Maverickson
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
As an avid vintage jacket collector, I'm aware of several schools of thought as concerning vintage jacket restoration. My concern has and continues to be centered around doing what is best to make any particular jacket serviceable while attempting to keep it as authentic as possible.
My latest restoration project of a G&F M-422A which I just completed is a good case in point. I have several photos seen below of this same jacket in various stages of completion from start to finish . This jacket was originally purchased by another VLJ member in the condition seen directly below.
This same G&F jacket was professionally refurbished local to the previous owner. Although some upgrades were made at that time some and through no fault of the owner some significant mistakes were made by that shop. If you look closely, those more significant mistakes included attaching the waist knits inside out and giving the zipper box extensions where the waist knits attach ended up with two extra rows of stitches.
In an effort to straighten out those mistakes I took it upon myself to try and bring this jacket back to what I consider to be acceptable wearer. That work included changing out the mouton collar, lining and correctly attaching all knits. Since this jacket has had multiple sets of knits previoulsy attached and in an attempt to ensure the integrity of the jacket & where ever possible, most of this work was done by hand. In essence, in refurbishing this jacket, I tried to utilize as many of the original stitch holes as possible and nearly impossible to pay someone to do. The final look of my jacket as seen below.
Cheers, Dave
As an avid vintage jacket collector, I'm aware of several schools of thought as concerning vintage jacket restoration. My concern has and continues to be centered around doing what is best to make any particular jacket serviceable while attempting to keep it as authentic as possible.
My latest restoration project of a G&F M-422A which I just completed is a good case in point. I have several photos seen below of this same jacket in various stages of completion from start to finish . This jacket was originally purchased by another VLJ member in the condition seen directly below.
This same G&F jacket was professionally refurbished local to the previous owner. Although some upgrades were made at that time some and through no fault of the owner some significant mistakes were made by that shop. If you look closely, those more significant mistakes included attaching the waist knits inside out and giving the zipper box extensions where the waist knits attach ended up with two extra rows of stitches.
In an effort to straighten out those mistakes I took it upon myself to try and bring this jacket back to what I consider to be acceptable wearer. That work included changing out the mouton collar, lining and correctly attaching all knits. Since this jacket has had multiple sets of knits previoulsy attached and in an attempt to ensure the integrity of the jacket & where ever possible, most of this work was done by hand. In essence, in refurbishing this jacket, I tried to utilize as many of the original stitch holes as possible and nearly impossible to pay someone to do. The final look of my jacket as seen below.
Cheers, Dave
