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  1. thor

    FIVESTAR LEATHER CONTACTS

    Also that country has just celebrated a major holiday, Eid al-Adha, which lasts 3-4 days. I suspect everything will be back to “business as usual” soon.
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    WTB/Help wanted to build my winter heavy leather jacket

    Here’s an interesting possibility: vintage LL Bean bomber jacket. Dark seal brown goatskin leather and nice, thick sheepskin fur lining (VERY warm). Some have a quilted nylon lining, but the sheepskin-lined jackets give you much more warmth and are a much more substantial jacket. They have...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Great eBay find: a cool USAF surplus textile flight jacket (flame-resistant Aramid); I removed the military insignia and now it’s my “official” work jacket. Very well made jacket, heavy duty, warm, and lots of Velcro tabs to attach whatever patches I want. And it’s genuine military surplus. Win-win!
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Had to wear an M-422a (Gibson & Barnes) today, June 4, the anniversary of the WWII naval Battle of Midway.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    @Kevin O'Sullivan you need the CockpitUSA “roughneck oil driller” jacket!
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    Velcro Recommendation for G-1

    Your jacket looks fine with the patches as they are; if you want basically the same jacket but with no patches, look for the jacket CockpitUSA made for Bills Khakis. It has the same washed goatskin leather but with snap-off fur collar and hidden hand warmer pockets behind the front patch pockets.
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    Velcro Recommendation for G-1

    I would leave the original patch sewn on. Those patches are slightly “aged” and a new/different patch might stand out if it looked brand new and not suitably “aged” like the others.
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    Velcro Recommendation for G-1

    If you remove the patches, the stitch holes may be quite small and neat and you might opt not to add Velcro at all. Many original 1960’s and 70’s G-1 jackets had patches removed with stitch holes still visible on the leather. Or you could find replacement patches of the same size & shape that...
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

  13. thor

    Fit check on Aero Sheene please??

    @ForeverWandering that’s a cool jacket; what type of leather is that?
  14. thor

    my new cockpit RAF bomber jacket

    The sizing of the jacket looks good. I’m not sure about the “cracking” in the photo you posted. I’m no expert on leather. It does look like a nice jacket; Tom Hardy would approve :cool:
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    Proper G-1 Jacket Fit?

    Hey @pmx-berlin I think that G-1 looks like a good fit. Maybe the sleeves are a tad long but nothing excessive. Looks like a quality jacket with a nice fit.
  16. thor

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I ordered a replacement snap-on mouton collar from CockpitUSA for my Bill’s Khakis/CockpitUSA G-1 jacket and it arrived just in time for the wicked Nor’easter that clobbered us here in the NYC area. The collar is super plush and warm and perfect to keep out the late winter chill. Extra special...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Buzz Rickson Navy deck jacket
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Debbie Harry with the late/great Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher (wearing a vintage Navy G-1).
  20. thor

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    AWESOME jacket!
  21. thor

    Gibson & Barnes CS

    I ordered a G-1 from them back in September and it had to be made & shipped but it was delivered in about 3 weeks.
  22. thor

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Brand new H&L Block M-422a by FiveStar Leathers (LOVE this jacket!)
  23. thor

    Jackets with quilted lining in body AND sleeves

    eBay has lots of photos of vintage, well used & broken-in jackets that have a full quilted lining (body & sleeves) from makers like LL Bean, Sears Leather Shop, Cooper, etc, and sleeve creasing looks similar to jackets with single-layer non-quilted linings. The quilted lining even gives the...

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