Nice period photos (all jackets except A-2's)

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

 

[ZuZu]

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Ted Williams baseballplayer

 

[ZuZu]

I've bought copies of the A-2 from several Japanese brands, including buzzrickons and the real mccoys, but I've always found them A little slim-fitting and expensive. gizemo also recreated the A-2 this year, and it was nice to see the pictures. It's made of Italian Maya leather, contract number 27752。
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Beautiful!

Weird though- I notice that as with all Rough Wear repros the collar just doesn't sit like an original- it's too blandly curved and even. The original has a more definite series of 3 bends- one arc across the neck- another coming down on the side of the neck- and then a little whoop-d-doo ant the very end at the front. Many many originals have this- I've never seen it on any repro. I can't explain it but it's true. ironically I do see this look on cheapo Avirex's and Coopers...

 

[Enigma1938]

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It's amazing he still wears his old "tanker" jacket. Pretty sure he wasn't a good guy at all but his end was sad.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

It's amazing he still wears his old "tanker" jacket. Pretty sure he wasn't a good guy at all but his end was sad.

Failed to enforce discipline, certainly not a good guy.

 

[CK90]

Beautiful!

Weird though- I notice that as with all Rough Wear repros the collar just doesn't sit like an original- it's too blandly curved and even. The original has a more definite series of 3 bends- one arc across the neck- another coming down on the side of the neck- and then a little whoop-d-doo ant the very end at the front. Many many originals have this- I've never seen it on any repro. I can't explain it but it's true. ironically I do see this look on cheapo Avirex's and Coopers...
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Zuzu, surely... https://www.goodwearleather.com/photos/RoughWear18091_No6_44/

 

[ZuZu]

Zuzu, surely... https://www.goodwearleather.com/photos/RoughWear18091_No6_44/

Close but still evened out- no obvious jogs in the collar neck line. The closest by far- but...

The shape of the neck line is one smooth line- I'm sure mostly because JC wanted to photograph it that way. However- I've never seen even a GW just naturally create the 3 part neck line fold I see in so many original RWs. Not a criticism- I think it's because in pattern and sewing he has to tend toward the ideal.

Originals:

There are literally scores of examples of this in my morgue file. I don't think that wear will do this- in fact I've never seen even a well worn repro do this. It's some foible of sewing order or subtle pattern quirk which creates this especially in Rough Wears.

 

[CK90]

Close but still evened out- no obvious jogs in the collar neck line. The closest by far- but...


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The shape of the neck line is one smooth line- I'm sure mostly because JC wanted to photograph it that way. However- I've never seen even a GW just naturally create the 3 part neck line fold I see in so many original RWs. Not a criticism- I think it's because in pattern and sewing he has to tend toward the ideal.

Originals:
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There are literally scores of examples of this in my morgue file. I don't think that wear will do this- in fact I've never seen even a well worn repro do this. It's some foible of sewing order or subtle pattern quirk which creates this especially in Rough Wears.

Man, this is why I pay attention when you speak Zuzu, education time. Fantastic.

 

[ZuZu]

Man, this is why I pay attention when you speak Zuzu, education time. Fantastic.

Thanks- it's a curse for me and for you guys1

Here's an example of a large 48 27752 which shows a smoother neck line- a justification of the smoother line seen in repros:

However- so many more originals show the 3 part neck line fold:

I think it's because there is more material in the body of the collar than can be folded in a perfect curve- also I think that the collar curve evens out flat towards the windflap. But really it's inexplicable to me- I just see it.

 

[CK90]

Thanks- it's a curse for me and for you guys1

Here's an example of a large 48 27752 which shows a smoother neck line- a justification of the smoother line seen in repros:


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However- so many more originals show the 3 part neck line fold:

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I think it's because there is more material in the body of the collar than can be folded in a perfect curve- also I think that the collar curve evens out flat towards the windflap. But really it's inexplicable to me- I just see it.

For wearing and really showing off those Rough Wear lines, I like the smooth collar.

But there's something obtusely cool about the 3 line dimension!

 

[ZuZu]

For wearing and really showing off those Rough Wear lines, I like the smooth collar.

But there's something obtusely cool about the 3 line dimension!

Like this?

 

[ZuZu]

Sorry- this whole line should have been in the Repro section, not in the "All Jackets but A-2s" section. Sorry about that. I've tried to remedy that in my own inept way and I apologize for taking this thread way off track!

 

[CK90]

Like this?

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Precisely Zuzu, precisely like Jimmy's.

 

[Emchisti]

 

[Skyranger]

My French great-grandfather, Lucien. He was an aerial observer during the First World War, seconded by the French army to the Serbian army. He is holding a photo of my great-grandmother, whom I knew (but not him, even though he survived the war).
I have his military pilot's logbook with his war missions (aerial photography missions of the front).

 

[Pa12]

My French great-grandfather, Lucien. He was an aerial observer during the First World War, seconded by the French army to the Serbian army. He is holding a photo of my great-grandmother, whom I knew (but not him, even though he survived the war).
I have his military pilot's logbook with his war missions (aerial photography missions of the front).

My father kept his service log books etc from ww2 on the shelf in his den. From a small child I used to look through them, all my life. About 2 weeks after my mum died, I was visiting him and noticed they were gone. When I asked where they were he said he burned them. I asked why and he wouldn’t answer. I didn’t push it as he was devastated by my mother’s death. 2 weeks later he had a stroke. 3 weeks after that he was gone too. Keep them and cherish them.

 

[Micawber]

My French great-grandfather, Lucien. He was an aerial observer during the First World War, seconded by the French army to the Serbian army. He is holding a photo of my great-grandmother, whom I knew (but not him, even though he survived the war).
I have his military pilot's logbook with his war missions (aerial photography missions of the front).

What a stunning image and priceless treasures.