and the patina after a winter or two would pass as original. I cannot say enough good about these. I...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    We are now down to just two sizes: XL and either one Lg. or one Med. Many thanks to the TFL members who jumped on these. Maybe, maybe more for fall 2018.
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Stand By, my friend, it does seem as if your size will be available next week since the customer who purchased two sizes is keeping the larger one. You may begin the spinning of the wheels as to how this sneaks past the other half. :-)
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Thank you, Big J. I didn't realize these would be so scarce in Japan. I wouldn't be surprised if the stores that bought this year's production had most sold in advance. We did no advance promotion and have about half of the original order left, with black holes in some sizes. It's just one...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Oh, yes, these are the stuff! I recall these well from my youth, thinking they were so cool and the men who dared to go beyond the limits. Making a superb copy, right down to fabric, zipper, and patch recreation is what such a venture deserves. Thanks for posting!
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    I'll see if I can get you a cutting of the fabric and a copy of the photo of the F-89H crew. You can frame these and enjoy the visual and tactile experience, while saving five Ben Frankllin's and your marriage. ;-)
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Superb, Nick! Thank you for posting. The "L" jackets are just a delight to wear and Buzz does them them like nobody's business.
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    The Apollo jackets were great. Loved them as a kid. Buzz Rickson brand is trying to get one in hand to copy, so we'll see how that goes. Also love jackets used by the SR71 crews - some were made in black. I think you are correct that the top size for most BR jackets being 44 is the reason...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    I'm glad you like this, Big J. The color, of course, is subject most to lighting, and lighting from a set professional strobes is very different from that generated from a single lamp on a camera. The red may be brighter on a nice, sunny day, but in indirect natural light, the brightness is...
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    Fantastic Aero patina developing after only 2 1/2 years.......

    Thanks for clearing that up, Dan.
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    Fantastic Aero patina developing after only 2 1/2 years.......

    Yes - of course I thought it was a jacket! :-) Superb wallet and leather, though, which would make a nice anything. The new photo appears to show a black wallet, so please advise if your wallet started as black. Here's to many, many more years of leather beauty!
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    Eastman Leather Clothing Ostmann Luftwaffe Jacket Brown

    Thank you, nightandthecity, for the interesting background on what surely is the first run of the Luftwaffe style from ELC. I, for one, would love to see some photos of this as these 12-20 pieces never got to the USA; our first Luft. jackets arrived late Jan. 1990. I'm guessing that since ELC...
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    Eastman Leather Clothing Ostmann Luftwaffe Jacket Brown

    Thank you very much for the interest, Randy. I am so very sorry to have missed your question last week, but as some know, there was an extremely unpleasant distraction here on TFL that impacted me directly and some undue measure of my time was expended in addressing it, but this has been...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Ok, per requests from members, please find one photo I had taken yesterday in our warehouse of me wearing my size Med. before going back out in the cold. This is not one of our studio shots, obviously; it was taken using my Nikon SLR using the built-in flash, but it conveys what I hope you want...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Thanks for asking, Stand By. Other than the cozy warmth afforded by that sumptuous fur of the B-15D's collar, the insulation and related warmth of the bodies and sleeves are identical. On cold days such as today, I wear a scarf at my neck, which makes up, at least partly, for the absence of...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Thank you, Edward. I am really enjoying mine this season. A true fave has been born!
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    Stand By, you may still be luck. The customer who purchased the last size Med. also purchased a size Lg. for comparison; I suspect he'll keep the Lg. If this plays out and the Med. comes back in new condition, I promise to contact you first. The ranks are definitely now thinning on our...
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    Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flying Jacket, Blazing Red

    This is no fashion-colored MA-1 Flight Jacket, but the genuine, real deal worn by Northrop Aviation test pilots in the 1950’s & ‘60’s (Northrop’s official color was red and this showed up in a variety of forms and items dating back to the 1940’s). Northrop’s red MA-1 jackets were made to the...

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