wwii axis reenactment forum

mario33 wrote:I have Speaarhead windjacke at home. Sorry to burst your bubble but its just not good enough.

The most annoying thing is the textile. Its way too soft and not at all windproof. Just a simple cotton twill... If you carefully look you may find that all 'creases' are soft and 'flowing' instead of keeping stiff as in windproof material.

I purchased a repro Windjacke from Spearhead this past summer. They have changed the fabric to the same one they use on their repro anoraks. A positive change fron the old fabric. It is certainly more windproof since it appears to be made from a harder cotton twill rather than just a soft cotton.

The cuffs still only have one button instead of two but that can be corrected without too much effort.

Mike

Hans Kurtz wrote:.Try the Ebay dealer 'Aviator'......

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Memory1945/Ger ... 513&_pgn=3

? where?

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Guten Tag,

I finally had a chance to wear the second generation Windjacke from Spearhead. It is a certain improvement over the first model. I wore it on a winter hike last week. It was a cloudy day in the woods with temps around the freezing mark and light West/South-West winds. The fabric is much more wind-proof than the first model. It is certainly not as good as Goretex but it does okay.

Mike

Is the Windjacke sold by Zenker Militaria one of Hiki Shop's products? http://hikishop.net/wwii-german-gebirgs ... p-343.html

David

Has anyone purchased HIKISHOP's anorak or windjacke? I know for certain their GJ caps are piss-poor, but the anorak / windjacke don't look half bad. He just released some top of the line looking tunics, and whilst browsing I went back to their GJ section and was peeking at these again. If you've purchased one, chime in with the quality!

Danke!

http://hikishop.net/wehrmacht-mountain- ... 47_56.html

Hans Kurtz wrote:The buttons...well as per any repro, you throw them away and (make your own-yes make your own)...or buy compressed paper originals.

What was the diameter of these paper buttons ? for a Gebirgsjäger anorak 14, 15, 16 or 17 mm ?

Goethe wrote:Has anyone purchased HIKISHOP's anorak or windjacke?

http://hikishop.net/wehrmacht-mountain- ... 47_56.html

Does anyone have any of these ? Are they windproof ? Are they accurate ? ..and is it the same anorak as http://militaria-net.co.uk sells ?

Cheers

feldman wrote: Does anyone have any of these ? Are they windproof ? Are they accurate ? ..and is it the same anorak as http://militaria-net.co.uk sells ?

Cheers

The one that militaria-net sells is the same as the Gavin Militaria one. I own that anorak, and the color is like a baby poop yellowish brown, the front pockets are not separated with stitching (one big gaping pocket) and the "roller buckles" on the sleeves are poor.. I've spent some time "tea-staining" mine to get it to be a proper color, and also mucking it up, but it definitely was not worth the $100 I spent on it.

At least the color on militaria-net is more true to form than this blatant lie on Gavin's site:



Not a HORRIBLE reproduction.. just not good.

Cheers.

ok, thanks for input.

I have a green/gray one from militaria.net. Front pockets on that one is separated with stitching. Spent £69 on that one. Its not much field tested yet though, so i have to get back on that.

Another good supplier of windjacke/windbluse. A bit pricey, but as with most of their items, some top quality reproductions.

Top Pots - Windjacke
http://www.toppots.net/main.php?do=clie ... =317&type=

Top Pots - Anorak
http://www.toppots.net/main.php?do=clie ... 17&type=#a

The top pots Windjacke cut looks nice , but why is it not Green ? Why does nobody want to make these things in their original colour ? Even the pictures Zenker put out now of their Windjacke seems to be more beige . I know these things fade , but every single original I've seen is a green / olive drab colour . and every literary reference I've read states the same .

Yeah they never seem to hit the colors right, I have an original of both - if only they made 'em like this:



sigh..

Thanks Goethe , fantastic Windjacke and anorak I have an old repro anorak exactly like that , so what's the problem with the Windjackes ? By the way , any chance of getting a pattern copied from that one ? I have someone who will reproduce them exactly ( colour and all ) , just need the pattern

Horrido Bergkamerad .

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That seems to be about the best I've seen though will have to replace the buttons , £90 not too expensive , Jagermeister , exactly how stiff is the material do you know ?

Many thanks for the link ,

Regards , Steve .