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  1. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Question about Willis & Geiger A2

    Ahhh I'm glad I found this thread.....I picked up a rather dark brown one of these from a Op Shop (Goodwill to you Yanks) and I hadn't a clue who the manufacturer was since seeing any A2 jackets in Australia is a rarity Mine's got Scovill studs and zipper and the lining is pretty much holier...
  2. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

    There is a rather nice Noeshor horsehide jacket going on Aussie eBay right now https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Superior-Flight-Apparel-Norshor-Leather-1930s-A1-A2-Horsehide-Leather-Jacket/363125817213?hash=item548bfc3f7d:g:SlgAAOSwqEVfMe0v
  3. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Because I assumed that the G1 was a lemon/dud I also have a lot more experience with A2 jackets and the different types/manufacturers...... Mr Ali says he makes manufacturer specification A2's.....at best I'd say he makes in-house "tributes" that kinda sorta look like them.....from 50 metres...
  4. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    It's a learning experience like in any hobby....... mostly why I tend to like to handle a jacket before buying it I got the G1 a little over a year ago (it was a custom job that a mate had made up..... looks like a "Frankenstein mod" where it's got a button off fur collar, G1 pockets but A2...
  5. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I honestly think this company isn't even worth the low prices they ask for..... I've both had a A2 jacket and a rather sad imitation of a G2 jacket from them.....the goatskin they used had such a thick layer of some form of plastic coating (that will never develop a platina,only crack into...
  7. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Army boots, Danish m/58. Which do you use?

    I have to admit I love those boots......
  8. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Army boots, Danish m/58. Which do you use?

    No worries at all mate If you're in Sydney I would suggest visiting Mitchell's adventure store or Peter's camping
  9. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Army boots, Danish m/58. Which do you use?

    I still have my pair I was issued at Kapooka.....which were put in the locker when I did trade training at Singo Also found a place in Sydney that had brand new "natural" leather boots (don't have the lime green or baby poo brown coating,so take dubbin really well)
  10. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Army boots, Danish m/58. Which do you use?

  11. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Red Wing Engineer 2268 steel toe boots on a motorcycle

    I get issued the old Taipan lace ups..... The only way I'd wear a steel toe on a bike would be if their lace ups.....the "traditional" Aussie Chelsea type workboots would twist if caught at speed On my bike I wear White's "smoke jumpers" or my near ancient Hawthorne mule skinners
  13. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Army boots, Danish m/58. Which do you use?

    I know I'm late to the party.....but these Australian boots your talking about.....are you talking about the black version (there is two.....leather soled and another one called "Sherpas" (from the name of the screwed on rubber soles) Or the brown WW2 type(one is leather soled and the other has...
  14. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Leather jacket suggestions for those that don't ride

    I suggest goat.....it's near indestructible,has a nice pebbled look and breathes very well and yet resists water very well (there is a reason why the USN used it rather than equine or bovine leather in their jackets)
  15. SydneyCollectorGuy

    Lets see those Motorcycle Jackets!

    Ahh I just stumbled across this thread.... My two favourite motorcycle jackets are made by a Melbourne company called Stagg leather When I'm home from work in the morning I'll do some pictures One is a 1960's "Brando" style with a single side popper my father owned The other is a later 90's...

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