graffspee Posted January 4, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 4, 2021 I have a set of 1st Pattern Tropical trousers I need some opinions on as far as if they maybe originals or repros. I have several sets of repros and I also have a few original sets as well . These however have stumped me. If they are reproductions they are not like any that I own or have seen and are very close to almost identical my originals but I have a seed of doubt and wanted some other eyes on them to see what others might have to say. https://flic.kr/p/2kp4XjR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted January 4, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 4, 2021 No brainer real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffspee Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted January 4, 2021 1 minute ago, kammo-man said: No brainer real That is what my gut told me but I just was not 100% sure and needed to make sure my eyes were not fooling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 4, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 4, 2021 Repro , these are the ones coming out of Thailand by animal from hell. The tags were numbered ( yours has 2 on it ) as he sold LOADS so the right bidder got right pair. The pocket flaps are square on these and and nearly all real ones are rounded edges. The fakes from Thailand where sold in only small short and medium regular too. Also to note cargo pockets on 1st are a little offset and tend to have the first fold of the upright flap line up the the seam, the repro sit even half n half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 4, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 4, 2021 Here is a shirt I won off him other week and as you can see blue pen and #2 wrote on it too which looks awfully same had writing as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT.Monmouth1943 Posted January 4, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 4, 2021 Personally, without better photos, I wouldn’t want this pair of trousers in my collection. I agree that these look a lot like the 1st pattern pants that animalfromhell was selling awhile back. I’m pretty sure this set of trousers was up on epay recently too. - Jakob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 4, 2021 Share #7 Posted January 4, 2021 Here’s the proof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffspee Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted January 4, 2021 1 minute ago, bravo_2_zero said: Here is a shirt I won off him other week and as you can see blue pen and #2 wrote on it too which looks awfully same had writing as yours Ok. That seems to fit together. I was unaware of those repros. The only ones I know of was Moore Militaria's and those coming from SOF in England and they are far better quality than any of those.. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffspee Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted January 4, 2021 Just now, FT.Monmouth1943 said: Personally, without better photos, I wouldn’t want this pair of trousers in my collection. I agree that these look a lot like the 1st pattern pants that animalfromhell was selling awhile back. I’m pretty sure this set of trousers was up on epay recently too. - Jakob I recently had them listed on there as repros but had a couple of people message me on there saying they were originals. so I pulled the auction until I could confirm. I originally got them at a thrift store where I found several sets for a cheap price in a pile of uniforms. So I bought them and as I had questions about them I listed them as repros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 4, 2021 Share #10 Posted January 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, graffspee said: Ok. That seems to fit together. I was unaware of those repros. The only ones I know of was Moore Militaria's and those coming from SOF in England and they are far better quality than any of those.. Thanks for the heads up. I’ve not got any green tropicals from him but bought an exposed 1st cut tropical tiger shirt from him. It’s made identical to the greens and comes with same tags that says small short but fits me and I’m a large regular ( work that out ! ). The selling price from Thailand was about $39 a pair till they hit eBay USA and they then started selling in the multiple 100’s. but yes mate these are genuine animal from hell fakes , I’m not saying repro as they leave hints to say repro where these are 100% deceptive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 4, 2021 Share #11 Posted January 4, 2021 This is a tropical shirt I got from him last week too for $39 which is identical to the green ones he was selling ( identical tags with same DSA codes ). The shirt is also marked on the neck with #1 as he had 3 that week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heptonic48 Posted January 5, 2021 Share #12 Posted January 5, 2021 It's crazy that they're reproducing those tags now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted January 5, 2021 Share #13 Posted January 5, 2021 Here’s the thingYou always should have full disclosure where and when you find something including pre information when asking for advice.Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo_2_zero Posted January 5, 2021 Share #14 Posted January 5, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeStevens Posted January 5, 2021 Share #15 Posted January 5, 2021 Repro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted January 5, 2021 Share #16 Posted January 5, 2021 Animalfromhell is not the manufacturer he is just one of many different sellers in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 6, 2021 Share #17 Posted January 6, 2021 The tags were the first red flags for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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