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  1. johnnyjohnny

    Gibson & Barnes no longer made/rare CHP/LAPD style motorcycle jacket

    yup, as any of us on this website know, you can spend years researching the size of a single model of a single jacket of a single brand, and still get it wrong. so i do think it was destiny, as it is now my favorite jacket. thanks for sharing my joy ;)
  2. johnnyjohnny

    Gibson & Barnes no longer made/rare CHP/LAPD style motorcycle jacket

    haven't posted here in a long time, but after many years i found a grail jacket that until a few days ago i didn't know existed. at the beginning like many i was really into military issue style jackets, especially Luftwaffe and U.S. G-2. still love those but gravitated over to motorocycle...
  3. johnnyjohnny

    road less traveled for jacket nuts? the N-2B flight jacket...am i crazy 4 loving it?

    thanks much Jx2! i'm guessing you might own the place by now ;)
  4. johnnyjohnny

    road less traveled for jacket nuts? the N-2B flight jacket...am i crazy 4 loving it?

    hi...i started this thread like 12yrs ago, and that's me in my profile pic iN an n2b. so when i saw your comment i decided to check out sizing forya. the most accurate to past milspec (of current makers) is cockpitusa, and the medium is listed as going up to a 43" chest, and alpha (which used to...
  5. johnnyjohnny

    Taylor's Leatherwear police/motorcycle jacket 40 USA

    Taylor does have their jackets made in Pakistan. i'm a collector of military, motorcycle and police jackets and have about 6 Taylors. the ONLY difference from those made in the U.S. and those from Pakistan is the thickness of the leather...the current Pakistan made jackets are thicker cowhide...
  7. johnnyjohnny

    What style of jacket is this?

    you'd need to see the back to say for sure, but the line all the way across the chest does put it in the category, as stated above, of a standard mall jacket albeit with thicker leather and a more motorcycle jacket genre. i collect military and legit police and motorcycle jackets, most of which...
  8. johnnyjohnny

    Leather Police Jackets

    hi...didn't mean to suggest anyone was opposing Taylor but it sounded as if there was some confusion (maybe not you) about how good their quality was, and also that their prices were as high as Vanson, Schott, et al, which they are really about half. sorry yours was the wrong size :( i am...
  9. johnnyjohnny

    Leather Police Jackets

    got a brand new one a couple of years ago direct. same chp style they sell currently, made in Pakistan. all sorts of minor problems, such as unfinished leather edges (on pocket panels) and crease lines across the back as if the sheets of leather had been laying creased. i still have mine that i...
  10. johnnyjohnny

    Fit check Aero Premier Highwayman

    WHAT DiD YOU DOOOO????? keep it? send it back? this thread may have just been an exercise in sadism.
  11. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

    as i mentioned above, i'm not really concerned with anything but the armpit to armpit so i don't recall what their posted fit measurements were for the other dimensions, you can go over to legendary or cockpit and check it out....but the armpit to armpit looks to be right on the money for my...
  13. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

    i think generally you have to take all online measurements with a grain of salt. they're just references and a lot of the knowledge sadly comes from you yourself buying these jackets and getting a feel for what your size is. that said, the most important measurement IMO is the armpit to armpit...
  14. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

    well, i actually got it on legendaryusa.com because they usually have cockpit stuff a bit off, and i was also able to scout out a legendary coupon to use...so cockpit's price of $612 (already on sale i think) came down to just over $500. it's worth the $612, given that most of these premium...
  15. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

    cockpitusa uss forrestal G-1 style flight jacket in the ANJ-2 style of no fur collar posting again on this because 1. i saw deacon's summation, which is great, and 2. because since i posted above i received this and as good as the pictures are, they really don't do the jacket justice. the...
  16. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

  17. johnnyjohnny

    Cockpit Mil-Spec G-1 Comparison with a REAL Issued G-1

    POCKET PLACEMENT DiFFERENCE SiDE TO SiDE... sorry for resurrecting this thread, which is excellent...but having as many G-1's as almost anyone on here, i've noticed (as hawkflyer notes near the top of his great comparisons/review) that the rightside (not camera right, but actual right side)...
  19. johnnyjohnny

    G-1 Jacket without a Fur Collar

    as someone noted, whether some guy on the Forrestal had his mouton collar removed for a leather one in the hot Tonkin Gulf is apocryphal or not...the story has the benefit of not being able to unprove. what's of more importance, and led me to buy the unpatched cockpit Forrestal version a few...
  20. johnnyjohnny

    HELP needed on meaning of stamp on tag of G-1 jacket

    peacoat...oddly enough i found another schott G-1 exactly like mine from the 1998 contract...found it RiGHT here on the lounge after chatting with you...it was for sale by one of your famous members...it's the same size as mine, has the same slightly off kilter pocket placement as mine, and...
  21. johnnyjohnny

    Schott G-1,46, military-issue, NICE! $179

    this is a 2yr old thread, but i'm looking up schott mil issued G-1s...BEEEEECAUSE...i just got one on ebay...annnnnd...it is a 46. it is exact to this one including the slightly off and lowered left hand patch pocket (camera right). i do know it isn't the one i just bought because the black...
  22. johnnyjohnny

    HELP needed on meaning of stamp on tag of G-1 jacket

    well now that i've seen you've made bartender, i won't stay away. after last year, i definitely need a drink! thanks for the welcome back, and the swift answer :)
  23. johnnyjohnny

    HELP needed on meaning of stamp on tag of G-1 jacket

    nice to 'see' you peacoat after all these years. the foto wasn't of the schott, but a similar sort of marking. thanks so much for clearing that up with what sounds correct to me. i scored a mil issued schott G-1 on ebay. wow, prices are going up for these things. i checked wikipedia's list of...

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