Buzz Rickson's A-2 Purchased new last year. Beautiful condition, worn only a few times. The smell of the leather still lingers. Size 38 Shoulder width: 44cm Body width: 53.5cm Sleeve length: 64cm Length: 61cm (Please allow for some error) The A-2, with its pattern originating in 1930, was produced by designated contractors in as many as 39 production lots until 1943. Among them, Weber Sportswear was one of the oldest manufacturers with a history of supplying A-2s to the military since 1933, before the war. Weber Sportswear produced the A-2 four times until 1941, and the third lot, manufactured in 1939, is this A-2. The zipper used is different from those produced during the war, featuring a grommet zipper. This was a mainstream zipper in the 1930s, where the end of the body and the zipper were crimped with eyelets. Also, the rib knit seam at the waist has a topstitch, as seen on the Navy's G-1, and this specification is a characteristic of Weber Sportswear's first three lots. This elaborate specification differs from the A-2s made during the war. The leather used for this A-2 is horsehide, tanned with tannin extracted from tree bark, then carefully rubbed with wax by craftsmen, and made with an original recipe. The deep wrinkles that develop with wear create an exquisite contrast on the surface, and eventually, the A-2 undergoes a dramatic transformation, becoming a second skin far beyond what was imaginable when it was new.