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My last A-2 (hopefully) - Good Wear
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Nickb123
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and you get a functional zipper with that!
ausreenactor
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So what's next?
Mr. Mike
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M-422a
mulceber
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Any idea what contract you’ll choose?M-422a
mulceber
Moderator
You might want to consider Edmund T. Church as well - it fits all the criteria you outlined:
- I have an original and the leather quality is similar to the Goatskin on my new Switlik.
- came with both pink and brown linings
- tended to have lighter fur
Nickb123
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God, I spent a good half day trying to find a match for that missing patch. Now it’s stuck in my head again!
leper-colony
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Pa12
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13 to 15? I’d like to try walloping that whale myself. Yum
Brettafett
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I wonder if this is the same 'stuff' he'll use on a Doniger?
johnwayne
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I’d love another JC masterpiece - a seal berry knit combo would be nice but re import costs it is a big add-on to consider, unlike when JC sent my Doniger back in 2009 (I think) he described it as a ‘used military jacket’ and fortunately no tax added! Trouble is if he were to undervalue a jacket and something went awry then the buyer would suffer. Doubt JC would wish to do that anyway!!
So anyone wishing to part with a 44” seal/berry GW I’ll happily trade for a RW 1st pattern tanker and, an original Cagleco ‘57 G1-both 44”s!!! Two for one anyone?
So anyone wishing to part with a 44” seal/berry GW I’ll happily trade for a RW 1st pattern tanker and, an original Cagleco ‘57 G1-both 44”s!!! Two for one anyone?
mulceber
Moderator
Well, after a year of waiting (and one or two other jackets along the way ), on Wednesday John told me he'd finished the Monarch and was shipping it out. I expected I might have it by early next week, but yesterday I got the notification that the package had been delivered. It was Natalie’s lunch break and she very kindly stopped home and put it inside the door — I’m not normally worried about mail thieves, but I make exceptions for 4-figure packages that I waited over a year for. Here it is in good sunlight.
And I love it! I had initially planned on Italian Horsehide, but at John’s suggestion I went for Horween, as he said he thinks it’s more accurate to vintage horsehide. I don’t regret the decision — I don’t know if John chose a particularly thin batch of Horween, but the leather on this jacket is thinner and suppler than other repros I’ve owned, very much like the original Monarch I have. Speaking of which, since, I’m in the unusual (but far from unique) position of having both a repro and an original of the same contract, I thought I’d do some head-to-head comparison shots:
The repro is certainly a redder russet than the original, but it’s comparable to this jacket from John’s CD:
In ordinary lighting it appears as an ordinary dark russet, but it really comes alive in direct sunlight. The finish is a glossy one, but John told me it would become more dull as I wear it.
The pocket flaps are a bit different, but I’ve looked at a lot of originals and Monarch pocket flaps are all over the place - pretty much the only common denominator is “big pocket flaps with gentle scalloping.” The pocket flaps on my original are cool, but John’s actually look more typical of the Monarch contract. They're particularly close to Chuck's Monarch, in the bottom left of the next picture, imo.
Original blackened Talon M-39 zipper. This one isn’t a repro, or even New Old Stock — it was recycled from original WW2 gear (Navy flying trousers, I believe) that had given up the ghost. The blackened Talon M-39 is a detail only Good Wear gets right.
), on Wednesday John told me he'd finished the Monarch and was shipping it out. I expected I might have it by early next week, but yesterday I got the notification that the package had been delivered. It was Natalie’s lunch break and she very kindly stopped home and put it inside the door — I’m not normally worried about mail thieves, but I make exceptions for 4-figure packages that I waited over a year for. Here it is in good sunlight.And I love it! I had initially planned on Italian Horsehide, but at John’s suggestion I went for Horween, as he said he thinks it’s more accurate to vintage horsehide. I don’t regret the decision — I don’t know if John chose a particularly thin batch of Horween, but the leather on this jacket is thinner and suppler than other repros I’ve owned, very much like the original Monarch I have. Speaking of which, since, I’m in the unusual (but far from unique) position of having both a repro and an original of the same contract, I thought I’d do some head-to-head comparison shots:
The repro is certainly a redder russet than the original, but it’s comparable to this jacket from John’s CD:
In ordinary lighting it appears as an ordinary dark russet, but it really comes alive in direct sunlight. The finish is a glossy one, but John told me it would become more dull as I wear it.
The pocket flaps are a bit different, but I’ve looked at a lot of originals and Monarch pocket flaps are all over the place - pretty much the only common denominator is “big pocket flaps with gentle scalloping.” The pocket flaps on my original are cool, but John’s actually look more typical of the Monarch contract. They're particularly close to Chuck's Monarch, in the bottom left of the next picture, imo.
Original blackened Talon M-39 zipper. This one isn’t a repro, or even New Old Stock — it was recycled from original WW2 gear (Navy flying trousers, I believe) that had given up the ghost. The blackened Talon M-39 is a detail only Good Wear gets right.
