A2 RW27752 by FIVESTAR

i just wanna share some pics of my late Christmas gift (thx to my wife) a RW27752 A2 made by @Shawn Ali and his dudes at Fivestar ...

The hhide ist absolutely nice - appearance and weight are both comparable to the high-end (high-price) brands. The price vs. value ratio is imho much better than on any TMC/RMC jacket (keeping in mind all facts like higher labor-costs in Japan aso)

Anyway - since i'm actually not that specifically an A2 guy and rathermore love G1s over A2 i actually never searched for originals before and thus ended up with a repop again. Oppose to my philosophie in G1 jackets go with originals only.

I still own 2 older A2 from Shawn and another RW i purchased about a year ago and for me the RW-specs do it best in terms of fitment aso. For me an A2 is not a jacket typically meant for layering underneath but rather be worn over a tee or a shirt.

I'm 1.90//6.3" and 100kgs/220lbs and wear a 46

As for the colorcombo i went with the HILTS-setup recommended by FIVESTAR - less the nametag

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I like the "meatball"-decal pretty much even though someone might say the colors might look a bid too "fresh"

Since it's a gift from your wife I won't say anything about the quality of this thing. Except that you really don't know anything about A-2!

Nice jacket Thomas Suit you well. i like the colour . its make a cool combo with the lining and knits.

Skyranger said:

Since it's a gift from your wife I won't say anything about the quality of this thing. Except that you really don't know anything about A-2!

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Yeesh, tough crowd. Thomas has never made any bones about the fact that he's a Navy jacket guy, and his collection of originals is really cool. If he dabbles in a budget A-2 repro, and he's enjoying himself, who cares how accurate it is, or how much he knows about A-2s?

You make that jacket look badass, @Thomas Koehle .

mulceber said:

Yeesh, tough crowd. Thomas has never made any bones about the fact that he's a Navy jacket guy, and his collection of originals is really cool. If he dabbles in a budget A-2 repro, and he's enjoying himself, who cares how accurate it is, or how much he knows about A-2s?

You make that jacket look badass, @Thomas Koehle .

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Nailed it about my knowledge/experience with A2s Jan!

As a matter of fact even from a practical side of view I like them Navy jackets more …

This is the age-old perennial chestnut which never ends getting knocked around on fora such as this.

Absolute accuracy versus how much the guy/girl buying the thing gives a shit about absolute accuracy.

If you're after a super accurate A-2 repro then 5 Star probably won't bake your biscuit. If you're not interested in an A-2 repro that is as close as it can get then this 5 Star would probably be all you need.

I think it's worth remembering that not everyone on here wants or values the same thing. That's not a bad thing or a wrong thing, just different strokes for different folks.

Thomas knows his RW isn't an ELC or even a GW so telling him it's not is a bit fucking redundant. The main thing is it puts a smile on his dial and that's all that matters.

Yeah, and it’s okay if we’re not all in the GW queue !
It will save us from waiting too long !

My concern with 5* seal is this dark dark seal !

well put, smithy.

ANYWAY GWEAR, ELC, AERO , BR , R MCCOYS,5 STARS..... All of them are just copy! if some one want the real deal let him afford an original one !

Smithy said:

This is the age-old perennial chestnut which never ends getting knocked around on fora such as this.

Absolute accuracy versus how much the guy/girl buying the thing gives a shit about absolute accuracy.

If you're after a super accurate A-2 repro then 5 Star probably won't bake your biscuit. If you're not interested in an A-2 repro that is as close as it can get then this 5 Star would probably be all you need.

I think it's worth remembering that not everyone on here wants or values the same thing. That's not a bad thing or a wrong thing, just different strokes for different folks.

Thomas knows his RW isn't an ELC or even a GW so telling him it's not is a bit fucking redundant. The main thing is it puts a smile on his dial and that's all that matters.

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Absolute perfect description of what drives me to either decide for a 350 USD reproduction or to a 1.500 USD repop …

@flyincowboy is correct: bottom line it’s all just reproductions

mulceber said:

Yeesh, tough crowd. Thomas has never made any bones about the fact that he's a Navy jacket guy, and his collection of originals is really cool. If he dabbles in a budget A-2 repro, and he's enjoying himself, who cares how accurate it is, or how much he knows about A-2s?

You make that jacket look badass, @Thomas Koehle .

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Exactly

Smithy said:

This is the age-old perennial chestnut which never ends getting knocked around on fora such as this.

Absolute accuracy versus how much the guy/girl buying the thing gives a shit about absolute accuracy.

If you're after a super accurate A-2 repro then 5 Star probably won't bake your biscuit. If you're not interested in an A-2 repro that is as close as it can get then this 5 Star would probably be all you need.

I think it's worth remembering that not everyone on here wants or values the same thing. That's not a bad thing or a wrong thing, just different strokes for different folks.

Thomas knows his RW isn't an ELC or even a GW so telling him it's not is a bit fucking redundant. The main thing is it puts a smile on his dial and that's all that matters.

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I wish my wife bought me anything along the lines of militaria; envious of Thomas.

Each time after Thomas claimed, he need to file an application to minster of treasury , a couple months later, he post a new jacket at forum.

I’m with most of you guys … you don’t have to have an original … or the most prized top tier repro to enjoy this hobby. I keep saying this over and over, when you walk down the street wearing, whatever A2 you happen to own …99% of the people aren’t going take notice or even know what your wearing or who made it . So Thomas ….enjoy your jacket… and wear the piss out of it !!

looks great and enjoy!

..............and really, only one snobbish post in response to the OP. Maybe there is hope for this forum yet!

Much better than in the old days.........................................