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  1. MudInYerEye

    LVC Menlo Cossack washed goatskin (XL, 2008)

    The initial LVC run of these jackets (2005ish), the tan models, were not sheepskin. They were made from a super-lightweight but incredibly dense, grainy, tough leather. At first I thought the hide was goatskin, but after a few minutes of scouring it, I'm pretty sure it's buffalo. The jackets...
  2. MudInYerEye

    Vintage Talon zip

    Wartime. 40's. V for victory.
  3. MudInYerEye

    1940s Halfbelt

    Capeskin. Mid to late 1940's.
  4. MudInYerEye

    New in this forum. Help needed with Hercules Sears Jacket

    It's not a super-rare jacket. I've personally bought and sold at least seven or eight of them and seen dozens of others over the years. But, like everything else here in the states, things have kind of dried-up 30's-40's vintage wise. At least compared to how things were only ten years back.
  5. MudInYerEye

    New in this forum. Help needed with Hercules Sears Jacket

    Seb, I've collected leather jackets for over 20 years. It's a late 30's or early 40's jacket. It just is, deal with it. That's a late 30's Crown puller. That's a late 30's/early 40's Hercules label etc. These chinstrap leather Hercules jackets were made by Rough Wear incidentally.
  7. MudInYerEye

    Just won this suit on Ebay

    Congrats buddy!
  8. MudInYerEye

    can ANYONE please date my HERCULES JACKET/LABEL?

    Late 30's early 40's.
  9. MudInYerEye

    F/s painted flight jacket

    Frankly Andrew, while I respect the fact that you've memorized about as many details as a human possibly could in reference to vintage flight jackets, you are proving yourself completely unqualified to speculate on the age of vintage civilian jackets. I've been buying and selling vintage leather...
  10. MudInYerEye

    F/s painted flight jacket

    The vibrant paint on worn leather is dodgy enough but the dead giveaways are the details of the jacket itself. The zipper pull is from the 1950's, the combination shearling (or pile) and quilted rayon lining is something indicative of 50's/60's jackets and would not have appeared on a...
  11. MudInYerEye

    F/s painted flight jacket

    That the winning bid was for roughly $700 is another strong indicator that serious collectors were able to recognize this as a clear fake. Were this actually what it purported to be, you would have had Heller's, Strongarm, and 20% of Japan bidding on it.
  13. MudInYerEye

    F/s painted flight jacket

    Baron Kurtz has already spelled out the major problems I'd noticed with the description of this jacket. People have decorating "WWII" jackets after the fact for 50+ years, tho I suspect this one was done much more recently and probably in Thailand where they've been slapping paint on anything...
  14. MudInYerEye

    F/s painted flight jacket

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this jacket dates from the early to mid 1950's. The paint looks a bit suspect too.
  15. MudInYerEye

    What are you wearing today??

    October 7th, Worth Street in Lower Manhattan. My flower's head had already disappeared into The Mysterion Of The Unknown, but I didn't mind. Much.
  16. MudInYerEye

    Flared Trousers (1930's/40's)?

    Experts schmexperts. I've owned several pairs of 1930's flared trousers (both dressy and sporty) and seen others "in the flesh" among the collections of friends and dealers. These are adult-sized pants I'm referring to here. Currently the only pair I own belong to a tan three-piece suit dated...
  17. MudInYerEye

    What Are You Reading

    POP 1280 is even better. YOU KNOW ME, AL by Ring Lardner. If you don't like it then you should jump off a bridge.
  19. MudInYerEye

    Most Over-rated Actress of the Golden Era?

    Darla Hood.
  20. MudInYerEye

    Bruce got the juice - Bruce Willis' Jacket

    Well excuse me, Miss Thing...I may not get the last word, but I certainly got your goat. Haha!
  21. MudInYerEye

    Bruce got the juice - Bruce Willis' Jacket

    Haha! Congrats on the entertaining thread, ladies! It is a vintage jacket.
  22. MudInYerEye

    NERD ALERT!!

    I'm shocked that you'd accept such a flagrant cop-out. The whole thing reeks of sloppy, lazy writing. Never again will I pay any mind to an Abrams product.
  23. MudInYerEye

    NERD ALERT!!

    I feel so had. Steaming bowl of rancid tripe. Other writing staffs should take note of THE WIRE's ending in regards to the proper wrapping up of a series.

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