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GW Star pics

ZuZu

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Jennison

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Gorgeous jacket! I hope I’m not tossing a grenade by asking this, but you seem like a self-avowed purist (I mean that as a compliment): do you insist on chrome-tanned leather for your A-2s? I don’t know much at all about tanning processes so forgive me if this is some sort of a don’t-go-there question.
 

ZuZu

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Gorgeous jacket! I hope I’m not tossing a grenade by asking this, but you seem like a self-avowed purist (I mean that as a compliment): do you insist on chrome-tanned leather for your A-2s? I don’t know much at all about tanning processes so forgive me if this is some sort of a don’t-go-there question.
The chrome tanned Horween is probably closest but my insane brain was actuallt trying to replicate this Star:
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If you watch 12 O'Clock High this Star is in it. It's brand new and the leather is sort of stiff- unusally IMO for WW2 jackets. There is grain in the close ups but from far back it looks like a modern repro! So I thought get a very specific Star refering to this one which looks like a repro. I told JC to use stiffish Shinki overdyed.

It is getting looser now as Shinki does in my experience.

This is what I wanted- John delivered!

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