So guys remember the best up M-445A I bought, it came and coming out of the box it was that stuff it felt like a dead body, a real stiffie haha I thought it would just fall apart jeez, anyway helpful having a torso mannequin, I started by taping up the back lip to lip as close as I could, like doing a jigsaw, then I got some Sapo feed into it, it was absorbing it like a sponge, god knows where it's been stored for the last 70+ years, it was like barn found, the zipper knacked but the puller is there so just need to replace with a brass teeth chain, all buttons are there and to be fair after all the much is off the skin isn't that bad, shame about the rips, the hard work comes next, interior knits forget it, moth food and I need to whip them out before I let it anywhere near my other jackets, the eggshelling on parts of the skin I used a trick a old guy told me years ago, contact welded them with a pro spray glue, he said even some jackets were similar welded during the war, after I'll get some colour over it to cover the white sheep flecks showing, anyway see pics, and see the difference already, it's only day one after all and I'll leave that oil to do its work for a couple of days, it's flexing already 
I think some people would have found this restore daunting, not me, always loved a challenge, got some nice chocolate brown lambskin for the interior patches, and any white sheepskin I shave out has to be saved to glue back in
I think some people would have found this restore daunting, not me, always loved a challenge, got some nice chocolate brown lambskin for the interior patches, and any white sheepskin I shave out has to be saved to glue back in
