What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Flightengineer]

I have good grain on goatskin only on my original G-1 Foster from 1956.

 

[B-Man2]

I have good grain on goatskin only on my original G-1 Foster from 1956.

Dimitry
Is your Russian jacket leather or some other type of hide?

 

[B-Man2]

The jacket is capeskin, and was made in Sweden.... From my other post researching the Lightning zipper on the jacket:



EDIT: As a vintage leather jacket enthusiast I found it fascinating that there was an entire region in Sweden devoted to manufacturing high-quality leather garments / goods. There were many various makers there ranging from small to larger businesses that were extremely active in producing leather jackets for aviation, motorsports, etc.. Other leather garments and goods were also specialized in / produced as well, such as footwear, gloves, caps, etc... I'm very pleased to have found a relic of the past from there in wearable condition..

Techno
Were you able to come up with any company names or other ID info .? Just asking in case we happen upon one in the future.

 

[Technonut2112]

Techno
Were you able to come up with any company names or other ID info .? Just asking in case we happen upon one in the future.

Yes, the jacket was made by the S.E. Jonsson company in the Malung region of Sweden. I was able to locate a page from their 1936 catalog showing a leather flight suit they offered, which happens to also correspond with 1936 adverts I found showing a just about exact Lightning zipper as on my jacket. Here's pics of the label and catalog page:

And the 1936 Lightning zipper adverts:

The Lightning zipper on my jacket:

 

[Flightengineer]

Dimitry
Is your Russian jacket leather or some other type of hide?

It's horsehide. But this is rather the exception. Most of them were from goatskin.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

yesterday was a "Five Star Day" with the M422 i ordered at Shawn's

 

[Thomas Koehle]

today i took the carharrt work-jacket outta the drawer ...

found the jacket a couple of years back on a harvester-thresher and asked the owner if i can Keep it - thought it was vintage (yeah - i know that was stupid) but then i saw that velcro-closures ... - like to wear her anyway even though she ain't leather

People in the Office get pissed (irritated) coz they think i do not take my work that serious when i wear farm-garment ...

 

[B-Man2]

Techno
Great find and thank you for sharing that information. I had never heard about this before.
Cheers

 

[B-Man2]

Thomas
That 422 looks real good . Really like the mouton collar. Nice
Cheers

 

[Flightengineer]

yesterday was a "Five Star Day" with the M422 i ordered at Shawn's

Looks cool!!!

 

[MikeyB-17]

Oh f@£$ off!

today i took the carharrt work-jacket outta the drawer ...

found the jacket a couple of years back on a harvester-thresher and asked the owner if i can Keep it - thought it was vintage (yeah - i know that was stupid) but then i saw that velcro-closures ... - like to wear her anyway even though she ain't leather

People in the Office get pissed (irritated) coz they think i do not take my work that serious when i wear farm-garment ...

I like Carhartt stuff, it’s pretty tough. You did well to get that for nothing, the new prices have gone up quite a bit these days. I have problems with their sizing though-I have a Detroit in large which is a bit snug, but I’ve tried an XL which was enormous. I have one of their baseball caps, once black, now a well-worn grey.

 

[Officer Dibley]

yesterday was a "Five Star Day" with the M422 i ordered at Shawn's

But of course the problem with all these elevator selfies is that i have to look at them with a mirror to see how y’all really look !

 

[ausreenactor]

'Flip Horizontal'.

 

[B-Man2]

We need to develop an “Elevator Award “ for the best photo of a member with his jacket in an elevator.

 

[A2 B3au]

Ha, Thomas. We are similar in this too. My oldest son is 25 and I have to become a grandpa this September.
I'll be a young grandfather

You don’t look old enough Dimi ... oh promiscuity

 

[A2 B3au]

Mornings in Pearl Harbor. Original A-2 (759th BS - 459th BG)

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People musta thought you’d been part of some kinda Philadelphia experiment.. awesome look

 

[A2 B3au]

Hi Gents, tonight at Berlin ROCKABILLY Concetta with an lovly A-1A Korean war flight Shirt!View attachment 24694

Great look mate , surely you’ve been told you resemble the British actor Dougray Scott (mission impossible)

 

[Flightengineer]

You don’t look old enough Dimi ... oh promiscuity

Thank you brother. Nobody gives me my years. Probably the radiation of the high flight levels preserved me

 

[Greg Gale]

I haven't worn a jacket in 6 months, but sometimes at night I dream about putting on an A-2 or a G-1. Twice I dreamed about trying on my new Platon Dubow. Am I crazy?!

 

[B-Man2]

We've got to hold an intervention on you and get you to someplace with a cooler climate and A2 jackets.
I've seen this happen before, its not a pretty sight....You've got all the symptoms of A2 withdrawal!!