GW Star pics

[ZuZu]

 

[mulceber]

Breaking in beautifully, Jeff!

 

[Ritchy]

Amazing jacket Jeff, congrats

 

[Wz1999]

Beauty! Thanks for sharing!

 

[B-Man2]

Damn fine looking jacket !!

 

[mulceber]

Any updated fit pics?

 

[CK90]

Cracking jacket, from the master, Zuzu. I second Jan’s request - more fit pics!

 

[Jennison]

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]

Any updated fit pics?

2 weeks or so...

 

[ZuZu]

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:

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!

 

[Jennison]

Bravo man!! What an awesome post! I wasn’t expecting that at all! Major Cobb had the absolute best jacket in the movie. It was quite a tragedy that Star got scattered across the German sky. Lt Bishop’s jacket? Not so much…

Thanks for the response ZuZu

PS: First photo, Joe Cobb is telling Gen Savage that almost the entire station stowed away on the Wilhelmshaven Mission. Second photo: “I don’t know if you still want me General…I was kinda stiff.”