Recent content by EmergencyIan

It’s a repro. - Ian

While, I love Filson and the romanticism of it being produced in Seattle. I own the last of their sweaters that’s manufactured in the United States. It’s VERY nice and extremely well made. The other 3 sweaters are made in Scotland. All are very nice, but none as nice or as well made as the first...

I own the same boots. Anyhow, you only dub roughout boots. It’s completely unnecessary to dub the earlier service “shoe.” ATF has taken the time to really redo the existing boots, with research and a lot of hard work, to where they are much more authentic than before. These must be the most...

Regardless, you’ll be hard pressed to find 75 plus year-old footwear that is fit to wear as intended. Remember these are rubber soled. Those don’t seem to stand the test of time. The leather upper varies, from what I’ve seen. There are, now, some excellent repros on the market. I’ve had great...

Their USA made boots are very good! I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I own two pair and have had each for over two years with relatively heavy wear in NYC. - Ian

I have the Buzz Rickson’s heavy N-1 jacket and it’s very nice. However, it seems to run slightly large. The good news is that History Preservation Associates has measurements for each size of the jacket. Anyhow, if you go for the Buzz heavy N-1, you won’t be disappointed in the quality. Good...

Very good point! - Ian

I have had success using mink oil on my Red Wing boots. But, could vintage mink oil be rancid? I don’t know. - Ian

Filson pullover crew neck sweaters. The USA made one that I own is heavier than most, if not all, jackets that I own and close to as heavy as some of my coats. It’s like wool chain mail. - Ian

I remember the Russell Athletic sweats being very heavy and built like tanks. I was always impressed. I can recall that four decades ago their quality stood out. Now, that level of quality is not to be found. - Ian

^ Yeah, decades ago Champion and even Russell Athletic made really high quality pullover and zip up hoodies or sweat jackets. As far as repros go, I have a very nice Buzz Rickson’s classic gray zip up sweat jacket/hoodie. It’s very nice. - Ian

That explains why I was confused by Zen’s post. I don’t have a coat post 1965. So, my pea coats can be buttoned on either side. However, probably like most men, I only button mine with the buttons on the right hand side. - Ian

On eBay, you have to look in vintage clothing and in militaria under collectibles. I can’t beleive that there were only a few with “bullet holes.” What size are you? I’ll look later today. - Ian

Alpha had a government contract and those were very good. Years ago, Alpha’s civilian versions were fine jackets. I have also read that their quality has dropped substantially in recent times. Regarding Cockpit USA, they never had a government contract for M-65 field jackets. - Ian