Let's see some doeskin Offizier bluse please

[John Pic]

Achtung the best way to tell is in hand but the second one post IMO is not for certain...the other could be but from the photos it also has a chance of not being doeskin. Doeskin has nap but the wool is boiled then compressed to form a very smooth soft surface...I have seen in recent years collectord calling very fine high quality wool "doeskin" when in fact its different.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Earlier

I am with the earlier Poster on this Doeskin Tunic Issue, here is a very fresh Graduate of SS-Schule Tölz.....And please note his Doeskin Hat, a perfect Fit !

[JurgenHaack]

Close up of doeskin offiziers mantel.

[John Pic]

Yes that is what I am talking about..that is doeskin and it seems to have been used quite often in the Greatcoat's as I have seen many Doeskin greatcoats...

[Johnny R]

The last image is the only doeskin from either one of the two threads posted. Doeskin is called that as it feels like very soft suede leather and the nap is like peach fuzz almost. I agree with John, for whatever reason you see it more often with overcoats.

[JurgenHaack]

Agreed gents on the doeskin and mantels.

[A c h t u n g !]

It seems that each of us can have a different opinion on how the doeskin should look like; perhaps the only true doeskin is the example that Dr. Strangelove posted.
From left to right: my doeskin visor, TK tunic I posted earlier (just a bit nappier), early-quality M36 EM tunic (more napier and coarser-to-touch), M40 EM tunic (even more coarser)

[Johnny R]

The only doeskin there, to me as I have always referred to it is the example on the far left.

[A c h t u n g !]

The only doeskin there, to me as I have always referred to it is the example on the far left.

Maybe but the example second from the left (TK officer tunic) is much closer to the visor doeskin (far left) than to other two examples (M36 and M40 EM tunics on the right) - in terms of look and feel-to-the-touch, and as a matter of fact, when you hold them in hands you can hardly notice any difference (in this picture flash made it more apparent)

[Johnny R]

Based on the photo the second on looks like a less fine weave. Doeskin has a streaking appearance as the result of a very fine weave. the streaking can be seen on the overcoat and on the example to the left. It is very tightly and finely woven almost like flannel but a little heavier in density.

[A c h t u n g !]

Based on the photo the second on looks like a less fine weave. Doeskin has a streaking appearance as the result of a very fine weave. the streaking can be seen on the overcoat and on the example to the left. It is very tightly and finely woven almost like flannel but a little heavier in density.

It is a close-up picture. From the distance the overcoat photographed the second example will look the same. Apparently, it is not exactly as visor and maybe it is not doeskin to you, but it is a very fine quality too, much better than even the early 1936 EM tunic and I am sure many other collectors would call it doeskin too. I guess "doeskin" is a relative term.

[John Pic]

The second example from the TK tunic looks to be a much higher grade of the standard weave wool/rayon blend. I have seen this before and probably a private purchase piece . I wonder if it cost as much as Doeskin would have? Certainly not a cheap weave of wool..but this was a career soldier from the first war so possibly able to afford a little better. Awesome tunic by the way.