FlyingYankee
Active Member
Does this belong to anyone here?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151511379115?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151511379115?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
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Irving
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John Lever
Moderator
Is it a prototype ? The arm shape looks slightly off ,cuffs too wide ?
FlyingYankee
Active Member
Also selling a GW B3 but the measurements are off.
Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
Superb jacket. Wonder why he's selling it.
jonnyboy
Member
Hi guys,
I seem to think that the wider cuffs on this one were a customer request. They're normally narrower. My sleeve pattern is taken from three original jackets, so is fairly typical of those found on original Irvins.
I often have requests to add more length, widen the shoulders, etc. As I make each jacket to order, this isn't usually a problem. I did turn down the request to make a knee length Irvin though!
Simon, who's selling this jacket, bought one of my initial test jackets. The original owner of the ebay jacket needed to sell it before I'd finished making it, due to cash issues, so I'm guessing Simon bought it, but maybe the fit isn't right for him?
Cheers,
Jon
I seem to think that the wider cuffs on this one were a customer request. They're normally narrower. My sleeve pattern is taken from three original jackets, so is fairly typical of those found on original Irvins.
I often have requests to add more length, widen the shoulders, etc. As I make each jacket to order, this isn't usually a problem. I did turn down the request to make a knee length Irvin though!
Simon, who's selling this jacket, bought one of my initial test jackets. The original owner of the ebay jacket needed to sell it before I'd finished making it, due to cash issues, so I'm guessing Simon bought it, but maybe the fit isn't right for him?
Cheers,
Jon
Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
A knee length Irvin. The mind boggles !
jonnyboy
Member
Peter, I know - a knee length Irvin would look pretty odd!
Saying that, when I bought my sewing machines a few years back, the old guy who ran the company that I got them from said that he had a mid-thigh length Irvin jacket made for him by Irvin Airchute when they used to supply sewing machines to them during the war! I think he must have been a young lad then, so probably looked a character in his extra long Irvin!
Saying that, when I bought my sewing machines a few years back, the old guy who ran the company that I got them from said that he had a mid-thigh length Irvin jacket made for him by Irvin Airchute when they used to supply sewing machines to them during the war! I think he must have been a young lad then, so probably looked a character in his extra long Irvin!
FlyingYankee
Active Member
Temping, as I would really like an Irvin, I just don't thick those arms are long enough. When I get some bread I will probably order one from Jonny. also a good excuse to visit France
