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  1. HPA Rep

    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Merci!
  2. HPA Rep

    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Now what did I do to deserve such an accusation, Big J? :eusa_doh: Thank you!:o
  3. HPA Rep

    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Correct you are, and it's about how the coat is cut in relation to any measures.
  4. HPA Rep

    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Thanks for the endorsement. Now I have big boots to fill ... :)
  5. HPA Rep

    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Thanks for pointing this out; any of the above can work well for customers, which is SOP at HPA. Since this customer is in NJ, it's cheaper to ship 2 jackets in one box to compare fits, assuming it's a close call to make after learning what he desires in the A-2.
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    Eastman A-2 sizing?

    Thanks for inquiring, Dferr17. Our office opens on the 9th @ 10 AM EDT and I'll personally help you if you get in touch after that time, but I wanted to jump in her now since you've been asking since the 1st and you seem to have some erroneous info. I don't know how you derived that the...
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    Eastman Kelso turnaround?

    Please do tell which Eastman A-2 you are interested in. We have just about all sizes in stock right now for most A-2's, including the new HLB A-2, so turnaround from NJ to TN is two business days via UPS Ground, and it's cheaper from us since we're in the USA.
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    ELMC Californian review.

    Monitor, getting a leather jacket mildly wet should not pose a problem, but you really don't want to get one saturated. Even if you allow the leather to dry naturally, which is the only way to dry leather without causing problems, if the jacket is saturated, you will experience some amount of...
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    ELMC Californian review.

    Two things to keep in mind about the ELMC Californian vs. other leather jackets that repel water well: 1) The Cal. is vegetable tanned, which doesn't take water well, whereas chrome-tanned leathers are much better at repelling water. 2) The Cal. is aniline dyed, whereas leathers that have...
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    ELMC Californian review.

    Your jacket looks superb on you and I'm happy this had a good ending, too. But please do be careful with vegetable-tanned jackets and water; it's okay to get them wet, but never attempt to hasten the drying with heat or anything that removes moisture rapidly. Gary Eastman and I have both...
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    B-3 or ANJ-4

    Thanks for that - I think. :eusa_doh: There's a huge difference between me and BK: I manufacturer nothing and sell the goods of various brands. There was a transparent attack driven by an obvious agenda that I have every right to defend and expose as a member and even as an...
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    B-3 or ANJ-4

    I'm calling you on your opinion based on an observation I found impossible to make and correlate, which I stand behind. There's nothing debatable about the original specs. or the extant, vintage jackets in NOS condition. People with an agenda who find themselves in an indefensible position...
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    B-3 or ANJ-4

    LCDR Denton is wearing a USN M-445/M-445A., which the AN-J-4 was derived from, thus similarities aren't coincidental.
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    B-3 or ANJ-4

    Beautiful photos! Thank you for sharing!!! The first image is interesting for depicting an early AN-J-4 that has been modified with the leather triangular-shaped tab for clipping the ox. mask, as well as the two post-1941 D-1s with corresponding B-1 trousers. The second image really shows...
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    B-3 or ANJ-4

    While anyone is entitled to an opinion, all you can see in the photo are the sleeves and part of the collar and yet you managed to draw this conclusion??? Amazing eyes! Yet you missed the fact it's not an AN-J-4!!! To my eye, the Aero collar looks to have collar fleece (and likely body...
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    New Eastman HLB A2 Review

    Superb review and A-2, Andrew! Thank you for this significant update and contribution. That tight knit you mention has been in wide use by Eastman since at least fall 2014; everything we've been getting has exactly what you described, which is about the tightest knit that I've seen...
  20. HPA Rep

    Buzz Rickson William Gibson Tailored-Cut MA-1 Jacket, Black

    Thank YOU, Rick, for being a customer for so many years! Honestly, it's the customers and superb, interesting products that have kept me in this for 25 years now; absent these two salient elements, and I'd find something else to do. I've been reading a good deal and thinking about events at...
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    Buzz Rickson's USAF 1957 L-2B Flying Jacket, Tops Apparel Mfg. Co.

    We don't say the jacket is heavier, just the nylon fabric. The nylon twill was changed to a heavier gauge, from 1/3 to 2/2, so the nylon fabric is stronger, but the impact on jacket weight is inconsequential.
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    Buzz Rickson William Gibson Tailored-Cut MA-1 Jacket, Black

    In the following fit images I'm wearing both a size 40R and 40 Long Body Buzz Rickson William Gibson Tailored-Cut MA-1 (BR refers to this as a slender cut, but that name, I think, can imply only the slender can wear it, hence we call it a "Tailored Cut," which is more in keeping with what it is...
  23. HPA Rep

    Eastman Leather Clothing USAC A-2 Flying Jacket, Werber Leather Coat Co. 1729

    I'm modeling the latest Eastman Werber Leather Coat Co. A-2 jacket in their Vintage WarHorse horsehide in Havana Brown. This leather is fully aniline dyed and fully vegetable tanned by a top-quality tannery in Italy. The hides have a robust grain of deep rivulets and valleys that speak of...

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