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Thanks for your input. I think I best leave it be as some of the patches are leather while others are cloth & the A2 is goat. I know the leather patches are not.

Yes, but will the jacket shrink at a different rate than the patches?

A question about wanting to shrink my A-2 a lil bit, having lost some weight.....I'm wanting to make the A-2 fit a bit better on me, i.e.....the arms are a bit too long, chest is too roomy now....BUT...I've sewn on a number of leather patches on this jacket. My question is this:will the water on...

The orange blaze color is more for the benefit for you & the other hunters, rather than any animal, so as to keep you from getting mistakingly shot at.

They were sewn thru the lining. i.e....the stitches went thru the leather and the lining.

Does anyone have any experience with a company that sells A-2's called U.S.Bomber.com?

Thank you for your advice

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I have recently lost a lot of weight, & I think I should get my A-2 altered for a better fit now.....Is that a lot of trouble or expensive to get it sized down, especially in the waist & sleeve length?

"The Train" w/Burt Lancaster is a good one...FriarTuck

Thanks everyone for your input....FriarTuck

Recently I purchased an A-2....but since then I have lost a lot of weight. My question is.....since I have sewn unit patches all over the jacket, if I give it the hot water shrinking treatment now, will those patches cause me a problem as the leather shrinks?.....Thanks, Paul

USAAF decal on shoulder My question is....How does one apply the decal to the shoulder of the A-2?... Is it just a matter of soaking the decal in water as one would do with a plastic model decal, or is there more to it than that?...such as using an iron, etc.....FriarTuck

JFK never liked wearing hats, & only wore a top hat to his inauguration because he had to.

That is NOT supposed to be LBJ but FDR.