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  1. vintagewool

    Your favorite movie quotes

    "It just so happens we be Texicans. Texican is nothing but a human man way out on a limb. This year and next, and maybe for a hundred more. But I don't think it'll be forever. Some day this country's gonna be a fine, good place to be. Maybe it needs our bones in the ground before that time can...
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    Walter Dyer size 44 black motorcycle jacket $50 please read

    PS: I would check for chemical reaction with the metal parts too.
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    DSA is military issue. The DSA number indicates that it is a 1974 coat. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/94112-dla-dsa-marking-what-do-they-stand-for/ The coat is of historical interest for 3 reasons: 1. 1974 might be the first year for the pewter buttons. 2. 1974 is...
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    Your favorite movie quotes

    "They're all Boy Scouts, these Americans." -Ferraro The quotation is from memory. Coincidentally, this film is also set in Mexico. Watch Vincent Price steal the show. His Kind of Woman (1951) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043643/
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    Walter Dyer size 44 black motorcycle jacket $50 please read

    Did you check whether the main problem is with the removable lining that you could set aside or give a hot machine-wash? There is also a thread somewhere about washing leather. In addition, there are some usual ways to de-odorize, which basically involve 2 main choices: 1. Wet or dry. 2...
  7. vintagewool

    Help finding fabric

    Could you dye the common black-&-white or even a navy-blue-&-beige houndstooth fabrics to a desired brown or green in which whatever the initial darker color is functions as black? The closest I found to "tropical" weight was 5.3oz. Other sources were vague about weight...
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    M-65 Field Jacket

    Errors are usually in a "normal" ("bell curve") distribution, so most '65 length errors likely would be a small fraction of an inch, but there is always the chance for outliers that passed mil-spec inspection. That also means that there COULD be an X-Short that is nearly 1in SHORTER than the...
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    M-65 Field Jacket

    Your concerns about purchasing and contractor are resolved but I have some information about sizes. The difference between a 1991 X-Short and Short is 1.5in but with a margin of error of + or - 1in in each coat, so an actual X-Short might be longer than an actual Short directly out of the...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Thank you, now that I unambiguously have selected "straight," purpose would be yet another criterion to add to the list, but, fortunately, purpose is often not germane to answer simple questions. Q: What should the sleeve length in inches be on a 1991 "mil-spec"/"std" USA-issue...
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    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    OK, so I can only have 1 number (measurement), and I must pick only from those 2 choices, and only using the words from those 2 choices even if 1 of them is mil-spec? I'll take "straight" for $500, Alex.
  13. vintagewool

    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    I'm looking for the mil-spec length, including (now that you mention it) the mil-spec for how to measure that length, whether the elbow method or otherwise.
  14. vintagewool

    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Quick important question: What should the sleeve length in inches be on a 1970 USN-issue peacoat size 42R? Thank you.
  15. vintagewool

    M-65 Field Jacket

    Your confusion is understandable because the DLA in 2020 cancelled the 2007 M-65 Mil-Spec as a dead end: MIL-DTL-43455K NOTICE 1 January 12, 2020 COAT, COLD WEATHER, FIELD MIL-DTL-43455K, dated 2 August 2007, is hereby canceled without replacement...
  16. vintagewool

    Alpha Industries M65 Field Jacket

    I agree with Doctor Damage that it sounds like an M-1943 women's ("WAC") jacket, the 1970s version without "M-1943" on the label. There has been some discussion and links about it and the false pockets here: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/m-65-field-jacket.78722/post-3107747...
  17. vintagewool

    M-65 Field Jacket

    Jacket: Weave (Shell): '41 = Poplin (but some with Twill instead). '43 = Sateen (but some with Oxford cloth instead). '65 OG-107 color = Sateen. '65 Desert 6-color = Twill (according to 1991 Mil-Spec document below). https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=23626 There might...
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    M-65 dating

    The 1991 Mil-Spec calls the cuff flap a "hand shield extension." https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=23626 I know that the question was from 2010 but it seemed worth answering for all the people still wondering and searching about those flaps.
  20. vintagewool

    M-65 Field Jacket

    It looks like that site content-scraped a source that is not secure, not safe, and not reliable, the U.S. federal government: https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=23626
  21. vintagewool

    M-65 Field Jacket

    Does anyone know reliable sources about military-contract M-65 jackets for these questions? 1. The fabric weight of the shell? 2. The fabric weight of the permanent lining? 3. The material of the permanent lining? I thought the lining was 100% cotton but apparently at least one...
  22. vintagewool

    M-65 Field Jacket

    Other people probably know more than me about M-65 contractors and other things. It looks like your next report will be after Labor Day, unless you fly to the Southern Hemisphere before then to wear your jackets. There might be a government grant for that.
  23. vintagewool

    Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

    Would someone confirm, for all the kersey BLUE peacoats: 1. The buttons were BLACK? 2. The thread was BLACK? Also: 3. Was the thread an "upholstery" thread or some other special kind? 4. Where could I get a low per-button price including shipping for a USN-matching button? This review's...

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