Aces High.

[Smithy]

...just to top it off but he was such a lovely guy. I communicated with him a bit via PM back in the day and he was such a polite, nice fellow. Just a damn nice chap.

Huge loss to the repro WWII jacket world and all because some people chose to bum-fuck him.

 

[mulceber]

I wish we could convince him to return to the community, either as a vendor or a member. Seems like he’s a good guy.

 

[Smithy]

I wish we could convince him to return to the community, either as a vendor or a member. Seems like he’s a good guy.

Wish we could Jan.

Before your time here, but he got right, royally fucked over by some senior members here. Those involved should have had the guts and strength of character to apologise to him.

They didn't which was bloody bad form and Jon was never seen again. They really fucked him and it deserved an apology from those who did it.

 

[CBI]

Johhnyboy, the Aces High jacket maker and Andrew Sawtland were not the same folks I think. Yep, the forum could get pretty ugly back then, I hated it sometimes. Surprised I didn't un-member myself years ago.

 

[Kennyz]

Johhnyboy, the Aces High jacket maker and Andrew Sawtland were not the same folks I think. Yep, the forum could get pretty ugly back then, I hated it sometimes. Surprised I didn't un-member myself years ago.

Yep, John. VLJ is a much friendlier, much nicer place to be nowadays - all of you are a pleasure to hang out with!

Ken

 

[mulceber]

Seems like the assholes found themselves an exit (willingly or otherwise).

 

[leper-colony]

Johhnyboy, the Aces High jacket maker and Andrew Sawtland were not the same folks I think. Yep, the forum could get pretty ugly back then, I hated it sometimes. Surprised I didn't un-member myself years ago.

I did 2x.

 

[B-Man2]

Anyone who’s interested can research the threads and see what happened .

 

[Otter]

Ken told me a while ago that he still had the fleeces that were intended for the project. They were so coarse and scratchy he could never think of a use for them. I suggested selling them as rugs to recoup some of the outlays.

 

[petermack09]

I never had a chance to handle one,but again missed out on a practically new one on fedora years ago .it went for £450 ,I think it was eventually sold on ebay :-(

 

[B-Man2]

Is anyone still in contact with Jon Wainwright?
I wonder what he’s doing today ?
Sincerely wish that he had a desire to go back into building Irvin’s. I would most certainly be a customer for one .

 

[Pilot]

I was in contact with him a while ago.
He is doing some art work… Totally out of the repro jacket world.

 

[Southoftheborder]

For all the heat on that old perfect repro thread I don't think it had much bearing on his business. I wasn't here then but I was still active on TFL at that time and it went on there as well.

He was last here in 2016 and was winding down - but I found a later post on the FL where he gives the reason he was giving up jacket making.

https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/aces-high-irvin-jackets.88820/#post-2179343

 

[petermack09]

Just read through it again, jon posted on 15thfeb and aswatland announced on 16th feb,,says it was a coincidence !! excuse the French, but what a fkn snake.

 

[denny@aero]

Ken told me a while ago that he still had the fleeces that were intended for the project. They were so coarse and scratchy he could never think of a use for them. I suggested selling them as rugs to recoup some of the outlays.

We did only just recently manage to move them on ( at a bargin price) , they were pretty awful to be fair , dry brittle leather side, fleece was pretty rough and matted. They really weren't fit for purpose. Even for use as a rug they would have needed some work.

 

[John Lever]

Jon was buying hides from Fenland, I bought some at the same time for an individual Irvin project. I also sourced the zips for him from Lewis Leathers. When Fenland closed I think trying to find another tannery was not possible.
No one wants to sell small quantities.