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  1. Papa M

    Please talk me out of buying a Fislon #86 wool packer coat.

    I think that the dog and coat together will look brilliant! Perhaps a little camp - but heads will turn!
  2. Papa M

    AVG and other flying jacket books

    Just received a copy of this at a very reasonable price. I haven't started reading the text but it certainly looks good photographically.
  3. Papa M

    AVG and other flying jacket books

    It was at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford airfield here in the UK that I was looking at the book. We had just been looking at the small but impressive display of A2 jackets and had commented that it is a pity that the display does not indicate the Contract (brand) of each jacket. I'm sure...
  4. Papa M

    AVG and other flying jacket books

    Believe me it was a borderline situation. The book is fantastic and certainly does a terrific job depicting the Art of jackets. However as the price was £50 I found myself hovering.
  5. Papa M

    AVG and other flying jacket books

    Please correct me if I'm wrong. When I looked at this book I decided not to buy it because each jacket displayed failed to denote exactly which brand it was. Lovely collection of photos - but useless information-wise.
  7. Papa M

    McQueen A2 jacket in Great Escape

    Gee! I thought all German POW guards were like Sgt. Schultz in Hogan's Heroes.:D
  8. Papa M

    crawl space find, montgomery ward pwer house chore jacket‏

    I'm glad that you asked. I assumed that it is the space underneath a house or bungalow that is jacked up off the ground. That area where all the spiders and creepy-crawlies live. Here in the UK we don't tend to construct like that.
  9. Papa M

    MA1: What is it?

    I was always baffled when I saw black kids dressed in skin-head attire tagging along with those nasty racist thugs for a bit of "Paki-bashing".
  10. Papa M

    crawl space find, montgomery ward pwer house chore jacket‏

    I sure wish I could find something like that in the Crawl Space of my house. In fact I wish I actually had a Crawl Space in my house!
  11. Papa M

    Barbour Border

    Rather like a damp doggy smell the waxed cotton smell seems to linger forever. If you can live with that smell then they are great foul-weather jackets. Personally I'm not keen on the odour. But at a quarter the retail price I would have tolerated it.:)
  13. Papa M

    How can you tell if a leather jacket is well made?

    Ask me in 50 years time!
  14. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    I must admit that despite my early panic I agree that the wash treatment has worked well. The jacket now feels a little more worn in. It is still a bit too red for my liking - the photos taken outside are pretty true to the colour. I'll probably put it in my Sale Pile.
  15. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    I shall start wearing this jacket more frequently and monitor that odd colour fade on the yoke. In a way I quite like it but if it becomes too prominent I guess I could gently apply some dark shoe polish in that area in order to blend it in?
  16. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    Thanks Frank. Would you say that it is better than Pecards?
  17. Papa M

    A-2 sizing

    Don't worry Michael. We understand and are happy to have you here on the forum. My only message is that if you end up buying anything Japanese be sure to check the sizing first. It varies from brand to brand but they are all cut quite small. I buy many Japanese items marked Large - and...
  19. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

  20. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    As promised. Photos of Cordovan Highwayman after machine wash at 40 degree and 1200 rpm spin. Pecards applied when virtually dry. You can just notice some slight silvering (deposits) and on the rear right yoke some slight stripping of colour - nothing too horrendous. Otherwise the cordovan...
  21. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    The leather was virtually dry when I applied the Pecards. I may have panicked a little prematurely. When I woke this morning the majority of the silvery deposit has been rectified by the Pecards and by some elbow grease. The jacket is certainly now looking a little more worn in with a lot...
  22. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    When fully dry and recovery process complete I'll do pics.
  23. Papa M

    My brand new shiny HH jacket via washer and dryer

    I'd be very wary about the washing machine treatment. I just tried it with an Aero steerhide Cordovan Highwayman. I wanted to lose some of the burgundy colour and give the jacket a more worn look. Washed at 40 degree with just a little detergent. Spun at 1200 rpm, then hung out in autumnul...

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