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What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

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Helping with a house clearance again, so I'm wearing my Golden Mfg M-65.

I know what you're thinking; you can barely even see that I'm there. Because camo.

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TLW '90

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Helping with a house clearance again, so I'm wearing my Golden Mfg M-65.

I know what you're thinking; you can barely even see that I'm there. Because camo.

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does your golden have a metal or plastic zip ?
the old 1983 Winfield that I got from my dad has a metal Zip just like my 1977 Sew Sew Styles, but the 1987 Alpha that I bought unissued Surplus about a year ago has the plastic zip which was a disappointment.
 

barnabus

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does your golden have a metal or plastic zip ?
the old 1983 Winfield that I got from my dad has a metal Zip just like my 1977 Sew Sew Styles, but the 1987 Alpha that I bought unissued Surplus about a year ago has the plastic zip which was a disappointment.

Mine has the plastic zip.

Initially I was disappointed as I would have preferred brass. But actually the plastic zip is excellent. It's a huge YKK with a metal pull that works smoothly and fastens super easily, even with heavy gloves.

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My jacket was issued by the Defense Personnel Support Centre in Philadelphia, in 1996. Because it's such a late issue jacket, the flip side of the plastic zip is that the jacket itself is in excellent condition. Not a mark or snag or a stain, inside or out. Even the velcro hasn't got any fluff stuck to it.
 
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