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First Pic of my new B-3...
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flyincowboy
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WOW awesome jacket ! the hookless zipper is a perfect upgrade ! Quite sure you will enjoy your B3 thumbs up! SPLENDID!
ties70
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Thanks guys!
To be honest...this jacket was a big gamble from my side. I hadn't seen any samples, just pics...and we all know that Shawn's photos of russet always seem to be on the reddish side.
It is in fact much less "screaming" than I feared.
My wife doesn't like it, though ...Time will show if I will mottle the russet parts a little, maybe with diluted Tandy antique dye. For the moment, they look good!
Another thing were the measurements:
I know NOTHING about the sizing of B-3s or shearling in general, but I had a complete set of measurements for my 15 year old AERO B-3...only that they obviously didn't really match with Shawn's size chart...in the end we agreed on a size 46 with some heavy modifications, especially to the sleeve length... I believe that Shawn thought of a big mistake on my side, as I wanted the sleeves shortened by 3 inches. Honestly, 2 inches might have been enough but so far it looks OK.
Ties
To be honest...this jacket was a big gamble from my side. I hadn't seen any samples, just pics...and we all know that Shawn's photos of russet always seem to be on the reddish side.
It is in fact much less "screaming" than I feared.
My wife doesn't like it, though ...Time will show if I will mottle the russet parts a little, maybe with diluted Tandy antique dye. For the moment, they look good!
Another thing were the measurements:
I know NOTHING about the sizing of B-3s or shearling in general, but I had a complete set of measurements for my 15 year old AERO B-3...only that they obviously didn't really match with Shawn's size chart...in the end we agreed on a size 46 with some heavy modifications, especially to the sleeve length... I believe that Shawn thought of a big mistake on my side, as I wanted the sleeves shortened by 3 inches. Honestly, 2 inches might have been enough but so far it looks OK.
Ties
ties70
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Jan,
as much as I would like to help you...I am afraid that might be like Stan Laurel asking Oliver Hardy for fitting tips....the comparison is only size-wise, of course ;-)
Ties
ties70
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Well...she is not a big fan of light russet, I guess... though her statement involved the comparison to "after a day of bloody diarrhea". Women.
Ties
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MikeyB-17
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I confess when I saw the Five Star pics I didn’t go a bunch on the sleeves, but thought I’d hang fire until I saw some under different light, and yes, it does look a heck of a lot better. That shearling is fantastic stuff-it looks a lot more like a wartime B-3 than some repros costing a hell of a lot more.
foster
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I find it is beneficial to listen both to my wife's praises and criticisms of my jackets. If I'm wanting anyone to be pleased with how a jacket makes me look, my wife is #1 on that list.
saucerfiend
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What a great looking and fitting B-3! I'll admit when I saw the photos from Shaun, I thought that this couldn't be right. It's perfect! Congats!
ausreenactor
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Impressive indeed! Is the customer service actually more impressive than the product?
MikeyB-17
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I find the less my wife knows about my jackets the better-that way she’s less likely to notice if I get a new one-or if she does, I can pull the old ‘I’ve had this one for ages!’ trick!
ausreenactor
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Have said many times that one of my greatest fears is Tianna selling my collection items for the price I said I paid for it!
ties70
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Gentlemen,
Some more photos from the inside of the jacket, specifically the fur quality.
Shawn has told me this morning that his sheepskins are imported, and my jacket was made from Italian and Turkish hides.
While the structure of the seal and the reddish hide is different, the creamy color of the fur is quite similar.
Compared to my Aero from Scotland, this jacket from Shawn feels less engineered, less perfect... The Aero is... What a guitar maker would call "book matched" (when the two wood parts of a guitar top are chosen to be perfectly "mirrored"), very high quality and a matching look all over...
This FS looks like it was made from whatever was available, showing straight and curly parts, sometimes even on the same panels.
Collar:
The collar was made from the reddish hide, and I would say it is slightly thinner or less dense than the seal sheepskin.
The reddish was used for the sleeves, here showing the inside of the sleeve: totally different fur structure...
The wind flap is the seal hide but here in the shorter quality... Beautiful stuff that will make a great M-444 or D-1.
Best regards,
Ties
Some more photos from the inside of the jacket, specifically the fur quality.
Shawn has told me this morning that his sheepskins are imported, and my jacket was made from Italian and Turkish hides.
While the structure of the seal and the reddish hide is different, the creamy color of the fur is quite similar.
Compared to my Aero from Scotland, this jacket from Shawn feels less engineered, less perfect... The Aero is... What a guitar maker would call "book matched" (when the two wood parts of a guitar top are chosen to be perfectly "mirrored"), very high quality and a matching look all over...
This FS looks like it was made from whatever was available, showing straight and curly parts, sometimes even on the same panels.
Collar:
The collar was made from the reddish hide, and I would say it is slightly thinner or less dense than the seal sheepskin.
The reddish was used for the sleeves, here showing the inside of the sleeve: totally different fur structure...
The wind flap is the seal hide but here in the shorter quality... Beautiful stuff that will make a great M-444 or D-1.
Best regards,
Ties
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flyincowboy
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really nice!
