Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Club Cut Domestic Whitetail deerskin weighs roughly

Domestic Whitetail deerskin weighs roughly half of cowhide at equivalent protection

Antique brass zippers for a vintage look

Lighter and more supple than goatskin

the leatherized sheepskin distresses to a suede finish

Flying Tigers WWII Style Silk Blood Chit Club Cut Domestic Whitetail deerskin weighs roughlyThe Flying Tigers blood chit was carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) civilian American aviators who flew P 40 Warhawks for the Chinese Air Force against Imperial Japan beginning in 1941, months before the United States officially entered WWII. The AVG operated over China and Burma, where downed pilots depended on Chinese civilian assistance to survive in Japanese controlled territory. The blood chit printed instructions in Chinese