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    The Glove

    More vintage gloves Some more of my gloves. First a pair of USN WW2 gloves / mitts. Goatskin with wool lining. Second, a pair of F-2 electrically heated gloves. These are beautiful. A little moth-eaten in the lining but i'll live with that for $30. ;) Cheers, DDR
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    A coat for hillwalking

    Synthetics Another point against synthetics that was amply illustrated to me as a young soldier was that synthetics and heat / fire do not mix. If you have a tent fire or a stove flameup, your synthetics will melt and stick to your skin. That holds the heat against your skin longer and removes...
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    Show us your Vintage Rucksacks!

    Karrimor canvas rucksack. 1960's ?? Can't date this one but it's been in my loft for a few years. Brand new, never used. Cheers, DDR
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    A coat for hillwalking

    "Cotton kills" my ass Cotton AGAINST THE SKIN in COLD weather kills. No doubt. But that is because cotton does not transmit your sweat (or rain if your w/proof is no good) away from the skin. Therefore it conducts your body heat away from you and into warming up the wet garments up to the...
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    A coat for hillwalking

    Poooo I've had years of itchy wool thermals as a kid, then used Helly Hansen Lifa stuff for years. I put up with the fact that after the first wear of synthetics, you stink like you've been out for weeks without a wash. And that every time you put them on clean, you stink like hell after...
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    A coat for hillwalking

    ventile Hi CP, Personally I would recommend a mid weight ventile (as I have on my orange anorak and make it a single layer. If you really want 2 layer, go for the shoulder region only. Like yourself I come from the Showell Styles era and fashion for kit and clothing. I prefer a couple of...
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    A coat for hillwalking

    Run-off Hi CP, I've found that 2 layer is too bulky and sweaty - even for a natural material. Rain doesn't exactly 'soak-in' and I don't find the jackets get wet or even damp on the inside. Nor does rain run down off it like with gore-tex and the other waterproof materials. If it's raining...
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    A coat for hillwalking

    Hi Hi Creeping, Check out the modified Westwinds and original Westwinds anoraks I have. I recommend both. There' more about them in the anoraks tgread. The other plus is that they don't weigh a lot to have t stuff themin your pack. in olive green with two bellows chest and two bellows...
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    The Glove

    A-10's How about a nice pair of Eastman Leather Clothing's A-10 gloves. Awesome. Cheers, DDR
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    We've all heard these stories before about Japanese soldiers holding out for years.

    Hiding I remember reading that there was a group of Japanese soldiers hinding on Iwo Jima until 1949. That may or may not be a long time but when you consider that Iwo is only 8 square miles. AND that it was crawling with US servicemen AND what condition underground must have been like in terms...
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    UK's only full-size World War II German U-boat

    Jeesh You'd have though that Duxford would have had enough room to store this beauty. A great shame indeed. DDR
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    Aero redskin B-3 for sale

    Thanks Speedster Cheers for that Speedster. I'll not bother pursuing this one then. DDR
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    If I had to pick one girl from the golden era

    Two of my favourites. GORGEOUS !!!!! DDR
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    WWII RCAF E-1 Flight Jacket

    parasuits You're not getting confused with the Irvin Parasuit are you ? That was a really complicatd piece of hit that was like a pair of coveralls with the arms and legs removed, with a pair of full length zippers and had the parachute harness and mae west incorporated into it. DDR
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    Aero redskin B-3 for sale

    Hello Does anyone know how to contact Ranchman direct ? I haven't heard form him [huh] DDR
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    N-1 Deck Jacket (repros)

    Deck jackets As autumn is upon us and winter isn't far away, I thought I'd re-start this thread. I recently bought a Buzz Rickson deck jacket, the short one. It's an incredibly warm and practical jacket. Ideal for driving. It's lined like the originals with some kind of cellulose (?) membrane...
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    Anorak : Like Pitt wears in "TIBET"

    Ventile anoraks Hi All, Here's the first couple of photos of what could (for an anorak head like myself) be a LOT of photos !lol The first is the lighter weight olive green 'BAS Anorak' as sold by Westwinds direct and by SOFmilitary.co.uk . It's a great anorak although I think that the 2...
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    A-2 GOATSKIN JACKET

    ELC goat Steve, Of the three photos of the ELC A-2, which is truest to the actual colour ? I like the reddish russet in the middle photo but it's not clear what the true colour is. Thanks, Dave
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    30's~40's Work Boots

    ATF Roughouts. Roughouts compared to GT's Cheers, Dave
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    30's~40's Work Boots

    Photos of GT's as promised Sorry but I didn't have time to buff them up tonight !! Hope they come out o.k. I should say though that they take some serious breaking in. I wore mine wet for two days. startingoff with the top two pairs of eyelets undone and gradually working up to...
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