Thanks @Giles and @organisys!

My grandfather flew out of Natal, Brazil. He said the local seamstresses would disassemble one jacket, maybe one that was falling apart / torn and stitch it to the bottom of another. So that's effectively what I had done.  He said the coats he saw had interior pockets so He said this was a perfect example of what he saw during the war. I've never heard of another example. Never seen another example. These were not B7s because they were made in Brazil, had different detail elements and were from before 1945.  By 45 my grandfather had already flown enough missions to get to go home, so he was seeing these in 43-44. Not during the 45 B7 contract.  I assume now that he was seeing B6s converted or even bootleg shearlings made in Brazil spliced to other Brazilian bootleg shearling replicas. Whatever. What I had made was not an attempt at a government contract replica, rather an attempt to recreate a coat my grandfather described as "the greatest coat" he'd ever seen.

If anyone is interested in more or better pics let me know.

I drove to central PA to have a full length shearling bomber custom made to protect me from NYC winters.  It was based on a description my grandfather gave of a few custom coats that he saw gunners wearing during WWII.  He was a Navy Pilot and flew a PB4Y and earned a distinguished flying cross for service.  He said that he wanted to see one of those coats before he died, so I had one made.  It took me a long time to find someone that would do it and to get to them for measurements.  When I finally had it made and showed it to him it brought a tear to his eye, and when he tried it on it was too heavy for him to even wear - it weighs about 15 lbs.  When I've got it and my White's smoke jumpers on, I am like 25lbs heavier.  I feel like Mad Max/Bane, but I now live somewhere super warm.  I don't get to wear it but like twice a year, but I feel like it saved my life in NYC.  When I wear it there I will get stopped on the street by people asking me where I got it.  It always seems that Russian men are the only ones that ever ask to try it on, and I usually oblige.

I wanted to put an IH sticker on my Chevelle, but I figured I couldn't mix the biker gear with muscle car.

I've gotten a few of their leather pouches. They're well built, and the customer service is really great.

that looks awesome!

Does anyone have experience with these and the selvedge boot cut version?  I was wondering about any subtle differences that people might have picked up on by wearing both.  I have a pair of these, non-selvedge, but I am also interested in getting a pair in the selvedge.

Just picked up the "special" pair with the little nick in the fabric.  I thought these seemed like a super great deal for some nice, quality duck work pants.  I am sure they'll get more than their fair share of cuts, scratches and stains in the coming months, so I figured a little starting blemish wouldn't be a problem at all.

that is awesome work.

This is all great stuff.  As a new member, I just spent hours going through the old posts on this thread.  Really amazing group of people making amazing works of art and craft.