gimp Posted January 5, 2013 Share #76 Posted January 5, 2013 Happy New Year, photo #1 Should be the JWD/classic pattern from 'panzerfaust1943' / Hong Kong. photo #2 Should be the ADS/Gold pattern from 'CAB' or 'Pineapple' / Japan. They came in lighter and darker colors. Some have BDU or flat buttons, some pants have waist tabs. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAPIS PALACE Posted January 7, 2013 Share #77 Posted January 7, 2013 THE HK MADE SET ABOVE HAS A PATTERN RECOG. STRIPE THAT LOOKS LIKE A PIG WITH WINGS ON IT'S HEAD.MOST EVERY PATTERN HAS BORROWED FROM A PREDECESSOR BEFORE. THE VNMS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST OF THE WAR I GUESS..TIGER STRIPE IS ALL I'M INTERESTED IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airziom Posted January 9, 2013 Share #78 Posted January 9, 2013 thanks Gimp I just bought a uniform, a reproduction of Tiger Stripe Products made in USA cotton 100% buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airziom Posted January 9, 2013 Share #79 Posted January 9, 2013 greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airziom Posted January 9, 2013 Share #80 Posted January 9, 2013 I have a question what the type and manufacturer of the boonie hat - i got together with uniform I think Japan made greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimp Posted January 9, 2013 Share #81 Posted January 9, 2013 thanks Gimp I just bought a uniform, a reproduction of Tiger Stripe Products made in USA cotton 100% Nice TSP, where and when you get them? Any current online shops? Manufactoring date? This kind of cotton twill fabric was made in ca. 1987. First flat buttons and within this year, TSP made BDU buttons, too. They came with large green/olive milspec-style label, sometimes white small tags like yours. Now i see that they have camo BDU buttons. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimp Posted January 9, 2013 Share #82 Posted January 9, 2013 I have a question what the type and manufacturer of the boonie hat - i got together with uniform I think Japan made greetings If i remember right, this Tadpole/Silver pattern boonie was made/sold by 'gogogo1945' (or maybe panzerfaust1943) in ca. 2007-2009. Both are from Hong Kong. The seller sold only stone wash garments (uniforms, boonies, berets). Sold shortly before Moore and SOF came out with their Tadpole/Silver uniforms. Could you post or PM me, some photos from the uniform, please? I can compare this with my data. Regards P.S.: Go back to post #29, i think this is your uniform, right? Same buttons, cut and pattern... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airziom Posted January 10, 2013 Share #83 Posted January 10, 2013 Hi I bought this uniform a few days ago from a friend from Warsaw He probably bought it in the 80's - he said labels Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airziom Posted January 10, 2013 Share #84 Posted January 10, 2013 Could you post or PM me, some photos from the uniform, please? I can compare this with my data. Regards P.S.: Go back to post #29, i think this is your uniform, right? Same buttons, cut and pattern... Hi I do not exactly have written before - I only have this hat - came together with TSP uniform Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #85 Posted January 11, 2013 Hi everyone, is this jacket from the Nam era? or 80's? Is it fake, or just a civvy fashion jacket? Your experience please Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 11, 2013 Share #86 Posted January 11, 2013 Looks like a typical civilian made copy from the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Force Posted January 11, 2013 Share #87 Posted January 11, 2013 80's fashion repro! but you can still buy those jackets right there for $69.99 http://www.armynavysales.com/products/m65-field-jacket-tiger-stripe/ hope this helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Manager Posted January 11, 2013 Share #88 Posted January 11, 2013 Definately a fake, that was sold in surplus stores in the 80's-90's. No original tiger stripe will ever be marked MADE IN USA, or have tags like this jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #89 Posted January 11, 2013 Apparently it's made by Alpha industries, post 70's, for the commercial market. The 3 stripes might make a good reference point for identifying future fakes- By the mid 1970’s, Alpha’s fame as the preeminent manufacturer of military clothing began to spread by word of mouth outside the militaryorganizations. Surplus jackets and pants made by Alpha were quickly sold to the public through Army Navy stores. Alpha’s clothing was valued over other brands because Alpha made its commercial clothing with the same quality and materials as the clothing it made for the military. Because garments made for the U.S. military were indistinguishable from those made for commercial customers Alpha decided to place three lines on the labels of commercial clothing so factory workers could readily identify which jackets were part of a government contract from those that were not. Although not intended by Alpha, the 3 line label became a visual trade mark of Alpha that consumers recognized as representing superior quality, performance and comfort in a military garment. Alpha subsequently trademarked the three line label and later integrated the three lines into it’s now famous Alpha logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 11, 2013 Share #90 Posted January 11, 2013 FINALLY that train wreck of a topic of this very jacket on FB was deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #91 Posted January 11, 2013 I deleted it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #92 Posted January 11, 2013 Well this jacket is a lower quality Alpha using shoddy fabric. Whats with the Facebook rant .........? Jacket is worth $15 with the crap repair ......if you could even get that . owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #93 Posted January 11, 2013 The three stripes means it's military grade fabric- the 3 line label became a visual trade mark of Alpha that consumers recognized as representing superior quality, performance and comfort in a military garment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted January 11, 2013 Share #94 Posted January 11, 2013 Military Grade fabric, is also used on civilian clothing.....It's just the quality of the cloth, nothing to do with it being made for military only. Owen, don't you have a bunch of these civilian jackets in NOS condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #95 Posted January 11, 2013 Yeah I fully agree with you, it's not a military garment, but I wasn't asking for a valuation or aggressive remarks from owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #96 Posted January 11, 2013 Wolfman. Please explain my aggressive remarks ? owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 11, 2013 Share #97 Posted January 11, 2013 The cloth on the m65 tiger was used here in the UK in the 90's. The 3 main items made in that cloth were exposed button utility cross BDU pants. They were utility patch pocket rear and hand pocket with small BDU cargo pockets. The other was MA1 jacket and this m65 jacket, the cloth looked made in china style. The fade kind of gives it away for me, the other tigers in this print fade darker where as this has gone bright. Main seller for these in the UK was Yeomans and retailed for £14.99 a pair of pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #98 Posted January 11, 2013 shoddy fabric. worth $15 with the crap repair ......if you could even get that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Manager Posted January 11, 2013 Share #99 Posted January 11, 2013 I don't see an aggresive remarks. What he said, is the truth, and is what jackets in this condition sell for in U.S. used clothing stores, flea markets and in rag mills. Also, if you look at the Alpha stock number line, on the tag, it shows the jackets as being made in 2001. Purely a civilian fashion jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf man Posted January 11, 2013 Share #100 Posted January 11, 2013 I don't see an aggresive remarks. What he said, is the truth, and is what jackets in this condition sell for in U.S. used clothing stores, flea markets and in rag mills. Also, if you look at the Alpha stock number line, on the tag, it shows the jackets as being made in 2001. Purely a civilian fashion jacket. Where's the website where i can enter the stock number and check that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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