Jason Desborough
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Any help greatly appreciated.
Jason
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Calling all original Irvin jacket experts
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Any help greatly appreciated.
Jason
Jason Desborough
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Yep I bought it about a month ago from ebay. I have since removed the motorcycle patch and treated it with Pecards antique leather dressing. It's a lovely old jacket, not bad condition. Lightning front zipper and dot zippers on the sleeves.
Bombing IP
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Do you wear it . I ask because it needs a bloody good cleaning .
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Jason Desborough
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No not yet but I do plan to. Since these pictures were taken I've given it a spot clean with warm water and a small amount of mild dish soap as advised online, and then treated it with Pecards. How should I be cleaning it?
Steve27752
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Later jackets omitted the neck strap.
Jason Desborough
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Thanks Steve. It appears to be a later jacket due to the multi panels
Bombing IP
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I assume you are in the UK ,there is a company that restores Irvins they also clean them . I will try and research the company name for you . Me I am not an expert in sheepskin jackets and would not be able to advise you .
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Bombing IP
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Hi may be someone has used this company and can recommend them .I see they do heavy cleaning which does not seem too expensive . As I say this is not my area of expertise .
http://www.bysonleather.co.uk/BYSON LEATHERS FLYING PRICE.htm
http://www.bysonleather.co.uk/
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http://www.bysonleather.co.uk/BYSON LEATHERS FLYING PRICE.htm
http://www.bysonleather.co.uk/
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Micawber
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Byson are pretty close to you Jason. I used to use a company in Baldock for sympathetic cleaning but that was 20+ years ago. That said as long as the dirt was honest I would generally leave it as it was part of it's character. This stuff gets more fragile with each passing year and cleaning cycle.
Steve27752
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It is, they were often made from the trousers.
Spitfireace
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Dish soap is not the best stuff to use as it will dry out the fleece. The best stuff to use is a product called Eucalan. It contains lanolin which is found naturally in sheep fleece. So this will help to restore the natural oils. It can be found at wool knitting type stores.
Spitfireace
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Definitely no heavy fleece jackets should be on a hanger. Even maybe WW2 A-2's as it just adds stress to the shoulders. Finally took mine off a hanger in the closet after a dozen years of owning it and put it in in a drawer with a suit sip up cover on it. The three largest drawers of my pine chest of drawers have a jacket per drawer. I hear cedar drawers are even better as it keeps out the moths all together, but if you put a zip up suit cover on it, should be fine.
Jason Desborough
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Sorry I've only just seen all these replies, thanks everyone for the tips. Regarding storage, it's currently on this hanger not the one pictured; https://www.hangerworld.com/adult-c...cedar-wood-suit-hanger-bulbous-arms-45cm.html
Is this suitable? I know a thinner hanger can damage the shoulders, but I also read on the Aero Leather website to never store a heavy leather jacket on a hanger the shape of this one either due to creases down the front. Aero sell a hanger but it's out of stock until end of April. I have very little room to store the jacket laid flat in my little 1 bedroom cottage, even my wardrobe is only about 3ft wide by 3ft high!
Is this suitable? I know a thinner hanger can damage the shoulders, but I also read on the Aero Leather website to never store a heavy leather jacket on a hanger the shape of this one either due to creases down the front. Aero sell a hanger but it's out of stock until end of April. I have very little room to store the jacket laid flat in my little 1 bedroom cottage, even my wardrobe is only about 3ft wide by 3ft high!
Jason Desborough
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Also I know of Byson leather and they aren't too far away from me, but tbh funds are low at the moment and although the cost of cleaning is reasonable, I fear that they might find a list of things that they insist need doing as well. I'm not too fussed about it being dirty, as Micawber said it adds to its character and being nearly 80 years old I can forgive it for appearing well used. I didn't clean the fleece with dish soap, I dare not clean the wool as I wouldn't know where to start. I just lightly cleaned a couple of patches on the front that were green I think from the brass buckle tarnishing. Then applied Pecards to the whole jacket quite liberally. Contemplating selling this jacket if anyone is interested. I can get newer pictures. I would say that it's an Irvin size 4, so suit someone; height 5'8-5'9, chest 36-38 and waist 32-34
Jason Desborough
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My missus, as probably most women, has a ludicrous amount of clothes and under the bed is already already crammed with (her) clothes storage boxes. I have asked her to have a sort out out though and make some room which she said she is actually doing as we speak... so we shall see when I get home from work tonight around 11. Fingers crossed as would like to be able to store it correctly
Jason Desborough
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One more thing, completely unrelated, does anyone know what manufacturer this contract number relates to in reference to Irvin jackets; H.539779?
