What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Miles]

Love the Swedish flying coat, really looks the biz.

It’s hard to find this coat in leather. It has a one inch rip in the shoulder and some slight shearling absence, but it looks really tough. I have to be careful what I pair it with to not look like a serial killer in a dark alley.


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[s4rmark]

Not today but last night we walked to the pub . Wearing ELC Perry B-3, B-2 cap and A-10 gloves.

 

[Miles]

Nice coat, great find. If this was mine I’d consider getting it lined in black shearling to make it the ultimate winter coat. But it isn’t

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[stanier]

View attachment 3506 View attachment 3505 Not today but last night we walked to the pub . Wearing ELC Perry B-3, B-2 cap and A-10 gloves.

Cool pic. Where’d you park the time machine in the snow s4rmark?

 

[A2 B3au]

Art, whilst not 100% sure I think I’m right in saying that the red stitching was a bit of a fantasy thing that didn’t appear on originals. I think they stopped using the red around the time the Star was changed to Warhorse leather and a repro Talon. I have an ELC Star from about 18 months ago and it is stunning, easily the best A-2 I’ve ever owned. The leather graining is superb and a world away from the plastic looking red stitched item I had years ago and sent back to them as it just looked cheap imho. The only issue with my current Star is I need to send it back to have a new throat latch fitted as the current one snapped where it curves a while ago, never had this happen before in any A-2 and I never use the latch so can’t be through use but a minor if not annoying issue.

I’d also consider a BK Star now, particularly in Badalassi cow hide (we now know cow was used on Star’s originally). If you really wanted red stitching BK will do this but I don’t think ELC will.

Hope this helps.

Thanks very useful but I decided to leave the star I was interested in as when I asked the seller how old it I was told to stop asking Qs , I've had it from new and what difference does it make ... So the question continues but I did see an elc 23373 that looked nice and clean only couple years old with red stiching but it was in goat so not what I'm looking for ..I've had a good look at most top mfgs and there's just to many options ..1st world problems eh....Nice one Art

 

[Smithy]

Although it's -7 today, the sun is shining and there's starting to be a little warmth in it. Sick and tired of living in a modern parka, I wore my Aero Barnstormer today with thermals, submariner jumper and an enormous RFC scarf for a walk up to the shops to get some milk. Lousy photo but I absolutely love this coat.

 

[s4rmark]

Not so chilly today so for the dog walk I went for the ELC B-6 and pike brothers sweater combo.

 

[Steve27752]

View attachment 3545 Not so chilly today so for the dog walk I went for the ELC B-6 and pike brothers sweater combo.

Is that the ELC R W B-6?

 

[s4rmark]

It is indeed , steve.

 

[Monsoon]

Bit chilly today, but not too bad. I wore my BR B-10.

 

[Steve27752]

Bit chilly today, but not too bad. I wore my BR B-10.

No pictures, it did not happen.

 

[Griffon_301]

we just survived the coldest week for years here in Austria, all the while when we were on holiday in the mountains - were it was even colder
I had a RW B-15, a Alpha N3B and my ELC Irvin with me, all chosen for different purposes ; will provide a short jacket review soon but all I can say all three are great and kept me warm through between -10 and -24°C with a minimum of layering underneath...
today its an Aeronautica Militare Nylon flightjacket for a change, but as I am at work, no pictures yet ....

btw, that B-6 is a great one, I am still undecided if I will go for the standard B-6 from ELC and pimp that with the appropriate patches or take the RW B-6....

 

[Steve27752]

we just survived the coldest week for years here in Austria, all the while when we were on holiday in the mountains - were it was even colder
I had a RW B-15, a Alpha N3B and my ELC Irvin with me, all chosen for different purposes ; will provide a short jacket review soon but all I can say all three are great and kept me warm through between -10 and -24°C with a minimum of layering underneath...
today its an Aeronautica Militare Nylon flightjacket for a change, but as I am at work, no pictures yet ....

btw, that B-6 is a great one, I am still undecided if I will go for the standard B-6 from ELC and pimp that with the appropriate patches or take the RW B-6....

No pictures, it did not happen.

 

[Monsoon]

No pictures, it did not happen.

 

[Pilot]

BR-10’s are amongst the finest...Nice jacket.

 

[Steve27752]

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Now that is a nice looking B-10.

 

[Pilot]

Now that is a nice looking B-10.

1000% agree...you see immediately the difference of the real stuff vs “ cheapies” ...
I am no fan of the red knits but, here it looks terrific.
Thx for sharing.

 

[A2 B3au]

It’s hard to find this coat in leather. It has a one inch rip in the shoulder and some slight shearling absence, but it looks really tough. I have to be careful what I pair it with to not look like a serial killer in a dark alley.


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I've been wearing my A2 to work for a month before I get patched n cuffed

 

[Skip]

Lookin' good Art

 

[Edward]

March has brought me a few borderline cooler days where I could bring my A-2s back out for a while... looks like I might even get a few days early next week to wear them before I have to put them away again so I'm happy about that!