How to store jackets

[Peter242]

Hi,
i assume that this question is asked many time before - but i had no luck with the search function.....
How do you store your jackets - i´ve read that it is bad to put jackets on a hanger - is this only true for a really heavy sheepskin like a B-3 / M445 ?
Or how do i have to store my B-6, A2, B-10 .... ?

Thanks
Peter

 

[ties70]

Peter,

all my A-2s, B-10s or G-1s are kept on coat hangers....just standard IKEA wooden hangers, no extra padding.

I never experienced any problems with this. All jackets are repros, if they were originals I would probably store them like my sheepskins...

...they are kept in this large Aviators' Kit Bag:

US Army Aviator's Kit Bag Weekender

Top reproduction, for the pilot jacket + accessories or simply as Weekender or Overnight Bag! Dimensions approx. 56x50x30cm Item condition: new, Reproduction Material: 100 % cotton

lomax-militaria.com

 

[flyincowboy]

Most of the time my jackets are stored laying flat on a big carboard box right under my bed to save room. Plan is to gather an old" tailoring mannequin" for display so i am looking for second hand .. at the flea market and pawn shops

 

[MikeyB-17]

I think modern leather repros are OK on hangers, although I tend to use big, wide suit hangers rather than narrow wooden ones. If they’re original and there’s any chance of the leather being weakened, definitely to be avoided as the hangers have literally been known to rip out through the shoulders. You often see it on EBay when somebody’s trying to offload a basket case. Sheepskin don’t even think about it. I roll my B-3 up and store it in my ELC AN-6505 bag in the warmer months-a tip I got from Grant.

 

[B-Man2]

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[pierregloom]

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Is that a bed or a shop?

 

[B-Man2]

Is that a bed or a shop?

I’ve been missing a cat for the last couple of days ……….. just wondering if it could be ??

 

[pierregloom]

Must smell good inthere !

 

[London Cabbie]

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Like @ausreenactor, your obviously doing the annual inventory while the missus is out…

 

[B-Man2]

Like @ausreenactor, your obviously doing the annual inventory while the missus is out…

Stu
I’m a lucky man … the misses doesn’t say a word. I’m guessing it’s because I don’t drink, gamble, smoke, or screw around…. She figures this hobby is preferable to the others.

 

[mulceber]

My go-to:

Aero jacket hangers with sections of pool noodle taped to them. I use these for all my A-2 jackets, and my B-6, as it minimizes stretching and doesn't crease the leather. Cloth flight jackets get an IKEA coat hanger, also with pool noodle sections taped to them. My B-3 might get hung up on one of these hangers in a pinch, but mostly I store it in a drawer. My originals never get hung up. They also get put in a drawer or on a shelf.

I might have opinions on this issue...

 

[leper-colony]

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So many choices...

 

[ausreenactor]

I just throw em on the floor, lounge, bed, blanket box... on top of one another. Hard to keep count otherwise...

And yes... the annual reminder of what I have..... and what I need. Two orders in to ATF and WPG this far. Forgot a couple of things... next order...

Need to find my US WW1 collar insignia bag though? Still missing. Probably in transit to Puckapunyal. Will find out this weekend...

Broad hangers in wardrobe for A-2s and cloth if I need space. B-3s stored flat though. Preferably in OEM packaging...

 

[Peter242]

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so I all I need are one or two beds more…

 

[B-Man2]

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Well …. I hope the pic works for you. After all we have to work together on this kind of stuff.

 

[rob20uk]

I just use standard Aero hangers. If they are made the way and shape they are then it’s for a reason.

 

[johnwayne]

Aero hangers dont come cheap for what they are. Only yesterday I found the A5 card that came with my ELC house from years back! Personally I try to use wide ‘bladed’ plastic style so the shoulder seams don't droop causing creases!

 

[MikeyB-17]

Yeah, I’ve got that one here somewhere too.

 

[B-Man2]

I’ve posted this before, it’s a homemade job but it really works well by spreading the weight of the jackets across the entire shoulder areas.

 

[Sideslip]

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We have a cat at home so that approach would be fraught with potential catastrophe. I threatened to turn the cat into guitar strings if he went near the jackets but as he just blinked and turned his back on me, I have resorted to piling them on my desk or in an inaccessible cupboard. Have suggested moving to my wife for more room… and I only have 4…