Got these last night....

[Birdie]

Dear Martin,

Thanks for your kindly comment.

Yes, I made it by myself.

 

I collect the real war time items,

but I never worn the old, historic piece,

Just collecting and collecting,

Piece after piece,

Full with every where in the house!

 

So why I do the reproduction?

Actually just for myself at the beginning,

I can do it for my size(M/LONG, hard to find), any pattern or any version what I like.

I can wear it for daily life, or wear it for survival game,

And it's washable, won't tear, no hole..

 

It's not easy to make the reproductions,

There are many requirements,

for example, the sewing machines, I have 5 of them, most of them were '60's.

1. Basic lock stitch.

2. Double train stitch.

3. Over lock stitch.

4. Eyelet machine.

5. Bar track machine.

The only one which I don't have is the button hole machine.

After that, fabric, buttons, zippers, snaps...more space....cost lot of money...

 

I reproduced the Mitchell pattern fabric,

The only reason is, I don't want to destory the historic shelterhelf.

 

And I like to say, if sell the reproduction as "REAL", it become the "FAKE"

 

But I never do it like that.

 

For fun!

 

Birdie

[American Graffiti]

he said something about finding a dead mouse in the box and there are nibbles in the cloth on both jackets.

 

Veddy nice jackets, firstly. Secondly, die mouse die! That'll teach you for chewin up the good stuff. Did it have a smile on it's face?

 

Really nice to see this stuff, thank you Spike,

 

Silent Si

[Spike]

A. G., please post up pictures of the float coat you got in Japan, I heard there was some repairs on it and I'd like to see how good, or bad, a job was done fixing it.

[Spike]

Hey, American Graffiti, how about some pics of you SEAL coat?

[kammo-man]

Spike ,

Why do you need to see another jacket that is not custom made and conforms to a set pattern as made by the government ??

Who cares ???\

Boring

owen

[Croix de Guerre]

Sorry to be naive but Viet Nam isn't my time period,,too new for me! (We used to call it surplus) How much is a jacket like this worth on average?

[Spike]

Too much.....

[vintageproductions]

Sorry to be naive but Viet Nam isn't my time period,,too new for me! (We used to call it surplus) How much is a jacket like this worth on average?

 

 

These jackets are very rare and very expensive. They usually sell for a few $1,000.00, depending upon which model and pattern it is made of.

[filupe]

When he found these jackets at his place he said something about finding a dead mouse in the box and there are nibbles in the cloth on both jackets.

 

I feel your pain ... my mint 'float coat' was the same ... except that the mouse seemed to have absconded with the tag as well ...

[American Graffiti]

A. G., please post up pictures of the float coat you got in Japan, I heard there was some repairs on it and I'd like to see how good, or bad, a job was done fixing it.

 

YO,

Will do ASAP

[American Graffiti]

Hey, American Graffiti, how about some pics of you SEAL coat?

 

Yo,

I'm on it, you guys, plus maybe some other goodies!

 

Silent Si

[bravo_2_zero]

Sorry to be naive but Viet Nam isn't my time period,,too new for me! (We used to call it surplus) How much is a jacket like this worth on average?

I saw a major repair job one once sell for £600 GBP. It had no ammo pockets only the jungle lower ones ( you could see where the ammo packets were due to the fade difference ). The jacket was faded and was in a small size too.

[kammo-man]

Hi Dudes

I was looking through my shots and found these pix that We took at the Fort Mc Authur show in Southern California 2 years ago .

We are all wearing SEAL type clothing and my purpose in showing these shots is to let you see how the Float coats look on, as opposed to lying on the ground or on a hanger .I will name everything as it comes up so be patient .

Sorry in advance as some of the shots are a little dark but we used a vintage camera .

owen

kammo man

[kammo-man]

Long shot of the back of the Rifleman jacket .

In the middle there is provision for a first aid pouch attached through cloth grommets.

You can also see the ammo pouches present .

[kammo-man]

Here is the Radio man jacket .

As you know the back of this jacket has a flap that rolls up exposing the PRC 25 which is worn underneath .

this jacket is a Green dom Rip stop.

[kammo-man]

Here is a jacket that has been modified .

This is a Grenadier version .

As you can see it also has the wee medical pouch in the middle of the back .

this is in Ripstop

[kammo-man]

Back of jacket showing all pockets

[kammo-man]

Here is the front of a Green dom Poplin coat .

you can see the sun hitting on the pockets on the left side .

sorry once again about the dark shots and ugly models but this might help to put a human face on a cool piece of US clothing history .

owen

kammoman

[Andrei]

Here is a jacket that has been modified .

This is a Grenadier version .

As you can see it also has the wee medical pouch in the middle of the back .

this is in Ripstop

 

Who is this handsome sailor ?

[kammo-man]

If you mean this guy , his name is Joe cool .

complete with vintage Levis and a Stoner

[kammo-man]

Lets not forget the ERDL leg pockets .

[kammo-man]

Here is another shot of the back of my float coat in its full glory .

Note the WW2 first aid pouch and drawcord just below it .

[kammo-man]

Nice shot of the Radio mans jacket

[kammo-man]

Paul is the other white meat ,only he is green with envy at our coats .

[kammo-man]

By the time we took this shot Joe cools mummy had came along and told him he had to go home and have his weekly bath .

It was a saturday evening and as all naughty boys know thats bath night .

I changed into a tiger jacket and loaded up with a 60 .