Look what i bought - please don’t hate me !

[Officer Dibley]

I couldn’t post this in the “Repro” section because it realky isn’t good enough to be classed as a repro - more of a loose homage.
But.... i went and bought it to throw in the back of the car and wear whilst pottering in my unheated garage and not give a fig what happens to it.
No mocking thank you !!
Dave

 

[bazzer]

Nice looking for daily wearer
Baz

 

[Nickb123]

No hate at all, that’s a USA one. I have a made in China one which isn’t half bad.

 

[Griffon_301]

I have an Alpha B-15B myself, sage green, 27 years old; I found it recently amongst other old shirts and stuff in my parents house;
I wont wear it, but it brought back some memories from days gone by...

have fun with your B-15B and wear the heck out of it

 

[Brettafett]

Those are damn warm and comfy...

 

[Silver Surfer]

Nothing to mock, brudda. I have some alpo jackets for exactly the same reason. They are generally well made, inexpensive, easy wearing work jackets. Get splattered? Frayed? Doggy? No worries. Just chuck it in the wash.

 

[MikeyB-17]

I had one years ago, did the job just fine. The colour was a bit lurid, but otherwise what’s not to like? OK it’s not a Buzz Rickson, but most of us don’t want to be painting the shed in a £500+ jacket.

 

[B-Man2]

Dave
I never mock a good deal, and throwing a used or beat up jacket in the trunk of your car has always been a good idea, especially for those rainy or cold days when a tire goes flat out on the road .

 

[MaydayWei]

No hate here.
Alpha might not make the best repro jackets nowadays, but we all love jackets of different types, shapes, sizes, manufacturers and times; well, most of us anyways.
IMO colour is a little weird, but still a good jacket all around. Wear it in good health.

 

[ausreenactor]

"more of a loose homage".

Dave

There are a variety of exercises for that.

 

[Officer Dibley]

There are a variety of exercises for that.

Not if you served in 3 Para mortar platoon. Nosireebob !

 

[dinomartino1]

I had one because I could not afford the very good replica series when they both came out, the vintage series was a lot cheaper but they ran big.
A few others like Weintraub/patriot uniforms where selling them at the time, I think they possibly came from the same factory and where relabelled because no matter who sold them they where always the same light green and washed out blue colour and came in S,M,L etc sizing.
The replicas series came in the 38, 40 etc sizing and the only other company I can recall making a similar quality in the correct colours at the time was Brents but their sizing was S, M well in the L2 anyway which I had.
Can't remember the names of the others, it was so long ago now and I was still London at the time so I had little exposure to what was available in the US.
I had a Weintraub B-15, I hated the light blue colour so much I dyed it dark blue.

 

[ausreenactor]

Not if you served in 3 Para mortar platoon. Nosireebob !

Big tube, so to speak.

 

[bn1966]

Good beaters for the money, I own 3 which get regular use. Had a Buzz once but moved it on because I babied it too much..

 

[ausreenactor]

Good beaters for the money, I own 3 which get regular use. Had a Buzz once but moved it on because I babied it too much..

That's how you keep the value!