For the Buzz Rickson Nylon enthusiast

[Spitfireace]

It's a 1945 prototype. So ya it's Army Air Forces.

 

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[OperationCoffee]

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Now that is cool. Can't say I've seen the stamp on a front panel

 

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[Spitfireace]

That is the zipper from 1945. Conmar Conmatic. Nice.

 

[OperationCoffee]

Here's a pretty rare Conmar too.

Blacked out bell (and teeth). This came off some trousers

 

[Spitfireace]

Sure. Not from a jacket. A trouser. Blackened.

 

[Spitfireace]

ya it's a nice conmar.

 

[ausreenactor]

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I'm thinking.

I may be wrong but having done a bit of sewing and renovating using a variety of equipment I imagine it's all down to ensuring the machine is correctly timed and set up, is using the right needle and thread combination, and the operator is well trained, experienced and not overly rushed and trying to over feed the work through the machine.

ll it takes is some tension or torsion as the sewing machine goes through the motions. I removed the motor from my Singer to give more room and allow stitch by stitch corrections.

Monday morning or Friday afternoon jacket perhaps?

 

[ausreenactor]

My first Buzz jacket was/is the jacket in this post. It still fascinates me. It was an ebay purchase from ages ago. I paid $80 delivered. I was just noodling around looking for a good early vintage MA-1 and this was all that I could find that came close. It opened a new world (japanese repros) for me basically and I've been collecting Buzz jackets ever since. Oddball mashup jackets actually seem pretty cool. I'm not really looking for historical authenticity in a Buzz jacket anyhow (I'll buy actual vintage jackets for that ) . They're just fun. I've never paid retail for one and never will. The bang for buck factor is a big draw, and I've never been disappointed. Buzz jackets are the best constructed garments of their kind I've ever handled and I always feel that thrill of getting a killer deal every time I'm able to pick one up for 1/5th (or better) than the price of an original/gen.

Those prototype jackets are really fun. You're basically buying something that would only otherwise exist for you as an artifact in a rare photo you might pull up after an extended internet session.

I just wish there was someone doing stitch for stitch knock offs of Buzz's patches. Try buying or even finding an original of some of the ones they've repro'd over the years.

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You're an ideas man!