Recent content by jollygreenslugg

Currently, my most expensive jacket is my Bill Kelso 29971 house jacket, to the Roughwear pattern. It's worth every cent of the bargain price I paid. It'll be moved to second-place once I make my 2013 purchase, hopefully around July (yep, it's my birthday then!). I'm hoping for a russet Bill...

Gee, that's frustrating! Hopefully it doesn't happen too often. Seems to be mentioned fairly regularly, lately. Cheers, Matt

What's the patch hiding?

Wow, that's chilly! Last Friday afternoon here, when it was 44.1c/111.4f, I was dreaming of weather cool enough to even wear an A-2!

I do recall someone (here?) saying that one of their relatives was a wartime aviator, and he found the A-2 to be "cold and stiff"; preferring the cloth jackets. Mind you, I'm sure there are plenty of other opinions among those who served. My words aren't intended to impugn the A-2, but to point...

May he rest in peace, and may his memory continue to shine.

Beautiful jacket. Now to convince the Minister of War and Finance that I need another one! "But I don't have one in russet, my love! You can buy more shoes if you like!" Cheers, Matt

Just the one high-end repro; Bill Kelso house jacket, Roughwear-pattern. 42, seal. A present from my family for getting healthy and losing weight. I went from 146kg/320lb to 75kg/165lb with a lot of work and sensible eating. The whole way along, I told myself that if I lost the weight, a...

I'm sure that this one has been discussed before... *edit* Yep; http://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=12775&p=118027 Refers to this post at the US Militaria Forum; http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/148787-the-most-amazing-a2-ive-ever-had/ Cheers, Matt

G'day again Matt, Ah, I thought you were from Melbourne, sorry 'bout that! Anyway, same distance, wrong direction! Apparently Matt has been in the top ten of boys' names for many years. Maybe not these days though. To all the Matts, and all the non-Matts ( ;) ), have a great Christmas break...

G'day Matt That's a fantastic jacket, count me as envious! Cheers, Matt (the one about five hours north of you!)

G'day folks, Just to clarify, when I call my Cooper Orange Label A-2 'dodgey', I'm not referring to the jacket in itself, I'm referring to the fact that I've painted some dodgey artwork on it. I'm not much of an artist, and the additions I've made to it have made it 'dodgey', not anything about...

I wonder if it's V505-tagged then?! Cheers, Matt

G'day folks, Personal opinion only, but I haven't found a goat jacket that I've enjoyed wearing. Granted, my only A-2 goat experience is with a dodgey Cooper orange label, but it just didn't feel 'right'. Far happier with my first authentic repro, a BK house jacket in horse. Go Aussies...

G'day Skip, Aussie-made A-2s do turn up from time to time. V505 rings a bell as far as designations or identifiers go. *edit* SuinBruin's post gives more details, having been posted after I started my reply. Thanks for clearing it up... Cheers, Matt