Recent content by Asinyne

That was my understand re: the made in USA. This is the actual tag. Thanks!

I found an M-65 field jacket from 1993, but instead of a DA/DSA/DLA #, it has a DBA #. Otherwise everything else looks fairly legit, and it’s from one of the known contractors. Anyone have any idea what this means? I’m wondering if it’s maybe one made for civilian use and not actual military? It...

My wife and I are taking a vacation to New England next week. We’ll be walking around Salem as well as doing a little light hiking up in Acadia. I’m torn on which outerwear I want to bring for the chillier times: my Carhartt Detroit or my M-65. I feel like each has their pros and cons when it...

I’m guessing it had to be an alteration

Upon further discussion, he isn’t sure but he speculates it may have been altered prior to him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Do the Schott 141s have standard length sleeves, or are there specific versions that have shorter sleeves? I was talking to a guy about one and he said the sleeves are closer to 22” in length which seems…odd. I know some jackets might fluctuate here and there a bit, but that seems to be about...

They list it as 1.3-1.4, tho beyond that I can’t verify.

Jacket arrived today, two weeks to the day from placing the order. It’s damn near perfect, IMO. There are a couple of minor measurements they didn’t quite hit, but by and large I think where they landed was actually an improvement. If I had any nitpicks it’d be that my specifications were for...

Steerhide in seal brown

Just a little tease. It’s on its way!

I emailed them last week asking because I was worried about the armhole — I measured it the way the showed me in the photo they sent back. Tho I do have measurements both straight across and following the curve of the armhole, which I’ve sent them hoping to help clarify the matter. Between their...

19” would be huge. And I’ve seen others do similar — say a 22” armhole down to a 17” bicep or 21”/16”. Plus my measurements are based on a jacket I own (below). I’m not sure how to remedy the situation;

I just received this email early this morning. I’ve since replied, but I think the time differences mean they’re probably done for the day so I might not hear anything back until late tonight; anyone else able to shed any light on this? I set my armholes at 21” and my biceps at 15” (I’ve seen a...

After days of hemming and hawing, I finally submitted my custom order for the 1930’s half-belt. I took a page from the books of @ton312 and @MrProper and went hog wild with details, measurements, and drawings — a 5 page pdf — so fingers crossed this works out.

I’m trying to figure out the sizing for the armhole (armscye) on a custom jacket, and I don’t know if I’m measuring correctly on the jackets I’m basing my numbers off of. Do you measure straight across from point of shoulder to pit? If so that’s telling me ~9” I have 18” circumference around my...