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I remember that the jackets looked alot more russet in the film itself.

It's when the fabric is moist. Clean water has the same effect. It's even stronger in 100% rayon.

I allways found that cotton and rayon t-shirts would develop a weird odor when sweaty and so i try to avoid them.

I had the same set of problems whit the "vintage" boots. Mine also had poorly finished soles and stained my socks.

I not sure about all of their pants but i know that the officer pinks can handle a wool cycle. Their regular GI wool trousers did not shrink but they did bleed dye onto the lining.

When i say lining i mean the fabric used for the waistband and pockets. For some reason it was stiff like a starched shirt when new and after the first wash, it shrunk and caused the pants to deform like crazy. Funny enough, their wool pants CAN handle the washer.

Must be very different than their regular US khakis. I bought a pair and they were total garbage. Loose threads, incorrect seams, super stiff lining, and they cant handle being washed beckause the lining shrinks more than the rest.

I've heard that an N-2B is really great inside a giant lead-smelting plant. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Yes but modern jackets use polyester batting and they are still listed as dry clean only.

That's something that i dont get about Nylon flight jackets like the ma-1. Isnt Nylon fabric supposed to be washable?

Oh dear. December 1 and not even a hint of snow yet.

How much of Carhartt's regular American range is still made in USA? Last year i bought a J01 Detroit jacket and i recently got a j140 active jacket. Both were made in USA.

This is probably less of an issue if you live the US but i had a prety bad experience whit USwings customer service. They screwed up my order and it took about 2,5 months before everything was fixed. If you buy from USwings. Get the A2 "2000" and not the "current issue"(beckause of a...

Or Lesotho in the case of the 550s i recently got. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho

I know it's not a proper milspec jacket but does anybody have experience whit USwings "2000" series?