Recent content by yankee air pirate

Problem solved! THANKS to buzzthetower for the great info!

I am restoring an old horsehide halfbelt jacket and need some help on a repair. At the bottom edge of the back the leather has torn at the seam and seems to be a little weak at the spot so I was wondering on the best method to fix it? I heard that you can back it with another piece of leather...

Up until recently I really had no time to buy and sell. Most stuff I bought was for my small personel collection. Like this "a1" I didn't buy it to resell and never thought it was worth $1500 either. I bought it because of it's age, history and the fact I may never own one of these again. The...

I forgot to thank you for the kind comments dubow

No, he didn't. Other than the snaps and some old matches in the pocket there is nothing to verify the jacket as an issue a1. But by judging from the varity of A-1s seen in photos it is likely most early ones were private purchase. AT minimum this jacket is an example of early aviation wear. I...

I ended it because I got a $1500 offer from well known collector/dealer out of Seattle. I paid $10 for it 8 years ago so it was a deal. This jacket I found out is pre 30's. Some of the snaps are marked Carr Fast Co Boston. Which was the trade name of United-Carr prior to a merger in 1929. So...

I saw this on manions and thought I would share it. It's an interesting mod but judging by the rest of the replacement done I thinks this might be a post military service modification. I saw an A-2 on ebay many years back that had a similiar alteration and I wonder if any one else has seen this...

There have been a few on ebay before. I remember one that was relisted several times before it sold for about $250. As with other rare flight gear items these don't have the A-2 mystique.

It's good I geuss. I am sure it is a quality piece, but not as special as his A2's.

That is the most hilarious thing I have seen. Though I suppose there is a back story to everything but that is stilll funny as hell!

Go to Club Obi Wan forum for all things Indy! http://www.indygear.com/cow/

I am using an old 60's Moorse sewing machine. It was giving to me a while ago and can sew up to 4 layers of 2-3oz leather. Anything more than that it starts to jam up. I am going to make up a test jacket soon usings a 50's Sears Hercules jacket I patterned. But until I find some horsehide or a...

There is really nothing to see other than me practicing sewing straight seams. Right now I have patterned 2 vintage jackets and am going to pattern a dubow, but I have had a hell of a time sourcing HH leather. The few that do sell it either only sell in large bulk quantities or only have heavy...

Hey if you come by a good source for horsehide leather let me know as I am working on making up some leather jackets for my self including patterning a early war dubow a several vintage jackets. I would love to find some great HH for a couple of these. Your work seems to be going great and hope...

The b-3 link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1