PilatusPilot
Well-Known Member
Hello ladies, and gents. My thirst for a nylon jacket has only been temporarily extinguished by my last purchase... But I'm starting to understand that it'll never end . I'm back at it, looking for a descent cwu-45/p or 36/p. Unfortunately I'm in Canada... We rarely have any of those up here (if you're from Canada and you have a source, please feel free to change my mind, I really need someone here who sells American jackets). eBay usually ships them from the us... And because of the currency and shipping... Well a used cwu ends costing 300$cad and up. And I'm trying to look for either a new one or a lightly used one, I don't necessarily need a model from the 80s, or a genuine one that has been worn by a pilot, but also, based on my last thread, most suggested to avoid modern alpha since it's made in china (also it costs an arm and a leg for a Chinese jacket). So any ideas? Where I could acquire one?
Here's some of my solutions:
I'm running through military surplus stores, most only get the ma-1, so no luck, haven't seen a cwu in one and I've looked through multiple in 3 cities. But I guess I'll keep looking, in the rare events that I do find a jacket of an sort, they are always too small for me, I'm not too tall 6'2, but still most of them are too short...
Another solution I have is trying to maybe get someones attention here who is currently selling theirs in sizes L or XL still unsure about which would fit best. An idea that I had to compensate for the purchase, is to sell my Ralph Edwards g1 that is too small for me (which now brings the question, for how much to sell it so it's a fair price).
My last option is a deal I found on eBay, shipped from Canada and sold in Canadian rubles, that seems to be the correct size, BUT is an alpha industries... Just one that was made in the us.
So any thoughts? Or am I crazy? Are my expectations for a cwu jacket too high? Because I've been on the American eBay and boy.. some are sold for 75$ a pop. I'm not as familiar with jacket pricing as you can see, so I'm genuinely not sure if my expectations are wrong? Thank you in advance, here's the eBay deal.
Here's some of my solutions:
I'm running through military surplus stores, most only get the ma-1, so no luck, haven't seen a cwu in one and I've looked through multiple in 3 cities. But I guess I'll keep looking, in the rare events that I do find a jacket of an sort, they are always too small for me, I'm not too tall 6'2, but still most of them are too short...
Another solution I have is trying to maybe get someones attention here who is currently selling theirs in sizes L or XL still unsure about which would fit best. An idea that I had to compensate for the purchase, is to sell my Ralph Edwards g1 that is too small for me (which now brings the question, for how much to sell it so it's a fair price).
My last option is a deal I found on eBay, shipped from Canada and sold in Canadian rubles, that seems to be the correct size, BUT is an alpha industries... Just one that was made in the us.
So any thoughts? Or am I crazy? Are my expectations for a cwu jacket too high? Because I've been on the American eBay and boy.. some are sold for 75$ a pop. I'm not as familiar with jacket pricing as you can see, so I'm genuinely not sure if my expectations are wrong? Thank you in advance, here's the eBay deal.