Where have all the Good Wears Gone? An Opinion Piece.

[Dom]

Need
Some pics minus the background...

Here is the 27553 minus the red Pitts wing in the background...

 

[B-Man2]

Good looking GW... looks like an original .

 

[Dom]

Good looking GW... looks like an original .

Will see how it fairs after it gets a workout in the cockpit with a parachute on.... hopefully this spring once I get the Pitts back together.

 

[ausreenactor]

Here is the 27553 minus the red Pitts wing in the background...View attachment 54976View attachment 54977View attachment 54978View attachment 54979

That is really nice!

 

[Nickb123]

Anyone have an idea of what manufacturer John was trying to recreate here?

Has a RW collar!

 

[Officer Dibley]

Posted before, but here are 3 of the 4.
RW 27752, lovely in a ll respects... one size too big
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RW1401 size 40, fit well, but sleeves were too short. Looks ok in pic, but lifting arms brought cuffs way up. Also, did not like the reddy/ orange Shinki colour.
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Monarch 44, lovely jacket, just felt a bit roomy in the torso and a touch short in the back.
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You are right, they are too big. Would have been easy to eat more pies and then they would fit
Dave

 

[Chandler]

Has a RW collar!

Mine? No collar stand.

 

[foster]

I think the long wait times for new production have resulted in many who own a GW having more of a tendency to not part with the jackets they own. I know John's queue (and wait time) has fluctuated over the years, but it's not as easy to part with one if you know there's a commitment to endure some waiting should one desire to replace it with a new one.

Some of it also is market saturation, I think. There are more options for A-2 replicas now than there were 8-10 years ago. Think of how many jackets GW, DD, Aero, Eastman, BK, Platon, 5Star, etc have made over just the last 5 years.

As long as a jacket fits, I have no plans to sell another of mine again. The last time I sold a GW, it was a difficult decision to talk myself into listing it. Then it ended in disaster and drama without the proper resolution between the buyer and myself. The lesson of this is simple - once a GW is gone, it's not so simple to replace it.

 

[Nickb123]

Mine? No collar stand.

Precisely why I’ll never get the hang of jacket identification LOL

 

[Chandler]

Precisely why I’ll never get the hang of jacket identification LOL

Hah. I know what you mean.

FWIW -- I have it on good authority that my jacket was based on a Cable Raincoat pattern, but made with locally sourced steerhide.

I guess JC didn't have Cable labels made up yet at this point and used the proprietary labels he'd had made up.