Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
I posted photos of the jacket this time last year after owning it for a year. I thought folks might be interested in seeing it after two years of pretty intensive wear. As mentioned in last years thread, my idea was to wear the jacket as if I had been issued it and not paid for it. I threw everything at it in it's first year but avoiding deliberate misuse. I stopped short of painting my house in it but I've fallen off my bike, lain under my car, it's been splashed with gasoline, diesel, brake fluid and soaked several times plus many other adventures ! That was last year and it's been used in much the same way this year including a fair bit of tree felling and chain saw work. Over this period it's developed even more character and a few faults too. The lining around the neck is wearing in exactly the same manner as an original and both cuffs have developed holes, one through both layers and the other just on the inside, nothing serious though. The repro Talon is as good as new. The stitching is still perfect and the thread has faded nicely. Another update this time next year.