This is my guy

[Anonymous]

here's my guy

Would you like a jacket like his? I mean with the blood chit?

 

[Chris217]

Thats what got me into flight jackets as a kid was Tales of the Gold Monkey. I thought the blood chit on the back of Jake Cutters A-2 was sooo cool back then.

 

[RCSignals]

I read a while back that his jacket was actually made by 'Quartermaster' in California. I think in goatskin.
I don't think they still make them the same, but once in a while one shows up on eBay in 'new' condition.

 

[grommet]

Not to change the subject, but I bought a repro crusher labeled "Quartermaster, Long Beach, California" . It displays well but doesn't actually crush short of throwing it into a trash compacter. My interest piqued, I went to their current store but was disappointed to find that it is a standard uniform store (police etc) without any WW ll stuff.

 

[Anonymous]

Please show us photos of your repro crusher.

 

[RCSignals]

They seem to have really reduced their offering, unless they only have certain things on the web site.
At one time they had a selection of WW2 type uniform items.

 

[Anonymous]

Have you been there? or just seen their site? What's their site?

 

[deeb7]

What's their site?

http://www.qmuniforms.com/

 

[Anonymous]

speaking of blood chits, were the originals embroidered, or printed? Also what was the material? Leather? Cotton? Silk?

Anyone knows?

 

[rocco74]

i have seen different at militaria shows in silk, but not attached to jacket.

 

[Anonymous]

So what was the norm in WWII,
the blood chit was attached to the back of jacket
or sewn on the lining on one of the front panels?

 

[442RCT]

So what was the norm in WWII,
the blood chit was attached to the back of jacket
or sewn on the lining on one of the front panels?

Here's a website that has a pretty good overview of Blood Chits.
http://cbi-theater-4.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-4/bloodchit/bloodchit.html

There's also a book out called,
Last Hope: The Blood Chit Story (Schiffer Military History) [Hardcover]

It happens to be on sale from Amazononly 3 copies left on sale, I just ordered one.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Hope-Schiffer-Military-History/dp/0764302221

 

[Anonymous]

Some silk chits were attached to the back, but didn't wear well, then leather. Chits ended up in the lining as they presented a nice target on the back from their buds the Japanese.

 

[Anonymous]

lovely

 

[442RCT]

Platon, if you're thinking of adding a "Jake Cutter" or "Gold Monkey" jacket to your line of Bill Kelso A-2s, no one makes a better leather blood chit than forum member a2jacketpatches.
http://cgi.ebay.com/U-S-Chinese-Fla...703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb5059517

This is the 14th AAF version, (both US and Chinese flags), but he'll make the earlier AVG version, (Chinese flag only), for the Gold Monkey A-2 jacket.

I recommend that this be an add on option only, and not sewn on until a customer pays for the jacket. I've purchased a used Sefton jacket with a lesser quality blood chit pre-sewn on the back. Because of the blood chit, there were no other bidders. I bought the jacket because it was a Sefton, which don't come up for sale that often and patched the jacket with a2jacketpatches, CACW, CBI, and 14th AAF leather patches. If the Sefton had been un-blood chitted, it would have had more bidders.

After I patched it up.

 

[dujardin]

this is my blood chit made by Oscar (Atkins)
my first idea was to place it on the back of one of my jackets, but after i receive it; i found it so nice that i decide to make a frame.

the other patch

now that you speak about sewing a blood chit; this bring my first idea back in my head..........grrrrrrrrrrrrrr :lol:

byeeeeeeeeeeeee
marcel

 

[442RCT]

I have two A-2s with chits on the back. My CACW patched jacket, and my ATC patched jacket. In some ways sewing a blood chit on the back of a jacket is cheaper than having a pin-up girl painted on the back. Also, I can actually wear the jacket in public without women giving me stink eye.... :shock: :roll:

 

[atkins]

Also, I can actually wear the jacket in public without women giving me stink eye.... :shock: :roll:

Jay, You're lucky only women give stink eye there, here... everyone would give me the stink eye...