Buzz Rickson's BR80593 Type A-2 “Contract no. w535 AC-23380 Rough Wear Clothing co.” - S/Brown western and chainstitch runoffs

and chainstitch runoffs

Foot Tannery in Minnesota

and finished with their iconic pink selvedge and inseam

will reveal the leather's brown core over time

Buzz Rickson's BR80593 Type A-2 “Contract no. w535 AC-23380 Rough Wear Clothing co.” - S/Brown western and chainstitch runoffsMiddletown, Pennsylvanias Rough Wear Clothing was awarded five contracts to manufacture the A 2 flight jacket for the U. S. A. A. F. This version was based off the fourth contract: 23380. Made of a vegetable tanned bronco hide, this jacket features a larger collar with a collar stand. The leather is made by soaking Italian raw hides in a tank with tannin extracted from bark. It is then finished with seal brown aniline dye. The result is a jacket that