I have been trying to locate someone that is reproducing a 1932 vest. So far nobody has the material available to make them I.E. Pegasus. Is there anybody out there that currently has them for sale?

Do you mean the green ones?? Pegasus offer them on their website and I have seen them, they are very good. Price, including kapoks, only £170..

Yeah the green. I had emailed Pegasus and was told they were out of stock and didnt have fabric to make more. Sefton no longer can make them as well he tells me

I am working on creating the fabric. I have the correct cotton and am working on dying to the correct grey-green shade.
I don't know why the fabric is an issue for manufacturers of the repro 32 patt vests. It's easy to dye. It's just getting the shade right!
I have been planning on producing a 32 patt vest for a while. But like my other projects, progress is slow due to an expanding family!
Since I'm on the subject:
*The mae west bladder repro project is coming along. It all got delayed as I decided to modify the profile to the later 32 patt bladder. The later shape is easier to produce as it had parallel edges for the "lungs".
*I am also working on a Type 19 microphone repro. I am reverse engineering an original Type 18. I am modelling the mic on the computer. It's early days so I can't say when this will be available.
*I am doing kapok pillows for the 32 patt with real kapok too.
I'll let you know.
The light is at the end of the tunnel!
Cheers
Neil

Neil, is there any possibility any of these items will be available this year? It sounds very exciting!

I was wondering the same and hope to obtain a Mae West for this comming season. Any idea of the price you will ask?

Adam, your best bet may be in obtaining some cotton cailico and attempting to dye it yourself. If you achieve a good result with sufficient enough fabric, you may be able to approach one of the reproers to see whether they would turn it into a 32 pattern. I don't want to be rude and assume that they would be willing to accept the job, but you never know.

Steve Silburn makes the best 1932 pattern mae west's hands down. I have one by him, and it is incredibly hard to distinguish from an original (the only tell being the age and the style of serif he uses for his stamping). There was another chap who made them, I think called Paul French, but I'm not aware that he does this anymore. Some of his vests can be seen in Hawkinge BoB museum. They are also brilliant, but harder to obtain.

Does anyone make the RCAF yellow version of the 32 Mae West?

Unfortunately not Adam. As I said above, your best bet may be in asking the makers whether they're prepared to make one for you if you can source the material. You may end up with a cracking vest.

I have e-mailed Pegasus and more cloth to make 32 mae wests is arriving in around two months time so it's untrue that they are no longer making them..

I had emailed Pegasus a few months ago and he didnt know if and when he would get the Fabric in. I wasnt inferring that he was not making them, just he hadn't the material or vests in stock. It's great to hear that I should be able to get one soon and Thanks for the Info!

Adam,

if your still searching for a 1932 Pattern repro vest, then check out this Ebay item. (Not mine)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290684639939?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Good Luck!
Paul