Tropical Breast Eagle

[John Hodgin]

Was sent this the other week.

[Paul Woodbyrne]

Dont like it fake eagle, has that spidery stiching to the body, and if you removed it you will find this black type of cloth. Regards Paul.

[John Hodgin]

Certainly agree Paul, exactly what I told the guy who sent the tunic for review. Will post some more photos and would like your thoughts on the tunic itself.

[Gustav 43]

both are bad IMO,eagle and tunic too....I do not like the tunic fabric and the stitching,let's see some more pics John

[John Hodgin]

Thanks for checking this thread Gustav. Because I have not been able to attend any large shows in a good while I have not kept up with reproductions. The breast eagle was glaringly bad, but the construction of the tunic was quite good.

Left pocket detail. Forgive the bad lighting, I did not bother to shoot these in the studio but simply shot some quick images by window light on my dining table.

[John Hodgin]

Markings.

[John Hodgin]

Pocket construction detail, which brings up a personal discussion I would like to have with you going forward.

[antifake]

IMO only buttons are real, jacket and eagle are bad.

Regards Radek

[Willi Z.]

I agree. Markings, fabric, etc, all fake.

However, certainly better than the fakes which are more commonly enountered, and were made 15+ years ago.

[Gene]

Basically a nice repro; Chinese made?

[Willi Z.]

Interesting about using original buttons....they have always been rare.

[SMP]

Interesting about using original buttons....they have always been rare.

Genuine tropical buttons, or original buttons with fake tropical paint ?


( ugly eagle , btw )

[Jos L C]

The size stamps are funny, they indicate that the sleeves are 70 or 71 cm long, that's very long.., besides that the whole thing looks fake.


Jos

[Paul Woodbyrne]

One last thing if the fakers try to age the tunic and wash it to try and fade it, their is a black backing cloth to that eagle, which is not colour fast, and will stain the tunic black. I know this because I bought an original tunic with similar eagle and some one washed it, and some of the black dye from the eagle leaked. I removed the fake eagle , and replaced with original. The thing was I don't believe the tunic ever had an eagle in the first place, so kind of messed it up. Still nice worn tunic. Paul.