Micawber
Well-Known Member
Nice matching colours! Seems that your horse is loving you steve! Great picture!
Her head gets heavy when she starts to doze like that.
Nice matching colours! Seems that your horse is loving you steve! Great picture!
Original Cable 23382 size 44
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Not only an awesome collection of jackets but also a great collection of fantastic chinos…
Awesome colour.
Hopefully the tanning process removes any hint of what material is used in your jackets Steve. Otherwise you might get a kick in the arse when you’re back is turnedFirst nice bit of weather in a while.
The resident old gentleman chose to colour coordinate with one of the resident equines and sport an ELC Werber 1729…
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What brand is it?el very cheapo B-10 today for the obligatory dog walks... not comparable to BR/ELC/RMC offerings, but nice to wear nevertheless...
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Don't get me started about the benny's. They will be all over the joint this summer!! Fugetabboutit and have some cawfee. Yea, I true that in .Do you mean pork roll, egg, and cheese? Just kidding! I have no skin in that game.
(I realize that this will make no sense to 99% of VLJ members. Please PM me if you really want to know. Or just google!)
Thank you Thomas , for the "expertise" ( i got an other , olive drab this time embroided with the Flying TigersNice jacket - I think it should kinda represent a “tour jacket” or something but not an official issued piece of garment …
Looks cool anyway!
About your A2: some people say if you wear it under the rain it brings out the graining when it dries … - also it helps the jacket to “mold” to your body …
Point is do not “speed dry” it means put her on a hanger in your garage or basement and give her time to dry BUT DO NOT hang her in the sun or even into the dryer coz that might ruin the leather means does make the leather stiff
Ready to go . 1st day of little hollidays : Furiosa !! ( that will be the 2nd time , this time on I Max . Great movie , great saga , great director .
Put on my new and only A2 ( just a start ) Dubow 27798 horside from 5Star with a cool Bronson Mfg 42's chino and original 40's service shoes type 2 . Have a nice day . pS : What's your though about Bill Selko , i visited the site after Good Wear and Eastman . Really hard to make a choice for a beginner !View attachment 150327
Thanks Thomas . Love this era , for the style , music - blues , jazz ..... In fact the war brought some of the coolest "fashion" ( if I dare tell fashion about uniforms ) . In fact from the 30's to the 60's there was a great time for womens and men clothes , cut and quality , all we love here .Cool style - like directly out of the 40ies ...
Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day ! 80 years ago men from free and occupied countries landed on the beaches of Normandy , let's never forget the sacrifice of their youth and lives . Thanks to ALL the women and men in the military and civilians who fought the axe thrue the entire wolrd .
Today , in celebration i'm wearing a beautifull M41 form At The Front patched with an original 2nd Infantry Division (landed DDay +1 on Omaha beach ) with 1943's Jump Boots .
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Thanks ! I just realized that the 6th is in 2 days!!! Ahahaha!!Awesome!
Hi Griffon , did you post a photo ?ELC M-422a here today...
and as D-Day remembrance is in full swing, these jackets were in use as well, in a very interesting way.
I am sure many of you know that the USN used Spitfire Vs for fire spotting for the offshore armada of fire support ships.
the Spits came into play as the usual Curtiss SOC and Vought SO2Us were deemed unable to survive against serious fighter opposition and so, the USN pooled it's VCS pilots with those of the RN and created a pool squadron... the USN pilots in the pool of course wore their M-422a jackets and even M-444/445s....