RAF Battledress from Spearhead Militaria

[fleet16b]

Today I rec'd the Raf Battledress as seen on the S.H. website.

Owing to the low cost of this product and many mixed reviews from a couple of years ago , I was not expecting much.
However , I am ever surprised !
The Battledress is quite good > I will review in point form
Purchased off Ebay
Communication with the seller was very good with quick reply to questions
Shipping speed>Purchased on Oct 18 - arrived Oct 25
Colour > a pretty good repro of the Blue-grey colour
Material> not as thick as an original but not thin either -very close. Once you have a shirt and tie or sweater underneath it will look even better.
Quality > side by side with an original, the craftsmanship sewing etc is excellent. All buttons ,button tabs, pockets etc are reinforced with heavy cloth strips as seen on their website
Fit > I am 5'11" 172 lbs (slim) The jacket is a Large and fits perfect off the rack . Pants I chose in my actual waist size (34) and again a perfect fit.
Pockets are of the correct RAF style with the 3 point flap
Buttons look period correct
Jacket also came with a set of RAF wings sewn in position but these I will replace with RCAF wings

Overall I am very very happy with the Spearhead Battledress.
For re-enactors it will stand up well against fragile originals
I will post some pics this weekend

Hope this review helps and if anyone has any questions, please post and I will try to answer

 

[fleet16b]

Pictures can be seen here

http://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15825&p=147891#p147891

Comments / Opinions welcomed

 

[B-24J]

Looks good fleet16b.

What head cover are you going to wear?

Also, if you have an original, could you post a photo or two of the them side by side?

Have fun at the Swing Out to Victory event on November 9th. PLEASE post pics!

John

 

[fleet16b]

Thanks John
I do not have an original at present but am shopping for one.

I have both the officers wedge cap and peak cap .
As I will be adoring the battledress with F/O rank, I will be wearing the Officers peak cap (an original)
The dance is indoors so it may be too warm to wear a white roll neck sweater and my 36 pattern flying boots
But may wear my polka dot silk scarf with raf shirt and tie
Will take pics of all the reenactors and post them