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  1. Dahlan Netsch

    USN Deck Jackets period / repop

    I think the confusion is because there are two different ways to wear a 1940s USN deck jacket: The "Navy way" and the "fashion way". The Navy way (from the 40s) is designed to work in so you have a little more freedom to move and squat without binding (like with baggy 40s Navy dungarees or...
  2. Dahlan Netsch

    USN Deck Jackets period / repop

    This is definitely a 1st model WWII style US Navy foul weather jacket. Looks like a repro. There's only one true way of putting the U.S. NAVY on the back and that's with a silkscreen using iridescent ink (like Speedball) in that kind of off white-greyish ink (with a very slight blue/green cast...
  3. Dahlan Netsch

    Vintage G1 Restoration Help!

    I've found what works best is to soak it in BAKING SODA and water. If it REALLY stinks, like a homeless person wore it, use the whole box of baking soda in a galvanized tub for a couple of days or until it stops stinking.
  4. Dahlan Netsch

    N-1 Deck Jackets

    I've had a few N-1s. The first one I glommed out of the gear locker on the USS Trathen and it was in pretty good shape. They were still around in the mid-60s and were referred to as "the ones with the fur collar" instead of the newer A-2s mentioned above. Skip forward 50 years I now call them...
  5. Dahlan Netsch

    L. L. Bean A-2 history time line?

    I bought a couple LLB military leather jackets in the 80s but no longer wear them because of the "over-sized" shoulders and fit in the arms. LLB, like most companies follow the style of the day and change their patterns to the prevailing styles. Using this as a general guide, you can often times...
  7. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    I was certainly not being sneaky. I was very forthright.
  8. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    Fit shots are by no means a qualitative discription of fit. Fit can easilly be enhansed by using good body models. (Actually, I prefer shooting model shots in good lifestyle situations) but this category of apparel vendors rarely spend the money to achieve that level of production value. Detail...
  9. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    I don't shoot fit pics for Steve as you can see from the website. Here's what I shot: https://www.smwholesaleusa.com/shop-us/new-a-2-goatskin-aviator-jacket
  10. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    What part of "I handle and shoot 100s of products but this is the only one I have put up on this thread"?
  11. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    I'll take that as a compliment that you like my work. You're just being a Bartender Edit: language! trying to impune my opinion by stating the obvious that I am a professional adman. I stated that right up front.
  13. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    I didn't post the above ATF and SMW ads on this forum. They were screen captured completely out of context from my Facebook business page and put here to impune my opinion. My earlier statement about deck jackets was refering to SMW's new N-1 and their 1st model blue jacket NOT the ATF deck...
  14. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    Can't help that. I'm a professional copywriter and photographer. But that doesn't mean what I wrote about this particular jacket isn't true. I handle and shoot 100s of products but this is the only one I have put up on this thread. Although, I have to admit there are others I feel as strongly...
  15. Dahlan Netsch

    Best A-2 goatskin I've seen so far anywhere.

    I've had, handled, worn, photographed and owned many WWII jackets, but the new SMW goatskin A-2 is the best I've seen. Needless to say it has all the dead-on details that you would expect from SMW and fits like a glove. But the quality of the leather is it's best attribute. They say they only...
  16. Dahlan Netsch

    Best Navy Dungarees

    UPDATE: At The Front (ATF) never did make those USN dungarees and jackets like they said they were back in May. People have been asking about them for months but they do not reply. Typical. There is, however still a good supply of high quality WWII USN dungarees, chambray shirts and...
  17. Dahlan Netsch

    Best Navy Dungarees

    A lot has changed since this post was put up. Now higher quality reproduction WW2 US Navy dungarees are available from three sources: WWIIImpressions, SM Wholesale and soon to be from At the Front. All the sources now make the pants with the single felled seams (only on the inside leg) and all...

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