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What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?
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B-Man2
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I love your dogs !
There’s just no proper way to say it …. I love those guys… They look like they belong in a cartoon or a movie …. “life with Spike and Ike“ or something like that .
What’s the big guy ? Is he a Bull Mastif ??
ausreenactor
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That's a dog! You would need to keep the feeds up or you could test the bond between your beloved canines!
flyincowboy
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One dog 2 dogs who's next? The big guy is great dane the small one is .... a dachshund.
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Earloffunk
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After going through CoViD (well, it actually skipped me, don't know why) with the whole family over the past 1,5 weeks this is my first day "in freedom" - sneaked away to the office on a quiet Sunday morning to catch up with some work and to wear my new Platon Dubow for the first time. It's a size 44 which is very comfy. Now it will need some serious wearing...
Brettafett
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Brilliant!
bseal
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Hiding the newest flight jacket at the office? Having other ones mailed over there as we are speak? You are in excellent company! Your secret is safe. Enjoy.
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Smithy
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I thought it was a bloody horse!
Dany McDonald
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Cold humid normal winter day here... Buzz version of Albert Turner N-3B. It's aging pretty well, could pass for an original to the untrained eye!
mulceber
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MaydayWei
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I wanted to bring the FS B-3, as I re-dyed parts of the sleeves yesterday (turned it from solid and light reddish color to a darker and more "redskin" like tone), but it was to warm..
Grabbed this instead:
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And it suddenly crossed my mind:
Most of us would probably not consider it a "vintage jacket".
But it was made in 84, so it's almost 40 years old!
And then the associative circuits went on:
At 52 I would not see myself as " an old man". But just like the jacket is "vintage", the truth is obvious...
From 2022 fifty two years back makes it 1970... another 52 years and you are back at 1918!!!
I think I am a pretty lucky guy, there have been worse decades to grow up and get old..
Well..., ah...never mind....
Ties
Vintage or not, that's a gem of a jacket!
Just goes to show what a big difference the mouton collar makes.
Just look at that honey coloured collar!
ausreenactor
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That's a belter of a jacket!
ties70
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Hey @jack31916 ,
You wanted to know more about the "re-dye" of the B-3 sleeves.
Well, overall it was probably more like a "dark wash" like in scale modelling.
I have sanded the skin very smoothly with 1000 grit sandpaper and minimal pressure. Then I have used diluted Tandy Leather Antique Stain in dark brown and applied two coats with a scrap piece of mouton.
After drying it, I rubbed the sleeves to get off excess color. This was done twice, followed by a coat of Tan colored Antique Stain. Finished everything with a thin coat of satin finish, buffed it again.
The result is quite obvious, as the process added a lot of depth to the sleeve color:
It's completely impossible to catch the correct colors of leather an fur in one picture. The two above come close... the full pic is too reddish...
Even though it is slightly off, it shows the improvement compared to the light and rather flat appearance of the jacket when it was new...
Ties
You wanted to know more about the "re-dye" of the B-3 sleeves.
Well, overall it was probably more like a "dark wash" like in scale modelling.
I have sanded the skin very smoothly with 1000 grit sandpaper and minimal pressure. Then I have used diluted Tandy Leather Antique Stain in dark brown and applied two coats with a scrap piece of mouton.
After drying it, I rubbed the sleeves to get off excess color. This was done twice, followed by a coat of Tan colored Antique Stain. Finished everything with a thin coat of satin finish, buffed it again.
The result is quite obvious, as the process added a lot of depth to the sleeve color:
It's completely impossible to catch the correct colors of leather an fur in one picture. The two above come close... the full pic is too reddish...
Even though it is slightly off, it shows the improvement compared to the light and rather flat appearance of the jacket when it was new...
Ties
Peter242
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Looks great - dog and jacket. What size is this
jack31916
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Thanks for the explanation (how to) and the pics Ties. From the close-ups it's easy to tell that the jacket has far more depth / character due to the different colour tones. A big improvement IMO and well done ! Enjoy wearing it!
