Hiya Guys,
My name is Raymon, I live in the sunny and warm south of Spain.
Despite our weather, a friend of mine and myself have decided we have to have a B3 and to hell with the heat. We'll acclimatise in a sauna!
We have decided we like the 1940 RAF B3 with the fewer panels and would prefer to buy jackets that are as close to the originals as possible.
We have narrowed it down to Eastman and Aero leathers but would like your opinion on who makes the best and closest reproduction and more importantly why.
I have triled through posts and haven't quite found anything that answers my questions.
Basically I could break it down into various parts:
Who uses the best quality and leather/materials that are closest to the original?
Who uses the pattern that is truest to the originals?
Who uses the most correct zips?
Who uses the most correct stitching? (For instance I understand from one post that Eastman do not stitch their jacket sleeves correctly)
Plus any other positive or negative comments you might have. Time is not an issue in ordering as long as we get the right jacket.
I'd appreciate your help as we both want to get it just right. Also, what are the eastman rough wear jackets like. Are they and option given the fact that we want to be close to the original? this could be a consideration for us as due to the weather here, breaking in could take a very long time!
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Raymon
My name is Raymon, I live in the sunny and warm south of Spain.
Despite our weather, a friend of mine and myself have decided we have to have a B3 and to hell with the heat. We'll acclimatise in a sauna!
We have decided we like the 1940 RAF B3 with the fewer panels and would prefer to buy jackets that are as close to the originals as possible.
We have narrowed it down to Eastman and Aero leathers but would like your opinion on who makes the best and closest reproduction and more importantly why.
I have triled through posts and haven't quite found anything that answers my questions.
Basically I could break it down into various parts:
Who uses the best quality and leather/materials that are closest to the original?
Who uses the pattern that is truest to the originals?
Who uses the most correct zips?
Who uses the most correct stitching? (For instance I understand from one post that Eastman do not stitch their jacket sleeves correctly)
Plus any other positive or negative comments you might have. Time is not an issue in ordering as long as we get the right jacket.
I'd appreciate your help as we both want to get it just right. Also, what are the eastman rough wear jackets like. Are they and option given the fact that we want to be close to the original? this could be a consideration for us as due to the weather here, breaking in could take a very long time!
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Raymon