IHJ-96-OLV - 10.5oz Chino Tanker Jacket - Olive
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FWIW, I believe the deciding difference in Bomber vs Tanker is the collar:
Tanker is a stand up collar - Bombers either have a flat ribbed collar or fold over collar. I'm totally guessing, but I take a bomber has no stand up collar so it would fit a flight helmet comfortably, while a tanker artillery soldier would have a top crown helmet, not infringing on a stand up collar.
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That may well be the case… makes sense to me.
Based in what I’ve been reading, the interesting thing is that what we now call a “bomber” is actually a flight jacket. Whereas the OG bomber jackets were necessarily much heavier as the bombers during WWII were sitting in rickety air fortresses that went quite slowly at much higher altitudes.
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What a beautiful jacket
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Was hoping to get some sizing advice. Was ready to pull the trigger on a size Small (i'm 5'9" 145 lbs) but noticed that AJ who is similarly sized to me is a size Medium. I am a size small on all IH shirt across the board however i recently sold my Whipcord Work Jacket (IHJ-61) because it was difficult to wear any thick sweaters comfortably underneath. I assume there is no liner in this which means it will wear slightly larger? I still think I am a small but any encouragement is appreciated.
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I assume there is no liner in this which means it will wear slightly larger?
I wouldn’t assume anything, but trust measurements. Use the websites «Compare» function to check this against your IHJ-91. You can factor in the lack of lining then. If this comes up the same size as your earlier jacket in the chest then yes, you will have more room. If it comes up smaller it shouldn’t be an issue.
All that being said, given that I would take my normal L In this (I wear L in jackets and XL in shirts), and given what you write, I’d be surprised of you were an M.
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wow, these went fast - luckily, I still managed to grab one from @Iron Heart Germany
so much looking forward to wearing it
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wow, these went fast - luckily, I still managed to grab one from @Iron Heart Germany
so much looking forward to wearing itCongratulations. They were very popular. I’m so happy to see IH jackets that aren’t trucker variants or N-1’s getting the recognition they richly deserve.
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Really like this jacket and how clean it is without the embroidery in the front. Very clean, beautiful silhouette, and super cool with the popped collar. Any chance of making this jacket in the sort of unsanforized denim that was used on that N1 jacket?
