1960s Ralph Edwards G-1 flight jacket

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401086952351

This vintage G-1 flight jacket was made in the early 1960s. It has a half-belt back with bi-swing shoulders, a Conmar zipper front, rust colored mouton collar and knit collar and cuffs.

Chest (pit to pit): 21-1/2″ (doubled = 43″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

Length (base of collar to hem): 24-1/2″

1930s leather half-belt jacket

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401086957586?

This vintage leather jacket was made in the late 1930s-early 1940s. It has a pleated half-belt back, a Talon zipper front with sunburst stopbox and a zipper on the breast pocket which I have never seen before. The pockets are flapped and it has button cuffs.

Chest (pit to pit): 23-1/2″ (doubled = 47″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 22-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 23-1/2″

1940s capeskin leather half-belt jacket

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401086961336

This vintage leather jacket was made in the mid to late 1940s. It has a yoked front and back with double breast pockets, button adjuster cuff straps, a belted back and a Talon zipper front. It has a quilted lining.

Chest (pit to pit): 20-1/2″ (doubled = 41″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 17-3/4″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 26″

Brooks leather cafe racer jacket

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401086968477

This vintage leather jacket was made in Detroit, Michigan by Brooks. It has Talon zipper and bi-swing shoulders.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 17-3/4″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″

Length (base of collar to hem): 25-1/4″

Dalhousie University leather hockey jacket

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272123824867

This vintage jacket was made in Canada and was sold by the Maritime Campus Store of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It has “Dalhousie University” on the back, a black and gold color scheme, a D patch on the front, with a Dalhousie crest and “science” patch. It has a black denim lining.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)

Sleeve (center of collar to cuff): 32-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 23-1/2″

1940s Sport Jack

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272122939508

This vintage leather jacket was made in the mid-late 1940s by Sport Jack from horsehide leather. It is a half-belt style, with a Talon zipper front and both handwarmer and flapped cargo pockets.

Chest (pit to pit): 22-1/4″ (doubled = 44-1/2″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 27-3/4″

Horsehide aviator jacket

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401074593383

Tagged size: 46

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

Length (base of collar to hem): 24-1/2″

1960s Brooks leather racing shirt

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272114953124

This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1960s. It is missing its label, but with its late-starting zipper, one snap collar and plain back, it most closely resembles Brooks’s early cafe racers of the period. It has bi-swing shoulders and zipped cuffs. Pocket zips are Talon and cuff zips are Serval. The main zipper has been replaced with a later YKK, It’s a very simple, stripped down racing shirt type pattern, with no extraneous seams or pockets. The cuffs are open style. With the wear and various repairs, this jacket’s clearly seen some action and some love.

Pit to pit: 22″ (doubled = 44″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-3/4″

Length (base of collar to hem): 27-3/4″

WWII Colvinex flight jacket

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272115026338

This vintage jacket was made around 1943, and started off life as an electrically heated CFN-24 flight suit, made with Colvinex metal yarn. It has a wartime Talon zipper with a bell shaped pull and an unmarked deco stopbox. It has a snap throat latch and double snap under collar closure. These Colvinex suits were popular post-war as motorcycle jacket conversions, as they were extremely well made, durable, inexpensive as surplus, and due to their separable bottom zippers, could be cut down into a jacket style with relative ease.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″

Length (base of collar to hem): 22-3/4″

Cut down CFN-24 Colvinex flight suit

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272115041520

This vintage jacket started life off as a WWII CFN-24 Colvinex flight suit. These were popular motorcycle jacket conversions post war, due to the relative impracticality of a full length leather flight suit in civilian life, and due to their ease of conversion, with the front zipper having a separable bottom. It is made from goatskin, with a mouton collar, Conmar zipper, chinstrap, under-collar throat latch and belted waist. The owner of this one opted to cut his off at a 3/4 length, requiring it to also be zipped down from the waist to be put on.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″

Shoulder to shoulder: 19″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

Length (base of collar to hem): 34″

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1960s Ralph Edwards G-1 flight jacket

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WWII Colvinex flight jacket

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