Ed Church M-422a

[STEVE S.]

Finally got around to restoring the Church I have had packed away for 15 yrs. Someone had installed a quilted liner in the 50’s-60’s. Complete disassembly & restitch, new liner, spec tag & collar fur, NOS knits I’ve been saving & a NOS Talon zip

line.

 

[Geeboo]

I am not sure: 1) Is the collar fur color right ? 2) 422a seems use brass Talon zip

 

[Skyhawk]

Looks fantastic Steve!!

 

[Pilot]

Looks fantastic Steve!!

1000% concure.
Congrats.

 

[Saint-ex]

Great work ! Well done.

 

[Skyhawk]

I am not sure: 1) Is the collar fur color right ? 2) 422a seems use brass Talon zip

The zips were Nickel Talons on the Church.

 

[STEVE S.]

I am not sure: 1) Is the collar fur color right ? 2) 422a seems use brass Talon zip

Collar fur does look almost black in the pics. It’s a dark chestnut brown. Nickel Talon zips were pretty much used on the majority of M-422a’s originally, at least what I have had them here with the original zips. Think as the war progressed, anything was used as long as it worked. Have seen numerous AN-J series jackets with brass & blackened brass zips.

 

[STEVE S.]

I am not sure: 1) Is the collar fur color right ? 2) 422a seems use brass Talon zip

Original collar fur when they were new.

 

[Brettafett]

Very, very nice work. What size is that one Steve?

 

[STEVE S.]

Very, very nice work. What size is that one Steve?

It’s a fairly large 44. Churches in general were pretty roomy.

 

[stanier]

Lovely work. Very nice

 

[s4rmark]

Amazing skill, very nice.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

That's an excellent result. Very impressive. I do like the M-422A

 

[Silver Surfer]

Outstanding resto, Steve. Yeah, keep em flying.

 

[Flightengineer]

Incredible job .... disassemble and reassemble the jacket.

Sumptuously!

May I ask, to what Mil specifications G-1 were used single-layer rib-back waistband? My LW Foster MIL-J-7823(AER) 1956 has it and I also see it on more late MIL-J-7823C (WEP) and may be partly -D series ?
Obviously on late MIL-J-7823E(AS) there was 2-layer waistband without rib-back.

 

[Tommy]

Great work, although a bit disturbing to see it at the stage it was cut down to the individual parts!

 

[Skyhawk]

Incredible job .... disassemble and reassemble the jacket.

Sumptuously!

May I ask, to what Mil specifications G-1 were used single-layer rib-back waistband? My LW Foster MIL-J-7823(AER) 1956 has it and I also see it on more late MIL-J-7823C (WEP) and may be partly -D series ?
Obviously on late MIL-J-7823E(AS) there was 2-layer waistband without rib-back.

The Bi-Weave Knits ended during the "C-Wep" specification. No D series jackets should have them. Could have been a few that slipped through at the start of the spec. but I have never seen them on any jacket beyond the "C" series.

-Jay

 

[busdrivermike]

Wow, that’s really amazing, a full disassembly then assembly, seriously impressive
I’m just getting into leather work, my goal is to get a couple leather sewing machines
And try my hands at making some things.

 

[Lorenzo_l]

You've given that jacket a new lease of life, Steve. Great work!

 

[Brettafett]

I'd be screaming for that, were it a 40!