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  1. Edward

    Vintage Hats from 1920's - 40's Ireland Question

    Aye, well... you get used to it. When rain's the default, I suppose we don't look at it the same way. I found it hilarious when I moved to London and encountered people who would decide not to bother gonig out if it was a very wet day. In Ireland - and I'm from the NE coast, where despite being...
  2. Edward

    Vintage Hats from 1920's - 40's Ireland Question

    That's the one - my misremembering. :) (Never seen either, but obviously registered the character from having seen the trailers!).
  3. Edward

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    Very similar to a Schott 184SM. Be interesting to see the back (the Schott, like many of this style of civilian flight-style jacket, has a multiple piece back patterned after the USN jackets moreso than the A2). I had a jacket like this years ago, which eventually got passed on when I got more...
  4. Edward

    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    Yes, there was that difference. The infantry ones issued to the British army were also significantly shortened after Dunkirk, though. At Dunkirk they wore the 1939 model, introduced a few months previously, replacing the earlier single-breasted model. That one hit calflength - in 1940 they...
  5. Edward

    Vintage Hats from 1920's - 40's Ireland Question

    Yes, the weather is definitely a big deal. Even now I'm away on the island next door nearly twenty-six years, as far south as here in London there are days I'll reach past the brims for a cap rather than risk the wind lifting it. The Old Country gets a lot of wind, particularly coming in off the...
  7. Edward

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    I was there once, way back in 2001 - free weekend as a work gig (alas over a decade before I met the wife). April time, as I recall - enjoyed it very much. Time I got back...
  8. Edward

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    Been having a poke on the site there.... I think money no object I could easily talk myself into a pair of Vultures - would love to see them on a dark burgundy, like a black cherry. Also a pair of the engineers (at least.... I like both the brown and the black! Maybe one or the other for one...
  9. Edward

    Public Morals TV Series Hat Accuracy

    Yip, this. Otherwise, on the point of "Irish Americans", the nature of diaspora traditions is something that rarely in my experience has a whole lot to do with actual tradition in the Old Country. Not that diaspora traditions are bad per se - but they are distinctly different. The Irish...
  10. Edward

    So I bought a pair of Diamond Gusset Jeans via All American Clothing company

    Many years ago I was a fan of drainpipe jeans, even just into the turn of the 2000s when they were *much* harder to find. Then my style icons changed - from Alice Cooper and Joey Ramone, to Marlon Brando and Bogart. Inevitably, as with so many old punks before me, as my wardrobe morphed into an...
  11. Edward

    Bring me baggy trousers!

    The first time I encountered a button fly was, I think, on a pair of jeans I had in the eighties when the 1950s Americana trend was a thing in mainstream fashion. I seem to recall I found them odd initially, though once I got used to them (the work in particular of several pairs of 60s/70s...
  13. Edward

    Bronson Mfg offers on Alli Express -counterfeit? Real?

    I've only ever heard of it as a Chinese brand... Given how affordable it is vs the level of quality of the bits I've handled, though, I'd be hugely surprised if it was manufactured anywhere other than SE Asia.
  14. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    FWIW, Finally caught Alien Romulus this week. It's..... okay. Not entirely unlikeable. I suspect the hefty dose of fan service in the wholly unsubtle references back to Aliens might have been cooler if I was still eighteen, maybe. At fifty, it rather smacked of the same disappointment as Aliens...
  15. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I watched that myself a couple of weeks ago, kept meaning to post about it. I rather enjoyed it too. While it might lack the obvious thrills of, say, a Memphis Belle, it does cover well a part of the war (and immediate post-war) effort that I don't think many people are really aware of. It also...
  16. Edward

    Engineer Boots, Harness Boots...

    Nice to see a pair of Grinders hanging with that company. :-) My first pair of engineers - still got them too - were Grinders. Mine are the Wild One model, I think (the only one that was widely available locally at the time - I bought them way back in 2005). Shiny leather, steel toecap, and a...
  17. Edward

    How many of you guys ordered from the Aero sale?

    Gorgeous jacket! A little room to move in a crosszip is no bad thing imo. It's all too easy to go for the cool of the DeeDee Ramone look, but having just enough room to layer is a practical benefit... and, tbf, I'm a big fan of the Johnny Strabler 'big over the shoulders, neater further down'...
  19. Edward

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Nice. I had one of those at one point years ago. Didn't hang onto it at the time because I was all about my leather being either waist length or calf length - nothing in between! Sort of regret that (though I suspect it's be too small for me now anyhow) these days as I've gotten into the idea of...
  20. Edward

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    I've never owned a Vanson, but the C2 probably is the one I'd consider if it fell into my path at the right time. I particularly like that they chose to go with brass rather than chrome as the standard for fittings - immediately sets it apart from being a Schottalike, for example. I mean, I like...
  21. Edward

    Aero B-10

    Nice find. Aero used to do their own B10s and B15s in house - from memory, they phased those out about 2009ish, I think because there just wasn't the same demand for textile jackets in those days. New at the time they were around £300; with inflation and rising prices everywhere, I'd expect...
  22. Edward

    R.A.F. Jacket Comparison - Eastman vs. Aero

    Interesting comparison. What do Eastman charge for an Irvin these days? I've had a look at their site today for the first time in maybe a decade. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't navigate it for the life of me! Back about 2009 I bought a 1940 pattern ELC Irvin; those days, they were...
  23. Edward

    Eastman B-3 query

    Pretty standard - I've seen cuff wear like that on every single brand I'm aware of. It's normal - same thing happened the originals. As long as it doesn't shed elsewhere, no biggie. That said, if you can't live with the look, maybe worth considering an ANJ4 style? It'll still have wear...

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