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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
Absolutely beautiful, Andrew! Extraordinary condition of a fairly rare A-2 contractor in a rare size (only 1.5% of wartime A-2s were produced in size 44). The color you depict is what I consider to be the "russet" for the Star; I can't recall ever seeing any Star that was a "true russet" in...- HPA Rep
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help!!! Buzz Rickson B-10 alpaca shedding!!
I'm very sorry for your loss. This is the best I can offer you for the B-10. You can figure out if this is fitting for both jacket and girlfriend ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fxH-2LnRkc- HPA Rep
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The Fedora Lounge Vintage-Style Leather Jacket Collaboration Designed by You
TMitchell, I certainly do sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm and interest. What you see in your two different Buzz Rickson's jackets is indeed their benchmark for quality and fine detailing. I'll assemble some photos and/or scans from the older catalogs of styles Buzz Rickson's produced...- HPA Rep
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The Fedora Lounge Vintage-Style Leather Jacket Collaboration Designed by You
This subject now having come up and the obvious appreciation for the Buzz Rickson's civilian styles at hand as demonstrated by purchases from TFL readers and as expressed by members in this thread gave me an idea to run by the TFL. I'm curious to know if you would be interested in working...- HPA Rep
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A Couple of Buzz Rickson Aviators Coats
The differences in the hides between the two coats you have could be exactly what you mentioned, which is that one hadn't been worn much, or it could be simply the difference between production batches separated by a year. My own jacket in the black w/ out fur collar was fairly flexible when...- HPA Rep
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The Last Three: Buzz Rickson Vintage-Style Flying Jacket, Nubuck Horsehide
This is the end of the road of this great style; we 're down to just one each of the sizes now and this item will not be offered again by Buzz Rickson's in keeping with the tradition of their Aviation Associates label. Leave it to Buzz Rickson’s to offer something rarely ever encountered – a...- HPA Rep
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The Fedora Lounge Vintage-Style Leather Jacket Collaboration Designed by You
Note: This thread contains posts from another, earlier thread in which the idea of a custom design gained traction. As the threads are merged together in order of posting, I am copying the original first post by tmitchell59 here as an added edit. The original post also appears farther into the...- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
I'm glad you all enjoyed seeing these treasures. Many great stories go with these jackets, which I always find to be better than the artifacts. I think Mr. Mundt is still living but Theo McConnell is now gone; very sadly, he lost his beloved wife, then he was stricken with a terminal disease...- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
It's certainly possible ELC may one day offer another color in the Star, but I think that would take everyone who wants it to happen to pester Gary. And he would want an original version to photograph. The color I find most common to Star is what I call umber brown, which is not dark brown...- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
1st Lt. "Theo" Ted McConnell's Star A-2 and grouping, 10th AF, 7th Bomb Gp., 436th B. Sq. B-24 pilot. 10th AF A-2s are extremely rare.- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
Then and Now: 1st Lt. Mundt's Star A-2 from the 365th Fighter Group "Hell Hawks."- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
Nice patina of wear developing on your Star, Marv, and the creasing is looking good on the sleeves. These are jackets customers always found to be comfortable .- HPA Rep
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Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket, Star Sportswear 28857
This is Eastman’s Star Sportswear A-2 Jacket in War Horse horsehide, which is a three-ounce, fully vegetable-tanned, fully aniline-dyed leather imported from one of the finest tanneries in Italy. The hide is the same color as found on the Rough Wear Clo. Co. 27752, though variation in dye lots...- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
Hi, Brian: We don't have any of the HLBs with patches on hand now; these jackets were sent to derive the measures for the website page and understand the fit to allow us to help customers, but sales for these jackets have been extremely limited, as is the case for all of the decorated jackets...- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
I checked on the HLB A-2s today and they are indeed happening later this summer. I'm waiting for a sample in my size so I can see how they fit; I have measurements on our website for the version with patches and I've tried this on, but there may be pattern changes in this new version that must...- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
I do believe they are, Carlos840. The ELMC Windward also comes in long fittings and this detail isn't mentioned; in fact, no Eastman jacket on any Eastman-operated website mentions long fittings. I believe Gary Eastman doesn't want to promote these sizes even though they are available; it is...- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
That's happening this year and we've already placed our order.- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
I'm sorry, HD, that I misread your question, so the shoulder-to-cuff measure on the 40 would be 26" and for a size 42 it would be 26.5".- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
Thanks for the interest, HD. A 40 will have a 35.5" total sleeve measure and 25" back length. Predicated on the body measures you provided in a previous thread, I think I recall that the size 42 would be best for you, but I'd be happy to review those measures again. And fyi, a 42 would have a...- HPA Rep
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ELMC Californian NEW Sleeve Lengths - History Preservation Associates Exclusive!
Dear TFL members: Today I have a substantial announcement for those who have an interest in owning the ELMC Californian jacket and who prefer longer sleeve lengths than what is currently offered in the long fittings. I have been engaging Gary Eastman on this subject, whose company, Eastman...- HPA Rep
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