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Saturday, 21 March 2009

Buzz Ricksons Brown Tank Jacket BR11545


http://item.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/br11545/
I got this jacket from Hinoya in Ueno.

Most tank jackets with slash pockets are a khaki colour. eg.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/br10994_01/

Buzz Ricksons found an original vintage brown leaf colour Tank Jacket with a crown chevron zipper, and they produced a replication of this as the BR11096. (around 2007?)

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/amekajishop-klax-on/br11096.html

This year they have a plain version of the same jacket as the BR11545. They also have a version of this with a painted pink tank decal on the back.

Details:
MATERIAL:Cotton - West Point Uniform Twill 
COLOR:Brown 
FASTENER:CROWN Military Use Aluminum Die Casting Chevron 
LINING:26oz. Wool Blanket 
LABEL:Buzz Rickson Sportswear Co., Inc.


It's quite warm. I was originally looking at the B10 and the N-1 jackets, but they were just to hot and bulky for what I can wear, and I settled on this jacket instead.

Other Tank versions you might find interesting:
  • Toys McCoys Batman


Tank Jackets in the Movies:
  • Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver wears a version of the Tank jacket with the Gorilla patch on the arm. This is the Real McCoys replica jacket above.

  • Eugene "Doc" Roe wears a Tank jacket in Band of Brothers, especially seen in episode 5.
I also wanted to look at the Buzz Ricksons replica pea coat as an alternative
http://www.buzzricksons.jp/product/us_navy-0018.html
but apparently it sold out in October!

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