Aces High Pre War Irvin - review and pics

[flyboy]

Great details

The repro lightning zippers

And a nice touch...

Finally it arrived - my long waited Pre War Irvin from Aces High.
And I must say, Jon has done a fantastic piece of historic artwork! I have only tried and handled very few original Irvins, but I must admit, that this comes as close to them as ever possible.
It is definitely both lighter and softer than my Aero. The fit is fantastic. The fleece has a great color and the surface feels tough - although it is flexible. The zippers - which were the reason for the long delay - are repros of the original Lightning used by Wearing even before 1940, were worth waiting for. Great working quality, strong and genuine.
All in all - I am extremely happy that my search for "the original Irvin" is finally over.
This is the Irvin I have always known, that I - some day - would get. And now I got it!!!!!!

Thank you Jon, for your superb work, great service and communication all along the long wait.

 

[blackrat2]

Very nice indeed...hopefully you will get some good use of it in the next few weeks
The workmanship is really superb

 

[Otter]

Looks very good indeed, perfect fit, love the label.

 

[CBI]

excellent - congrats - you have been looking forward to this one!!!

 

[ScottoLaw]

Congrats. The fit looks perfect.

 

[ECKHARTUS]

Yes, The fit looks perfect. Enjoy.

 

[CryptoDave]

Soren,

It looks fantastic!

I know exactly what your talking about with regards to the leather, it's very soft and comfortable.

The jacket looks great on you.

How does it feel?

Enjoy.

Dave

 

[Vcruiser]

Outstanding...and looks like a great fit..!!

Congrats
Van

 

[ButteMT61]

Beautiful jacket. Sure nice to see a properly fitting jacket on the big guys! Well done!

 

[saucerfiend]

Looks fantastic! That guy knows how to build an Irvin. What a perfect fit!

Brian

 

[Marv]

Looks great Soren and I bet you have the weather for it at the moment as well.

 

[Jason]

The saying "good things are worth waiting for" has never been more true, what an amazing job! Congratulations Soren.

 

[Anonymous]

Amazing jacket. Congratulations!

 

[Skip]

Absolutely superb

 

[raymos]

That jacket is gorgeous........Wear it proud.....

 

[flyboy]

Thank you chaps - but all the credit and applause must go to Jon, who made this great jacket after so much research and struggle to get it right.
I only bought it.

 

[jon11]

Fantastic jacket Soren, wear it with good health

 

[ausreenactor]

Super Jacket! It has been enjoyable to watch the story unfold. Thanks for the updates..

Couchy

 

[NW Carver]

Looks great! Brilliant fit too

Tempting me to buy another one...

I have number 2 of the 1940 patt (bought last year) and its wearing very well - in fact I have been wearing it for the past few days to work, with the temp dropping to minus 5 in some areas the jacket has kept me nice and warm...so much so that I have only needed a thin jumper or sweatshirt underneath

A great jacket and, IMHO, much much better in leather feel, colour, and overall look then the other repro's out there - its the closest to my wartime Irvin and just looks 1940s...

Kind regards

 

[Andrew]

Excellent Søren. Now that looks far better than the previous one and dare I say very flattering. Great work Jon. Wish I had more of a need for one, but that's not stopped me in the past. Feel free to post more shots, particularly outside.