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lol Nick, the incest bit wasn't necessary.
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Diamond Dave - Buco J-21
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lol Nick, the incest bit wasn't necessary.
Advice that will follow him down the years...
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I think the jacket looks great, fits you really well and the length looks perfectly adapted to modern low rise jeans.
As for all the comments re the pocket placement....the originals all differed anyway. No matter where they are, you could find an example that had a slightly different placement.
This is where the quest for perfection turns to nit picking and can stop you enjoying what is an awesome jacket. Just wear the hell out of it and enjoy it, it looks great.
As for all the comments re the pocket placement....the originals all differed anyway. No matter where they are, you could find an example that had a slightly different placement.
This is where the quest for perfection turns to nit picking and can stop you enjoying what is an awesome jacket. Just wear the hell out of it and enjoy it, it looks great.
too much informationThat's what I told my first girl friend.
Indeed it does. And I love this fact! I have no idea if that is true to the original vintage ones but I really dig the front dip.
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I have more info regarding pocket dimensions in relationship to jacket size. I will start a dedicated thread later today.
It part of what's got me chomping on a 30's HB.I'm a huge fan of front dips- usually 2"
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And the folks over on style forum claims WE are obsessional !
Are you kidding me? I haven't had a good nights sleep since the issue was brought up.
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That's a J-21 2nd Type with a 22" back lenght (shorter edition) therefore D-Pocket and Breast Zipper are more together.
I just got an email from DD. He also confirms the info that SF got from Himel and gives us some more insight:
"Military or civilian; pocket sizes NEVER change. Whether a small discrepancy here or there occurs in the sewing, the basic shape and size of pockets is always the same. This is due to the fact that though a human beings size may change drastically from one to another, the size of their hands and neck rarely change as much. Pattern drafters sorted that out years ago, and that is why all Buco jackets have the same sized D pocket as well as length of the other pockets. As a matter of fact, it also has to do with the length of the zippers used in them. Your jacket has 7" zips in all of the longer pockets (including the D and Map pockets) a 5" in the chest, and 6.25 in the sleeves. Standard, across the board. No maker in his right mind, would make those different for each size especially since an error or accident could well occur!
This is very apparent when you see a size 36 next to say a size 46. Same size pockets but look very different.
This holds true also on military jackets. Think about this, we have dies made to cut out these pieces, just as the military contractors did back in WWII. They do not change. So a pocket will look huge on a size 36 but normal on a 38-42 (most patterns are based around a sz 38, and then scaled to each size)“
"Military or civilian; pocket sizes NEVER change. Whether a small discrepancy here or there occurs in the sewing, the basic shape and size of pockets is always the same. This is due to the fact that though a human beings size may change drastically from one to another, the size of their hands and neck rarely change as much. Pattern drafters sorted that out years ago, and that is why all Buco jackets have the same sized D pocket as well as length of the other pockets. As a matter of fact, it also has to do with the length of the zippers used in them. Your jacket has 7" zips in all of the longer pockets (including the D and Map pockets) a 5" in the chest, and 6.25 in the sleeves. Standard, across the board. No maker in his right mind, would make those different for each size especially since an error or accident could well occur!
This is very apparent when you see a size 36 next to say a size 46. Same size pockets but look very different.
This holds true also on military jackets. Think about this, we have dies made to cut out these pieces, just as the military contractors did back in WWII. They do not change. So a pocket will look huge on a size 36 but normal on a 38-42 (most patterns are based around a sz 38, and then scaled to each size)“
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I now have info from four different sources. Thread to follow.
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I never had any doubt that the pockets doesn't change.
How'd you fit that cigarette pack in if they shrank the pocket size?
How'd you fit that cigarette pack in if they shrank the pocket size?
