fishmeok
Well-Known Member
I picked this up a few years ago- it was complete but the zipper was wrong, finish was completely worn off, etc. I first repainted the finish and added a NOS Talon and started wearing it around. Almost immediately the shoulder ripped. So I patched that. Then I noticed the windflap was rotten and decided to stop messing around and just keep it as a pattern to use someday.
My wife cam down ill last summer (cancer) and taking care of my family has occupied all my time. I have not worked on a jacket since last Spring. She is through her treatment now and slowly starting to feel better. I decided to dig through and clean up my old jacket piles. Found the D-1 again, and thought it would be relaxing to start up my machine and give it another go. I removed the old repair and added goatskin reinforcement panels to the shoulder and under the windflap. After dying to the correct color they looked pretty good, so I started wearing it again.
Then the inside left arm panel blew out. I was going to give it up again, but decided to keep going out of sheer bloody-mindedness. I added a huge reinforcement panel to the bottom of the arm and started wearing it again. So far it has held up. I wanted this to look like a field repair so I did not dye to match all the panels.
We'll see what happens next.
Cheers
Mark
My wife cam down ill last summer (cancer) and taking care of my family has occupied all my time. I have not worked on a jacket since last Spring. She is through her treatment now and slowly starting to feel better. I decided to dig through and clean up my old jacket piles. Found the D-1 again, and thought it would be relaxing to start up my machine and give it another go. I removed the old repair and added goatskin reinforcement panels to the shoulder and under the windflap. After dying to the correct color they looked pretty good, so I started wearing it again.
Then the inside left arm panel blew out. I was going to give it up again, but decided to keep going out of sheer bloody-mindedness. I added a huge reinforcement panel to the bottom of the arm and started wearing it again. So far it has held up. I wanted this to look like a field repair so I did not dye to match all the panels.
We'll see what happens next.
Cheers
Mark
