Lord Flashheart
Well-Known Member
I'd like to share my latest acquisition. It's an L.W.Foster G-1, 7823 from their 29 April 1958 contract for 37,712 jackets. The failure of goatskin suppliers to make deliveries on time delayed the production start to August 1958 continuing into 1959. Not all aviation battles take place in the air and this contract and L.W.Fosters subsequent contract for circa 16,000 additional jackets became subject to litigation which has been written about elsewhere.
The jacket is in good condition and came to me with a some abrasion close to the left collar tip and a little high point wear to the goatskin in one to two places. Thanks to Burt for his very helpful advice about treating these "dings" which I have followed and on that score I've included Burts helpful thread on this below:
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
The mouton is in a nice dark chocolate colour and the knits are in good shape. It has a blackened Conmar zipper which runs well. As you'd expect there's a USN stamping on the windflap and the interior pocket and snap are sound. It's a size 42 and is very wearable given that it is 64 years old.
For enthusiasts of "wonky" workmanship the horizontal stitching on the reverse of the collar clearly has character.
Whilst the jacket is not named and doesn't appear to have had any patching it does in its own way represent a small footnote in USN jacket history. There's a bit more context for this contract here:
https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/“a-better-fighting-garment…”-a-beginner’s-guide-to-the-us-navy’s-wwii-era-and-later-intermediate-flight-jackets.27377/page-3
The jacket is in good condition and came to me with a some abrasion close to the left collar tip and a little high point wear to the goatskin in one to two places. Thanks to Burt for his very helpful advice about treating these "dings" which I have followed and on that score I've included Burts helpful thread on this below:
Keeping Your Jackets Looking Mint, What!!
I know what most of you are thinking right now, that the whole concept of keeping a jacket looking mint is blasphemy! But in spite of what most of you may think, there are a few here who actually get a little nervous when that high end ELC or GW jacket, that they bought last week, and paid...
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
The mouton is in a nice dark chocolate colour and the knits are in good shape. It has a blackened Conmar zipper which runs well. As you'd expect there's a USN stamping on the windflap and the interior pocket and snap are sound. It's a size 42 and is very wearable given that it is 64 years old.
For enthusiasts of "wonky" workmanship the horizontal stitching on the reverse of the collar clearly has character.
Whilst the jacket is not named and doesn't appear to have had any patching it does in its own way represent a small footnote in USN jacket history. There's a bit more context for this contract here:
https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/“a-better-fighting-garment…”-a-beginner’s-guide-to-the-us-navy’s-wwii-era-and-later-intermediate-flight-jackets.27377/page-3
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