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

[mulceber]

Mulceber Do You have Russet & Seal in BK RW 23880...?

Nope, just russet. @Brettafett has seal though.

 

[Brettafett]

But I want a russet now also.

 

[mulceber]

I'll also add that, after comparing our photos, I think the seal and russet aren't THAT far apart color-wise. If it's in the shade, my russet can look like seal. The Liberty russet is a medium-dark russet, and the seal is a light, chocolatey seal.

 

[Brettafett]

Yes, I'd agree with those descriptions. Thats why I like BK's russet. But I would say that they are quiet different in colour.
I still have samples from late last year, russet, seal and dark seal (Apparently there's a new dark seal).

 

[mulceber]

Yeah, they may have seemed closer to me because I was surprised by how light the seal was: the only seal I had to compare it to was their badalassi seal, which is much darker.

 

[London Cabbie]

That Russet in the sun looks gorgeous caramel IMO...Lovely.

 

[Nickb123]

Aero A-2..one good thing about masks...it's 12,000 feet and on it goes.

 

[B-Man2]

Burt, very cool jacket and it fits you perfectly. Is this a repro or an original?

Dmitry
This is a repro . They were around about 5 years ago and fairly cheap , but it’s hard to find a nice one these days, that’s an accurate reproduction since What Price Glory discontinued selling them .

 

[Grant]

One of the few benefits of having to work from home.

 

[B-Man2]

Another humid, hot and rainy day here, and wayyy to muggy for any type of jacket but......
I thought some of you might want to join me in a salute to the year 2020 and all of the amazing things it has brought with it this year!!

edit : Thanks to Mulceber for suggesting the idea!

 

[ausreenactor]

One of the few benefits of having to work from home.

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Stop teasing!!!!

 

[ausreenactor]

Another humid, hot and rainy day here, and wayyy to muggy for any type of jacket but......
I thought some of you might want to join me in a salute to the year 2020 and all of the amazing things it has brought with it this year!!

edit : Thanks to Mulceber for suggesting the idea!
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That shirt is awesome! The Alien overlords will love that next year..

 

[London Cabbie]

Just arrived...

 

[Brettafett]

I dare you to put that on! Its melting out there lol

 

[Brettafett]

My patches from Sean Collins just arrived. Fantastic!
75th FS 23rd FG layered leather patches (jacket is one of my BK Dubows)...
Still undecided which jacket to apply them too... This seal Dubow,? my RW23380? Platon Dubow? a 'future' russet... ???

 

[Grant]

Sean's work really is first class. Here's a 23rd FG patch he made a couple years ago that I've been meaning to have sewn on a russet A-2.

 

[Brettafett]

Wow Grant, looks great! Ive seen a number of versions of this patch and Sean nails them all.
That HLB is awesome, one of my favourite ELC jackets.

 

[Greg Gale]

Brett, I'd say check out some photographs of the unit, and see whether the majority of the pilots wore seal or russet.

 

[Brettafett]

Yeah, been reading up and looking into 23rd FG for ages. I have a lot of pics. Period pics are almost all b/w, with a few colour. Also pics of original 23rd FG and CBI jackets.
My Art of the flight jacket is stored away, so I no longer have that reference, but clearly both seal and russet were worn. I would hazard to say that more were russet than were seal.
Really, both would be authentic.

 

[London Cabbie]

I dare you to put that on! Its melting out there lol

You must be insane...

Tried it on without a T shirt in 34* and felt like a monk with a horsehair undershirt. They really put a lot of thought into the available materials of 1942 to make something really practical, durable and warm with the minimum of fuss. Bronson in my opinion have nailed it as far as quality and detail go. However I have never had a Tanker Type 2 jacket to compare against, just my opinion of the overall construction...