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Anything and Everything A-1
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bseal
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I've seen photos of A-1s with six buttons. More pics of my Aero A-1 are littering page 12. Welcome back Doug.Doug C said:Wow, that warehouse jacket sure has alot of buttons, 6 down the main body as opposed to the normal 5, then the two at the waist band area - they should have used snaps there. Actually I now prefer the snaps at the bottom on any of them.. it's too tight of an area for buttons. I like it's leather though. Too bad about the missing collar buttons and loops, they're part of the mistique.
bseal, that's a sweet jacket.. how 'bout some more pics of it? Show off those flaps a little better.
Doug C
airfrogusmc
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My Aero was custom also. Pockets were smaller and lower one mine and I had a one piece back.
Hey does anyone know what knits Lost-Worlds uses? Specifically on their A1 collar..I know most everyone (and probably every company) uses the waistband knits. But the point is, the collar on the LW A1 I had seemed different than any of the other A1s that I've owned. All the other collars were obviously waistband knit - but the LW knits seemed alot coarser, stiffer, rougher, less refined, more wool like - but in a good way. Do you think the soft knits of these other repos will get this way with time or is it a matter of being a different wool knit? You can get a feel for it in this picture of Alain De Cadenet, wearing his LW A1..it seems just like what I remember mine being. Bseal, do you have any good pictures of that old jacket by chance?
Doug C
Doug C
Miles_Archer
Member
Did you save that photo from a senicko auction?
bristolherc
Member
My Few A-1, pic's taken of jacket March '07 and in Tokyo April '07.
BEVAN
BEVAN
bseal
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Doug C said:Hey does anyone know what knits Lost-Worlds uses? Specifically on their A1 collar..I know most everyone (and probably every company) uses the waistband knits. But the point is, the collar on the LW A1 I had seemed different than any of the other A1s that I've owned. All the other collars were obviously waistband knit - but the LW knits seemed alot coarser, stiffer, rougher, less refined, more wool like - but in a good way. Do you think the soft knits of these other repos will get this way with time or is it a matter of being a different wool knit? You can get a feel for it in this picture of Alain De Cadenet, wearing his LW A1..it seems just like what I remember mine being. Bseal, do you have any good pictures of that old jacket by chance?
Doug C
More Alain's A-1 on page 6.
John Lever
Moderator
Steve, which A1 is that in the photos ?
thanks for the pics Bseal, those pocket flaps were cooler than I remembered. Maybe the knits thing is just my imagination - but most of them feel too soft to me now (does everyone use merino wool?).
Bevan, I agree that's a great lookin' A1... the Few equals horsehide, right?
Doug C
Bevan, I agree that's a great lookin' A1... the Few equals horsehide, right?
Doug C
Miles_Archer
Member
The Eastman A-1 has a fairly coarse wool collar.
bristolherc
Member
Doug C said:
Thanks Doug.
Mine is 1.1mm HH, from a roll of 10 yr old Joe McCoy HH I found while stooging around upstairs at RMNZ late 2006.
BEVAN
