Repro Irvin project - UPDATE!

[jonnyboy]

Hi guys,

After a very, very long wait, I'm soon to receive my new sheepskins! I'm expecting a sample any day now from the tannery of the skins they're produced for me, to check before they ship the first batch. So, I'll hopefully be able to take orders for jackets by the end of this month!

They've matched to a sample of the skins I used to make the test jackets. Here's test jacket #1 after almost 12 months (it's nearly its first birthday, so I thought it would be good to show a couple of comparison pics of it next to an original Irvin). The original isn't the pattern jacket, but it is quite similar:

Cheers,

Jon

 

[Jason]

Damn fine job! At a casual glance thats virtually indistinguishable from the original. The original is the one on the left, right?

 

[flyboy]

Looking good!

 

[fleet16b]

For what it's worth , I actually like the repro better than the original.
Really nice creasing starting to show
A really great looking jacket
Keep going with this !!!

 

[Peter Graham]

Truly great work. You're a real craftsman. That's the best repro Irvin I've ever seen.

 

[mindful]

wow looks great

 

[philip.ed]

That's just astounding.

In my eyes that's an art form in itself. Well done!

 

[Roughwear]

The repro Irvin is breaking in very well indeed. Keep up the good work.

 

[Andrew]

Great stuff Jon. Hopefully my project will eventuate this year- still hanging out for the economic reversal!

 

[HHjackets]

very nice, i couldn't tell them apart. came back to this post after a few days, i looked to see which one has a label and which one has a seam on the sleeve to tell them apart.
well done.