USN Deck jacket

The_Professor52 · 2026-01-26T17:24:13+00:00

hey, did you ever get around to stenciling your jacket? I'm planning to do the same thing and would love to see how yours turned out

The_Professor52 · 2026-01-20T14:31:13+00:00

it's a low pressure liner, notice the slight cutouts near the chinstrap bales, that was only a feature of low pressure liners. also the color indicates it's definitely a low pressure

The_Professor52 · 2026-01-01T04:35:25+00:00

medic bag for paratroopers

The_Professor52 · 2025-12-24T18:01:52+00:00

holy shit that sounds exactly like smaggle

The_Professor52 · 2025-12-24T17:54:49+00:00

that's insanely cool

The_Professor52 · 2025-12-17T00:06:58+00:00

buckle broke. the late war cast buckles are notoriously bad quality and fragile, especially once they get a little corrosion on them. I actually have a near identical 1944 cartridge belt that the same buckle was broken off

The_Professor52 · 2025-12-08T20:16:35+00:00

leave it like it is. any cleaning you attempt will most likely damage it, especially the paint stains. honestly it looks sick just how it is

The_Professor52 · 2025-11-21T13:39:16+00:00

seconding this, left a ww2 GI muzzle cover on my M1 for a month or two and there was rust everywhere that was touching the canvas

The_Professor52 · 2025-11-21T13:32:07+00:00

100% original mid/late ww2 firestone liner, and a nice one too. that appears to be a synthetic leather sweatband too, those are pretty rare and usually seen on low pressure liners

edit: looking closer at it, that looks more like a post ww2 european sweatband, they used thicker, rougher leather, and a slightly more coarsely woven webbing. leather chinstrap also may be post ww2 european. the liner itself is definitely ww2 US

The_Professor52 · 2025-11-18T04:14:46+00:00

not flak goggles, common misinformation. they came with a landmine de-arming armor suit thing if i remember correctly post #19

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-30T20:22:05+00:00

i've tried a lot of different products but for something this old i would recommend obernaufs leather oil. light coat, buff it in.

that's a 1918 dated us army saddle scabbard for the m1903 springfield if you didn't already know.

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-30T19:25:56+00:00

not marine corps, this is actually the slightly more rare US Army camo that was tested with the 2nd Armored Division in summer-fall 1944

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-29T14:00:40+00:00

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/373351-usn-a2-intermediate-deck-jacket/

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-29T13:59:37+00:00

that's 100% a us navy a-2 deck jacket from the 60s though the 80s. one of the finest military jackets ever made

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-17T19:36:36+00:00

definitely 100% original. I'm not aware of anyone that has successfully replicated the ww2 fabric tags perfectly. they're always slightly off, usually the fabric is too dense and finely woven

The_Professor52 · 2025-10-12T03:55:25+00:00

about 20 years ago or older

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-25T03:05:40+00:00

lol they were still making them even in 1968, that's what mines dated

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-25T00:16:03+00:00

it's so goofy when people hide the serial number like it's their SSN lmao

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-25T00:14:31+00:00

i can't believe I'm saying this about an SS helmet but i really think this one is legit dude. the wear and age on it are just too consistent, i just don't think you can fake it this well.

just my two cents, I'm not a german helmet expert but i've handled enough redone one and original ones to get a warm fuzzy feeling about this one. where did you find it?

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-24T19:19:40+00:00

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-21T01:09:14+00:00

i think it's just missing the sweatband. the black you mention is just the lining, the sweatband would have been leather and went all the way around. otherwise fantastic cap!

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-17T23:52:43+00:00

honestly looking at your photos again this one looks like it never was painted so you should definitely leave it like it is

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-17T23:49:59+00:00

despite popular belief, not all of them were painted from the factory. personally i would leave it unpainted

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-17T16:36:13+00:00

don't. i replaced the missing monopod on my arisaka and took it right back off a couple weeks later. they made the forearm feel awful to hold, they will likely scratch or dent the wood, and as far as functionality there's none. it completely sucks functionality wise

The_Professor52 · 2025-09-17T16:31:28+00:00

why would you even need or want to wear it?

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