Federal shell jacket...

[reb290]

Re: Federal shell jacket...

Aaron, it looks like the buttons are missing to me.

Unless it's the flash, that lining sure looks shiny, was it some sort of polished cotton perhaps?

In the first photo the Buttons are on the bottom of the Picture not attached.

[thad gallagher]

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This shell jacket looks nearly identical to the one I wore in my "mainstream" days during the 125ths. Needless to say, there have been many improvements in the hobby and better research since then.

[ohpkirk]

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Well said, Nick.

Too often people ask, "Who makes the best...." instead of "what features should I look for when purchasing.....". While not everyone is a trained tailor, access to originals (be it through the glass at a museum or through digital means) is not out of the reach of any member of this board. It is only by looking at the original that you can ascertain what features you need to be looking for when purchasing your next item. Do your own research and don't depend on what others tell you. It is only through this method (unless evidence can be presented by the individual on the topic at hand) that you can depend on what is correct and what is incorrect. Even the answers on this thread contain what some call "gunshow knowledge" which may contain some pertinent information, but is mainly hear-say and generalization.

[GreencoatCross]

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Nick and Cody,

Harumph!

[JacobReichwein]

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Blockade runner? lmfao

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

If there is a postive in this thread, it is that the "Who" made a Reproduction Widget is irrevelent to "How" it compares to the Original Widget in four factors on a Sliding Scale:

1. Period raw materials
2. Period patterns, models, and forms
3. Period methods of construction or manufacture
4. What degree of the above three the State of the Hobby accepts as:
a. doable
b. affordable
c. desireable in what part or entirety
d. able to be replicated, or simulated by substitution such as aniline dyestuff for vegetable, etc.

To that end, and where this has started and gone, this thread is closed.

Curt