Ja Dubow 27798 (Platon) A-2 jacket review and pics

[Lord Flashheart]

Nope. This is as it comes.

 

[Grant]

Broke out my Platon Dubow early this morning for a bit, before it heats up again!

 

[London Cabbie]

Grant, I’m hoping the A2 Gods send my Platon Russet just like yours (size 42, though...) Like Jorge, your photos always look great.

 

[Brettafett]

Yeah, Grant. You post consistently great pics. Keep em coming.
Every time I see this russet Dubow, my mind starts turning and yearning....

 

[Grant]

Here's hoping yours arrives soon. When it arrives don't be afraid to wear the shit out of it. Pre-Pandemic this jackets been slept in on trans Atlantic flights, caught in rain and snow and subjected to bicycle grease.

 

[London Cabbie]

Sitting on my seal, while watching telly is working a treat...

 

[Brent]

Grant the grain is looking phenomenal. I should start abusing my BK more. Maybe even a little bicycle grease.
Regards,

 

[Greg Gale]

Grant, your pictures always make me want to get a Russet too. But then I realize the darker seal goes better with my other clothes, and I really don't need more than one A-2, haha

As Brent said, I should also start abusing mine more. Your Dubow has tons of character!

 

[Grant]

Ok, nerd alert! A simple thing you can do to upgrade your Platon Dubow (or any repro) is swap out the repro Talon puller for an original. It's easy to do with a pair of needle nose pliers and a little patience. Told ya I was a nerd.

 

[mulceber]

I think this might call for a tutorial, Grant. With lots of pictures of the jacket, of course!

 

[jack31916]

Sometimes it's okay to be a nerd!

 

[Grant]

Others have given a tutorial far better than I ever could!

 

[mulceber]

Sometimes it's okay to be a nerd!

Oh man, if it’s only sometimes, then everyone on this board is in trouble...

 

[Lord Flashheart]

One minute I'm thinking I'll post something like "The Farce is strong with this one" ... when all of a sudden I'm seeing Kermit singing "It's not easy being green".... I think I need a lie down!

 

[ausreenactor]

Ok, nerd alert! A simple thing you can do to upgrade your Platon Dubow (or any repro) is swap out the repro Talon puller for an original. It's easy to do with a pair of needle nose pliers and a little patience. Told ya I was a nerd.

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Anybody got a puller/slider that I could use for a BR Superior Togs B-10.... Conmatic (Conmar)??

 

[Pilot]

Anybody got a puller/slider that I could use for a BR Superior Togs B-10.... Conmatic (Conmar)??

Not sure these are the correct ones.

 

[ausreenactor]

#5 or No. 5 rings a bell.... Zipper is fine. Just the puller on the slider comes off... I just use fingers above and below the puller...

Thanks for the pic... The style matches.

Are these yours?
What is the length?
How much for a complete zipper?

 

[Pilot]

#5 or No. 5 rings a bell.... Zipper is fine. Just the puller on the slider comes off... I just use fingers above and below the puller...

Thanks for the pic... The style matches.

Are these yours?
What is the length?
How much for a complete zipper?

Thx a lot yes!

all mine , I also have Talon brass zippers and the typical ones for M-41 and for some RW A-2‘s.
Lengths from 54cm to 65cm.. but can be adjusted.
Price is nor really the point shipping via courrier service ( we all posted earlier no more standard postal... too risky..) will be very costly

 

[ausreenactor]

MASH Japan have some.. And a US vendor had lots of 5 sliders for a song. As you said, the shipping was a bit crazy. Had US$70 to ship a WWII Tank Destroyer garrison cap the other day.. He was able to over ride eBay's auto shipping calculator. Quoted $16 and I hit the BIN option after watching it for six months...

Hang on to those. They might come in handy! Thanks again..

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Just thought I'd add a little postscript to my experience receiving my jacket last week. I had emailed Platon in mid June to enquire after progress and got a reply to that a few hours after the jacket turned up. I thought it couldn't hurt to thank him for the jacket (if not the radio silence) and this led to an email conversation. I think it's fair to say he appreciates that the customer service isn't what he'd want but candidly for the price he charges his view is it's better to make a good jacket. His emails have been really apologetic about the communication and he asked me to let anyone else I know who has ordered that they will get their jackets. The Covid-19 thing has been awful for his business but he's still going.

I'm sure there are more established members here who know of Platon better than I. I can only take this at face value and pass it on in case it helps anyone else here. I know my jacket took 7 months but no one could've predicted this pandemic. The radio silence isn't great but the jacket I've received is. It's very much a personal judgement.