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Originally posted by colin:

That looks identical to the B-15D I got from here. anyone know how to spot the difference between a B15D and an MA1? I expect LN may have the attention to detail to differentiate them (without looking at the tag).

This page is all B-15B's and C's. Since I don't read Japanese (Colin? Don't know if you can help here) I can only look at the pictures on this site- B-15D site. My tag is different to the one photographed-

Top tag:

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JACKET,FLYING,INTERMEDIATE
TYPE B-15D
SPECIFICATION MIL-J-6251A

The lower tag:

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THE B-15D TYPE DESIGNATION
ON THIS JACKET HAS BEEN
CHANGED TO TYPE .B-15D..
(MODIFIED) IN COMPLIANCE
WITH T.O. 14P3-10-501
STOCK NO. 8415-33-9645
SIZE ........42...........

The B15D was the precursor to the MA1 and the differences are barely discernable if at all. Congratulations by the way a free Buzz Rickson is certainly cool

While I appreciate its place in the book, I really can't get at all excited about a Buzz Rickson (or any other flying jacket) in real life.

It's a jacket, guys. You might just as well get enthused about the iconic aspect of particular models of lab coat (come to think of it, somewhere in the world someone probably is...).

Lab Coat for Collectors

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Originally posted by Gromit:
While I appreciate its place in the book, I really can't get at all excited about a Buzz Rickson (or any other flying jacket) in real life.

It's a jacket, guys. You might just as well get enthused about the iconic aspect of particular models of lab coat (come to think of it, somewhere in the world someone probably is...).

Oh dear:
Tha cultural iconography of the MA1 is somewhat more complex than the lab coat.
Apart from is military origins (more on that later) over time it has been invested with succeeding layers of meaning including (but not limited to) the Mod movement in sixties London (along incidently with the Fishtail Parka), a gay icon and most recently the Skinheads. Each of these layers resonate making the MA1 a complex object. Add to this Buzz Ricksons a perfect example of Japanese otaku obsesiveness and the thing positively sings with cultural meaning.
It is also interesting to note that it's origins with the USAF might have a special meaning to the Japanese (Hiroshoma, Nagasaki!).
I really feel sorry for people that look at a great cathedral and see a pile of stones or look at the Mona Lisa and say "but the horizon's not straight" Still there is none so blind who will not see.

Doctor Frankenstein wore a labcoat. (although I can't find a proof...)
Nothing can beat that.

Hmm... maybe a Viking horned helmet.

Now that's a collector item!

I pity the fools who'd fail to see the greatness in it.

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Originally posted by ArkanGL:
Doctor Frankenstein wore a labcoat. (although I can't find a proof...)
Nothing can beat that.

Hmm... maybe a Viking horned helmet.

Now that's a collector item!

I pity the fools who'd fail to see the greatness in it.

It seems extremely unlikely that Dr. Frankenstein would have wore a lab coat since gentlemen scientists of that period did not do so and I don't recall any representation of him doing so. Perhaps you can guide me to one?
A Viking horned helmet would indeed be a collectors item since I spent 11 rears in the British Museum as a photographer and I never saw one. I suspect they are a myth

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I spent 11 rears in the British Museum

They work your arse off at the British Museum.

Very few Vikings wore funnels on their heads either

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Very few Vikings wore funnels on their heads either

That's what the British Museum wants you to think.
But I know better.

*pats his funnel and grins*

Ah you're a Viking then... this would explain your cultural simplicity!

Really. And what explains yours?

(his being British? ^^)

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Originally posted by Sentinel400:
Really. And what explains yours?

My inabilaty to speak french and therefore misunderstand Heidigger and call it semiotics!

Or spell Heidegger.

Is that a photo of you on your avatar stevie-s?

Picky, picky it must be good for you to have the interweb so you can say things to people you wouldn't have the balls to say to there face!

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Originally posted by Upholstered Dave:
Is that a photo of you on your avatar stevie-s?

Yep

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Originally posted by stevie-s:
Picky, picky it must be good for you to have the interweb so you can say things to people you wouldn't have the balls to say to there face!

Don't worry, I'd say it to your face. It is *just* a spelling mistake after all. And "there" does not equal "their".

Oh, right, and this is a nice case of the pot calling the kettle black.

I'm also not shy on this board--I don't think I'd use my real name otherwise.