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  1. a2jacketpatches

    Original WWII B-3 Bomber Jacket & Rare WWII Items on Auction Closing Tonight

    Any veteran collector I've dealt with has either looked at me as competition or taken advantage of my ignorance. This was all back in the day and I'm at least knowledgeable enough now to know that about most guys out there. A few military veterans and family members over the years have been very...
  2. a2jacketpatches

    Original WWII B-3 Bomber Jacket & Rare WWII Items on Auction Closing Tonight

    Well that's the name of the auction game. I've learned to just do without most things that take too much effort to obtain and most of my collection items are things I find in the field for a small fraction of the value. Ebay for me is hit or miss and not a place where I'll let my desire get the...
  3. a2jacketpatches

    Original WWII B-3 Bomber Jacket & Rare WWII Items on Auction Closing Tonight

    Easy come easy go. My max is my max, to bid way over then it wasn't really my max. I can live without everything at too high a cost and I'm not the kind of bidder a seller should be thankful for. I'm an avid picker of all things military and I often sell on Ebay the low and high end stuff I find...
  4. a2jacketpatches

    Original WWII B-3 Bomber Jacket & Rare WWII Items on Auction Closing Tonight

    I wouldn't go so far as to call bidders Newbie Idiots, the whole process of an auction is to play this game otherwise you have the option to search Buy Now only. In the end it sells for what someone is willing to pay at the time. I just sold a nice Air Forces Europe marked M-1 Helmet for 700-...
  5. a2jacketpatches

    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Loring AFB back in the 80's, -45 with the wind chill. I was the roof top guy that night in the alert area. N3 Parka with the trousers, mucklucks with wool and cotton socks, ski mask, the AF heavy mittens, long underwear, you name it. Still froze my azz off. There was a roof vent from the kitchen...
  7. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Now I remember where I picked it up. I got a better, more accurate font closer to the original. So I actually improved on an idea making it more than just a "copy" Looks like Gary got things a lot closer to the original jacket as well, kudos to him. It really looks the part.
  8. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Not sure where I picked it up, but saw the V. HILTS tag being done somewhere, and copied it. All copies from the get go, so copying and Asian Co. ?
  9. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    By the looks of the V. Hilts jacket the dye seems blotchy as if easily rubbed off. And if this is the case a re-dye has most likely rubbed off on the wrong thing more than once. So my suggestion would be to use an acrylic paint like Createx dark brown with bond all and catalyst applied by...
  10. a2jacketpatches

    What are you wearing today??

    Plaid skivvies and my bathrobe, one of the bennies working at home :D
  11. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Not joking at all, and I've seen WW2 sports equipment marked by service as well. I've got USN sparring gloves around here somewhere. Just asking because in my endless search fo military stuff I always run across old gloves. Could probably do well flipping the same model V.HILTS used.
  13. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Anyone know what model Baseball glove?
  14. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Looks as if a VLJ member spotted another flaw in the decal, On the McCoys and Eastman from what I can see appear to be a standard decal with all details. The original Hilts jacket was either painted over or painted on or..........another decal variation with less detail
  15. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    I like it as well. Just a little surprised that they overlooked that.
  16. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    Great jacket, but considering everyone is splittin hairs on the jackets and I'm an insignia buff, that decal is sittin way low.
  17. a2jacketpatches

    New Eastman Leather Clothing "Escape" A-2

    I offer the V. HILTS name tag and have sold a bunch of them. Don't think Gary was in any hurry to beat anyone to it, he's just offering a lot of tribute type jackets as a regular product. He's got his piece of the pie already without the need to compete aggressively like that. These things are...
  19. a2jacketpatches

    Tell a story about your first leather jacket...

    Had to be mid 70's when I was first tuned in to the coolness of the A2 Jacket. Saw a painted back at the flea market as a young boy, vaguely remember the crudely painted P-47 on the back with large chenille Squadron Patch (don't remember much about it except that it was chenille) As I made fun...
  20. a2jacketpatches

    "Star Wars" Episode VII Cast announced/revealed

    I think it's all misinformation like the government throws out there about UFO's. And as you can see it has occupied the minds of lesser fans to the point where nearly everything is blown way out of proportion, and this thread raises every question from who's screwing who to how much money is...
  21. a2jacketpatches

    "Star Wars" Episode VII Cast announced/revealed

    Haha, think you just inspired me to see it again.....for what it is.......a freakin movie. All this other talk is just way too deep for me, I've got plenty of my own affairs to worry about.
  22. a2jacketpatches

    Another Asian Repro Co

    I hear what you're saying but I also believe this would make things a little too easy. 30 years later I still purchase a copy here and there of various items and it's part of an ongoing learning process in my hunt for all military items in general. I've spent a lot money on books previous to the...
  23. a2jacketpatches

    Another Asian Repro Co

    And Chappy is probably having his coffee right now without a clue or care as to what's going on here.

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