ausreenactor
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Found my Saddlery jacket yesterday. Condensing boxes as we put our 'faith' in the flood levee.
Cool chinook patch.
I disagree. Look at the WWII vintage jackets. It took almost half a century for their prices to start to climb to astronomical levels, and we're not there yet with the 1988 USAF issue jackets. No one can predict the future, but I'm with those that say "someday." I firmly think there will come a time when the Cooper issued to me by the USAF, and worn by me during the Gulf War, will bring far more than a pittance. Just my opinion.That particular jacket IMO will never be highly collectable! Not built to vintage standards nor the standards of the better repro makers we all know, albeit we do see from time to time crazy prices for some of those!!
I think your CWU will do better.I disagree. Look at the WWII vintage jackets. It took almost half a century for their prices to start to climb to astronomical levels, and we're not there yet with the 1988 USAF issue jackets. No one can predict the future, but I'm with those that say "someday." I firmly think there will come a time when the Cooper issued to me by the USAF, and worn by me during the Gulf War, will bring far more than a pittance. Just my opinion.
I saw this on greedBay and it started me to thinking, will current issue flight kit someday be highly sought after like the WW2 stuff is?
NOS USAF DSCP COCKPIT OFFICIAL A-2 FLIGHT JACKET 46L | eBay
Size is 46L. COCKPIT USA is the official supplier of A-2 jackets for the U.S. Air Force. Sleeve: 28. Pit to pit: 27.www.ebay.com
It's a too expensive, characterless car, mainly driven by wannabe-yuppies. The exact opposite of the entirely affordable original.I see it like the Volkswagen Beetle. Will the 90's copy of the classic command prices that an original will? No.
That is a hideous fit.I can understand that a 1940s cut for the new A-2s wouldn’t work for most 21st century American soldiers, but I can’t believe they couldn’t somehow make them a little more flattering than this.
(The hugely exaggerated peak on the service cap is mystifying, too.)
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Wow. And no one in the Army sees how awful that looks?I can understand that a 1940s cut for the new A-2s wouldn’t work for most 21st century American soldiers, but I can’t believe they couldn’t somehow make them a little more flattering than this.
(The hugely exaggerated peak on the service cap is mystifying, too.)
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I can understand that a 1940s cut for the new A-2s wouldn’t work for most 21st century American soldiers, but I can’t believe they couldn’t somehow make them a little more flattering than this.
(The hugely exaggerated peak on the service cap is mystifying, too.)
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Within the last 30 years, I've seen common Vietnam stuff go from "you can't give it away" to drawing decent amounts from collectors.I disagree. Look at the WWII vintage jackets. It took almost half a century for their prices to start to climb to astronomical levels, and we're not there yet with the 1988 USAF issue jackets. No one can predict the future, but I'm with those that say "someday." I firmly think there will come a time when the Cooper issued to me by the USAF, and worn by me during the Gulf War, will bring far more than a pittance. Just my opinion.
Within the last 30 years, I've seen common Vietnam stuff go from "you can't give it away" to drawing decent amounts from collectors.
Heck, I've even seen early Iraq invasion stuff start to climb in value at shows and online.
It's only a matter of time before these 'Current issue' A2s bringing in decent amounts. It'll just take time and numbers whittling away from attrition.