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

[Nickb123]

Is that the name of it? Holy cow, I need to head to Tijuana. Peter, if it’s the same stuff, well done.

 

[B-Man2]

Since they eat goats down there, I’m guessing goatskin is plentiful and easy to source.

 

[London Cabbie]

Chelsea Flower Show…

 

[Peter242]

Sweet! Is that the Mexican goatskin?

JC only wrote that It is a new goatskin he have found. I’ve already asked about more info about this goat and let you know the answer. some month ago I had a chance to wear an AN6552 made from Indian goatskin. This jacket was a bit more heavier than mine and bit more russet looking. Mine is more a seal brown…and a bit thinner/ lighter

 

[Peter242]

Is that the name of it? Holy cow, I need to head to Tijuana. Peter, if it’s the same stuff, well done.

View attachment 79116Hi nick, from the picture you’re jacket looks identical to mine . grain and Color.!

 

[Nickb123]

Actually, I think yours is the new goatskin. Looked a lot like Jan’s. I’ll have to check my emails as to how John described it.

Congrats on your jacket.

 

[mulceber]

Actually, I think yours is the new goatskin. Looked a lot like Jan’s. I’ll have to check my emails as to how John described it.

Congrats on your jacket.

Possibly - here’s a picture for comparison:

 

[Peter242]

Possibly - here’s a picture for comparison:
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Hi Jan, yours looks great. Is it a bit aged or is It only by wear? its an m422 ?

 

[Peter242]

does anyone know which waistband is specified for the AN 6552 ? Mine has two ply like an A2 but I’ve seen pictures of a version made by buzz with the rib-rack waistband. Or does this differ between contracts?

 

[mulceber]

Yep, Switlik M-422. It actually is not aged, although it looks like it. That’s just the quality of the goatskin. Here’s what it looked like before John made it:

 

[Peter242]

Yep, Switlik M-422. It actually is not aged, although it looks like it. That’s just the quality of the goatskin. Here’s what it looked like before John made it:
View attachment 79122

wow

 

[Spitfireace]

Sounds about right from what I’ve heard. Used to meet a few celebrities when I worked at the North end of the airport where all the vips come in. Met Tom cruise about 30 years ago. I had thought he was bigger. Kurt Russell and Goldie hawn seemed like really nice people. They had a place in muskoka and used to come every summer.

Ya, Kurt and Goldie used to live in West Vancouver too (maybe they still have the place, don't know) . His son was aspiring to be an NHL goaltender, and so they lived up here so he could play.

Wyatt Russell - Biography - IMDb

Wyatt Russell. Actor: 22 Jump Street. Wyatt Hawn Russell is an American actor and former professional ice hockey player as a goaltender. Russell portrayed Corporal Lewis Ford in Julius Avery's 2018 horror film Overlord, Dud in AMC's Lodge 49 and John Walker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...

www.imdb.com

 

[Spitfireace]

Overlord was a decent movie by the way, for a B grade type movie I was pretty impressed. Overall pretty good movie.

 

[Spitfireace]

wow

Yep, Switlik M-422. It actually is not aged, although it looks like it. That’s just the quality of the goatskin. Here’s what it looked like before John made it:
View attachment 79122

Heavy grain stuff......that is.

 

[Chandler]

does anyone know which waistband is specified for the AN 6552 ? Mine has two ply like an A2 but I’ve seen pictures of a version made by buzz with the rib-rack waistband. Or does this differ between contracts?

My original has the rib-rack, just as a comparison. But maybe other manufacturers started switching up?

Come to think of it, my original 1951 G-1 has the rib-rack, too.

 

[Dany McDonald]

Hello,

My Bogen AN-6552 has A-2 style waistband in a very nice reddish/orange color, like brick.

Here's me after a spin with the Triumph, that Buzz N-1 is very fun to wear for riding in this cold air.

Dany.

 

[mulceber]

does anyone know which waistband is specified for the AN 6552 ? Mine has two ply like an A2 but I’ve seen pictures of a version made by buzz with the rib-rack waistband. Or does this differ between contracts?

My original has the rib-rack, just as a comparison. But maybe other manufacturers started switching up?

Come to think of it, my original 1951 G-1 has the rib-rack, too.

Here's a quote from John Chapman's CD that answers the question:

The features noticable on Bogen jackets are an A-2 style waistband...

FWIW, I find that CD to be indispensable.

 

[Chandler]

FWIW, I find that CD to be indispensable.

Check out the sweet Monarch G-1 he has on there.

 

[mulceber]

Check out the sweet Monarch G-1 he has on there.

It's very nice - it wouldn't be yours, would it?

 

[B-Man2]

It’s honestly too hot for a jacket today ..but .. just to keep the thread moving,
It’s an Aero of Scotland Vincenza Horsehide repro of the original WWII Aero 15142P contract in a size 46. It’s a very comfortable 46, that can accommodate wearing a warm sweater underneath. ( the right cuff is there it just got sucked up into the sleeve )