Pa12
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Or picking between a rose on a piano or tulips on an organJust been catching up on this entertaining thread. Lipstick on a pig eh - no thanks, now if it was lipstick on a sheep...
I'll get me coat
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Five Star Rough Wear 27752
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ZuZu
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It's not a matter of "getting". it's a matter of odd sewing- weird seam allowance and off leather- usually too thick and even. Like I've said before- lost in translation. You could order a jacket eexact in all your measurements and details but it would never make you happy. IMO
ZuZu
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Lipstick on a pig - Wikipedia
Pa12
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Welllll, yes and no. For you and I and a few others we wouldn’t be happy. But I’ll bet there’s a lot of people out there who would be tickled pink with it and at a third the price of we have to pay to “satisfy “ our needs. I envy the guys who don’t sweat the details and haven’t succumbed to the obsession. And in reality, other than people on this forum, who is going to see the difference out in the world. What ever makes you happy is the way to go.
Dany McDonald
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Thomas, the lipstick is a ricochet on the previous post... Not toward you or against Fivestar, rather tongue in cheek...
Nevermind... the keyboard has its limits I guess.
B-Man2
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I’ve said this a hundred times but it seems like one more time is appropriate in this discussion (not an argument or conflict, just a differing opinion ). Of all the people in this world who wear a “Bomber Jacket”, 90% of them don’t even know the correct nomenclature of the jacket that they like wearing (A2 jacket). Of that 90% …. 95% of them couldn’t tell you the makers of an A2 jacket . ( OK bare with me because here’s where the math gets a little complicated )
Of all the people (100%) who wear A2 jackets about 1 % can tell the difference between makers , patterns , and the epaulettes and pocket flap designs between manufactures. (we as a group are part of this 1 %)
What the hell does all that really mean ??
Here it is in a nutshell ;
RULE #5
5. Regardless of how we as collectors view these jackets, most people can’t tell the difference between one A2 from another, so remember that, when deciding if you need the $1200 repro or the $500. one.
Just sayin
)Of all the people (100%) who wear A2 jackets about 1 % can tell the difference between makers , patterns , and the epaulettes and pocket flap designs between manufactures. (we as a group are part of this 1 %)
What the hell does all that really mean ??
Here it is in a nutshell ;
RULE #5
5. Regardless of how we as collectors view these jackets, most people can’t tell the difference between one A2 from another, so remember that, when deciding if you need the $1200 repro or the $500. one.
Just sayin
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ZuZu
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But if what you say is true why pay $450 for a weirdly made Dubow or Rough Wear when you can buy a quality Cooper or US Wings job made in USA? No- they (your rubes) do want what they think are "authentic" details and patterns. I'm sure that 99% of the Pakistani's business in leather jackets is common street clothes- not US military jackets. My dad used to buy leather crap from Pakistan when he travelled- well made perfunctory just plain jackets. So both customers buying these supposed copies of original A-2s and their lost in translation makers are trying to get some semblance of a good repro. If that's the case your rube is better off waiting to pounce on a used Eastman or GW! Or saving up for a quality repro!I’ve said this a hundred times but it seems like one more time is appropriate in this discussion (not an argument or conflict, just a differing opinion ). Of all the people in this world who wear a “Bomber Jacket”, 90% of them don’t even know the correct nomenclature of the jacket that they like wearing (A2 jacket). Of that 90% …. 95% of them couldn’t tell you the makers of an A2 jacket . ( OK bare with me because here’s where the math gets a little complicated
Of all the people (100%) who wear A2 jackets about 1 % can tell the difference between makers , patterns , and the epaulettes and pocket flap designs between manufactures. (we as a group are part of this 1 %)
What the hell does all that really mean ??
Here it is in a nutshell ;
RULE #5
5. Regardless of how we as collectors view these jackets, most people can’t tell the difference between one A2 from another, so remember that, when deciding if you need the $1200 repro or the $500. one.
Just sayin
