ZuZu
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I guess that explains it! I admit it's not as irritating as the BR sleeves or the LW pockets!
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Eastman B3 size 48 sale on VINTED
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John Lever
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Notice you rarely see the collar fastened down ?
I guess its down to we know it happened, wide collars, normal collars, you like them John some people no, we're guys, are you a a breast or leg man haha we all have our faves
flyincowboy
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Wide collar or standard collar it will not bother me.... if the jacket fit me ..Wish it will be a 46.
Pa12
Well-Known Member
Missed a few naughty bits in between Johnny
John Lever
Moderator
From the ELC showroom....
Another anomaly
Another anomaly
ZuZu
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Again an optical illusion. Look at the edge od the collar- it's not very wide. I hate to be an ass but I have a finely tuned radar to what's wrong with the way things look. Art school unfortunately.
John Lever
Moderator
Starting to feel that this thread has become an optical illusion too !
John Lever
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The ancestry of the early flying coats with big collars is clearly seen.
John Lever
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I just gave up....
I took that picture that John posted, you cant judge anything by that photo. I was in Eastman's last week. Looking at the original B3s there I can assure you Eastman's collars are not too big or out the norm compared to originals. I just picked up an awesome mixed batch Perry from there. Gary has been doing this since the 80s and I'd wager he has handled more original B3s than all of us on this forum put together. I'd argue he does actually know what he's doing.
ZuZu
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I respectfully beg to disagree. There is ample pictorial evidence that Eastman's collars are at the extreme end of collar width and that their collars don't vary much in width so they look like huge collars. My eye doesn't lie to me- I can see these things. Gary's been doing a lot of stuff since the 80's- so has Avirex and Cockpit USA etc. etc. Longevity has nothing to do with accuracy. Again- like Lost World's pocket spacing and Buzz Rickson's sleeve ends being too wide these overly large collars on Eastmn's B-3s are a thing. There may be a fraction of originals which justify these big collars but it was not the norm. IMO
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ZuZu
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You can see even in Eastman's own pics how their collar doesn't have the shape of the original which tapers a bit smaller towards the back and which is literally narrower along it's front edge.
Again- the tapering shape is not there- the Eastman collar is like a shawl instead of a collar.
John Lever
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When zipped completely to the top I think the ELC jackets are very close.
Just curious, why the sudden interest in ELC B3's ?
Just curious, why the sudden interest in ELC B3's ?
