Nice ELC B-3

[John Lever]

Excellent photos for this size 44, good BIN -
Question are the outdoor shots lifted from a BR shoot ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

 

[deeb7]

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[Hawkeye]

outdoor shots are from a guy in Japan who sells lots of Eastmans. Not sure if he's a distributor or just an enthusiast. Its a nice jacket.

 

[John Lever]

I agree the outdoor shots are not of the jacket for sale so that's very misleading. Not even sure if they are of an Eastman. Look more RM or BR to me.

 

[Roughwear]

It does look like a nice B-3. Shame it has a repro Crown zip as they are far less durable than a Talon on a heavy fleece jacket.

 

[John Lever]

It does look like a nice B-3. Shame it has a repro Crown zip as they are far less durable than a Talon on a heavy fleece jacket.

Agree, the Crowns are so raspy, no where near as good as the WW2 Talon on your RW B-3 ...
Check this one out -
http://en.item.rakuten.com/klax-on/tmj0010/

 

[Roughwear]

John, what an absurd price for a Japanese-made B-3!

 

[John Lever]

The price of a nice second hand car for my daughter !

 

[Willy McCoy]

Looks like times have changed. Not too long ago people were chiming the merits of Crown while Talon and Conmar were 2nd tier items. I have to agree the price of the Japanese B-3 as well as their other leather jackets is unreasonable. Do the Japanese have large amounts of disposable income?

 

[deeb7]

I have to agree the price of the Japanese B-3 as well as their other leather jackets is unreasonable. Do the Japanese have large amounts of disposable income?

I guess they have the advantage ... not having to first convert their Yen into US Dollars at an unfavourable exchange rate.