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Aces High.
- Thread starter Southoftheborder
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petermack09
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Did someone here not start making jackets at the same time?.seems like a lifetime past.think the guy was an "authority " on A2s.
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Pilot
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Precisely… made out of wwii Irvin trousers..
petermack09
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Aah I remember now,,guy was a headmaster or something, probably still around so I will say no more lol
johnwayne
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That guy was Andrew Swatland (Roughwear) and yes there wasn’t much he didn’t know about A2’s and Irvin’s. I bought two original A2’s of Andrew who lives relatively near me and always used to see him at airshows dressed in full USAAF gear, much of it original stuff too. He had at one time an original of every WWII maker plus several high end repros. I entrusted him to replace the cuff knits on an old ELC house A2 and he did a great job. He is a real history buff and into re-enacting inc civi WWII suits etc. His house was flight jacket heaven! Never really knew what went wrong here but always a nice guy to deal with although I lost contact when my FB profile went awol for reasons I’ve never got to grips with!!
Maybe time to catch up with him!!!
Maybe time to catch up with him!!!
petermack09
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That's the guy,he was a wealth of knowledge about A2s,I tried to buy an eastman off him but as usual I dithered and it was sold.
Micawber
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Drat, too busy today so missed that one.
Shame he stopped making them. Those that witnessed the shenanigans back in the day won't forget.
B-Man2
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“Made from descendants of the sheep that were used to make original Irvin’s”
That one always gave me a WTF laugh!!
Or how about the part where they would only be sold to a select few … and they had to be scrutinized first . Another WTF moment .
Those from the opposing team … not Aces High.
Micawber
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Nudge nudge, wink wink, oooo-er, funny handshake and all!
B-Man2
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Agree totally …. But in the end , all the buffoonery did its job and caused a reputable Irvin maker to throw it all in and leave the forum.
That was shameful…
petermack09
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Was that the guy from France,he seemed a lovely guy.
Pilot
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Jon was ( is ) living in southern France.
He is Scottish as far as I remember.
B-Man2
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Yes … the same one as Pilot described .
His screen name was “Jon Wainwright” I believe .
B-Man2
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Spot on Tim…
It’s was really shameful as he was in the middle of developing his business and was producing a some great Irvin repros.
Micawber
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Indeed Burt, those involved lost any respect I may have had for them.
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Southoftheborder
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He was jonnyboy. Jon Wainwright is his name.
Smithy
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Yup, last time he was here was 8 years ago...
https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/members/jonnyboy.141/
Bloody travesty that we lost this chap.
Nice bloke making the best Irvin repros ever and he got shafted just when he was trying to grow his business by fellows making an announcement which came to nothing.
Worst screwing of someone I've seen in this jacket malarkey.
Fucking shameful.
