Recent content by roninja

Oh, I agree with you about the goatskin quality. Alot of these were chrome-tanned and from what I know about the process, the leather keeps looking better as it ages.

Here's a image of the pocket.

Congrats Roughwear!!! I know what you mean that the G-1 wasn't called that until post-WWII. And yes, the AVG were issued M422's. The only difference with the M422 and the G-1 is the left pocket where the pen holder is. On the M422, the left pocket's about 1 cm wider to have the pen holder be...

My God, how times have changed. Up until 30 yrs ago, almost no one in Taiwan wore a flight jacket with the Flying Tigers blood chit on the back. While the chit was well-known due to the history of WWII, if you wore it on your jacket, you'd be considered a laughing stock to most Taiwanese...