Fivestar A-2 Star Sportswear... Photos of the first jacket

[ties70]

Got these from @Shawn Ali to share here...

Part II coming...

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[ties70]

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[flyincowboy]

AWESOME guess that five star will have a nice collection of A2 jacket ! and this one is a star!

 

[Chris 55]

More to come from Shawn

 

[Brettafett]

Looking good Shawn.
I think having come this far, he needs to tweak the collar and pocket flaps on the Star.

 

[ausreenactor]

AWESOME guess that five star will have a nice collection of A2 jacket ! and this one is a star!

I see what you did there!

 

[daw]

Looking great! How the leather will hold up is the only question in my mind. Hate to see the topcoat flake off the way some of the Fivestar leathers have done.

 

[Greg Gale]

Nice work! I agree with Brett: pocket flaps need to be more scalloped and the collars pointier.
I’m not a huge fan of the color either - does it have a purplish hue?

 

[mulceber]

Nice work! I agree with Brett: pocket flaps need to be more scalloped and the collars pointier.
I’m not a huge fan of the color either - does it have a purplish hue?

I’m with you guys, especially regarding the pocket flaps.

On the purple hue thing, I THINK that’s just Shawn’s camera. It’s come up a number of times that his jackets look really purplish when he photographs them, but that isn’t how they look. It’s pretty weird though seeing a dark seal Star.

 

[Juanito]

Love the jacket and the Star is my favorite contact, but why the obvious "errors" on thing like the unpainted under arm vents? The Poughkeepsie has painted vents, why not the Star since the original has them? Why silver snaps in the pockets (may be glare)?

Iron out a few of these minor issues and I am a buyer.

 

[mulceber]

Good point about the unpainted vents. What's weird is that the original he's copying has painted vents, so I don't get why this repro doesn't. Regarding the snaps, I think that's glare - it looks to me like it's a gunmetal color that's reflecting light.

 

[blackrat2]

This could well just be a test model for Shawn to gauge some feed back

 

[CBI]

Congrats to Shawn and his team. This is pretty darn close, just a few tweaks. As we notice those few needed details, let's not forget the 98% they got right.

 

[Juanito]

Congrats to Shawn and his team. This is pretty darn close, just a few tweaks. As we notice those few needed details, let's not forget the 98% they got right.

Absolutely on the 98%. What Shawn has accomplished is utterly remarkable. To think of what we paid for Avirex and W&G jackets 35 years ago--these are far more accurate and in many cases less expensive.

 

[CBI]

IMO, the only thing really left for Shawn is to come up with some really period looking cowhide that has a vintage look. I am saying cow in hopes that an inexpensive hide with some character could be found and used that is within his amazing price point. I don't think its possible with horse (being INexpensive). He did get the goat right with the Dubow hide. I know, there are those final small details but he's really about there!

 

[mulceber]

Agreed - Shawn has mentioned in the past that a lot of his hides come from animals that were slaughtered for Eid. So probably lots of goats, lambs, and some cows. Horses are probably harder to come by. I think if he could make a good batch of cowhide that resembles the leather on the originals he's acquired, that would be a good, cost-effective leather.

 

[WingAndaPrayer]

IMO, the only thing really left for Shawn is to come up with some really period looking cowhide that has a vintage look. I am saying cow in hopes that an inexpensive hide with some character could be found and used that is within his amazing price point. I don't think its possible with horse (being INexpensive). He did get the goat right with the Dubow hide. I know, there are those final small details but he's really about there!

I’m sure some here will call this blasphemy, but I prefer steer hide to horse hide.

 

[leper-colony]

Nope both have their places in A-2 contracts...

 

[WingAndaPrayer]

Hey gang, the Poughkeepsie A-2 just dropped on the Faceboot page

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2970085146603234&id=100008053320810&set=gm.606397950259249&source=48&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_activity

 

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