What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Lorenzo_l]

Love this leather and envy your weather!

Judging by the looks, I suspect my RW is not unlike your very own ELC Star Sportswear, Dmitry.
As for the weather, we just had a (very) brief spell of warm weather and sunshine. That's all gone now. We are back to the washing-machine type weather that is the autumn.

 

[Dany McDonald]

Headed over to Pikes website now to check it out . Just one last question . Do you or some of the other guys know if you could take a normal N-1 like this and with the application of Barbour wax turn it into a waxed jacket like this one?

Hi B-Man2,

I am no expert on the process of making wax cotton or oilskin cloth but have been restoring and maintaining a lot of Belstaff's & a couple of barbour's. The original wax cotton is a prepared cloth that will absorb the hot wax without penetrating totally through it. I remember a guy that use to work for Belstaff on TFL saying that they were always trying to improve this process while maintaining repellent properties. That is why you NEVER totally wash a wax cotton garment in a washer or with solvent, doing so will return the cloth to almost it's original untreated/unprepared cotton base.

So waxing a Pike N1 is at your own risk, it will work but with a couple of surprises!

And I would never sit in a car or indoor furniture with a freshly waxed 1982 Belstaff Trialmaster.... man but they are nice!

Just my two cents!

Dany

 

[B-Man2]

Hi B-Man2,

I am no expert on the process of making wax cotton or oilskin cloth but have been restoring and maintaining a lot of Belstaff's & a couple of barbour's. The original wax cotton is a prepared cloth that will absorb the hot wax without penetrating totally through it. I remember a guy that use to work for Belstaff on TFL saying that they were always trying to improve this process while maintaining repellent properties. That is why you NEVER totally wash a wax cotton garment in a washer or with solvent, doing so will return the cloth to almost it's original untreated/unprepared cotton base.

So waxing a Pike N1 is at your own risk, it will work but with a couple of surprises!

And I would never sit in a car or indoor furniture with a freshly waxed 1982 Belstaff Trialmaster.... man but they are nice!

Just my two cents!

Dany

Dany
That was a great response and thanks for the info . Ive owned a Belstaff years ago and currently have a Barbour trials style jacket .
it’s a great piece of kit that works well in a variety of different types of weather. So from your experience trying to take a non waxed jacket and turn it into a waxed one probably isn’t a good idea ...I appreciate your advise.

 

[Otter]

Nikwax cottonproof works well without turning a jacket too heavy and slimy for want of a better word. Used it on my Tilley hat and a Fjallraven jacket, the other one I used the Fjallraven Greenland wax on, works reasonably but needs ironed in as well as making the jacket stiff.

 

[mulceber]

On an unseasonably warm Election Day (61 F / 16 C), @Nnatalie and I went out to enjoy what we could of the town. United Sheeplined A-2 and Five Star Women’s Cossack Jacket.

 

[London Cabbie]

1939 wool jeep scarf...

 

[B-Man2]

1939 wool jeep scarf...View attachment 46537

Stuart
How long is this scarf ?
I ordered a 1940 dated one as 1939s are gone but I’ll be happy with it when it arrives

 

[London Cabbie]

120cm or 40” great thickness of wool, warm. Great colour, for the price £20 everyone should get one...

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[B-Man2]

Thanks Stuart

 

[Greg Gale]

Any difference between the 1941-42-43-44 ones? Hard to tell by the photos

 

[jack31916]

Any difference between the 1941-42-43-44 ones? Hard to tell by the photos

There shouldn't be any difference between the production date.

Thing with these scarf / capcomforters is they differ from the ones I know because they are open ended. The normal ones are stitched at the end. (see pics). Then another thing is the date stamp which is rather thick while the result on internet shows thinner manufacturer and date stamps. ( see https://www.google.com/search?q=j+w+&+s+ltd+cap+comforter&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjZr_v6sujsAhWBNewKHSoGDgsQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=j+w+&+s+ltd+cap+comforter&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CZI1jfRWChSGgAcAB4AIABRIgB0gWSAQIxM5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=dlyiX9mcHYHrsAeqjLhY&rlz=1C1AVFC_enNL766NL780 )

Since most Western European armies wore the British battledress style uniforms and personal kit, it is not unlikely that the scarfs on Ebay are not wartime ones. But even so, they still make nice an warm scarfs. Just a thought.

 

[D97x7]

Bronson N-1

 

[Greg Gale]

Pulled the trigger on a 1942 scarf....WHY DID I NEED ANOTHER SCARF??

 

[ties70]

Pulled the trigger on a 1942 scarf....WHY DID I NEED ANOTHER SCARF??

Ordered the 1944....if it was good enough for D-Day, it should be good enough for me...

 

[Silver Surfer]

I picked up 2 [ 1941, 1944] of those scarfs last winter. good quality, at a good price.

 

[D97x7]

I've gone for the 1940, looks like we'll have a full set on here soon.

 

[B-Man2]

I went with a 1940 as well, We don’t often find much original British wartime kit in mint condition on this side of the “big puddle “
and I wanted something from the BOB era .

 

[Nickb123]

GW 27752 on way to work. Shows the color better. Nicked my chin shaving, fortunately a mask will cover it up!

 

[B-Man2]

GW 27752 on way to work. Shows the color better. Nicked my chin shaving, fortunately a mask will cover it up!

View attachment 46576

Nick
Probably inappropriate for me to tell you that jacket looks great on you, since It was one of mine. BUT....... that damned jacket looks great on you!!

 

[Micawber]

England is going into lockdown for a month tomorrow and with the way things are with me I decided to take advantage of the first sunny morning since coming out if hospital to take the '43 Willys MB Jeep out for a run and top up of fuel. I came back via the old airfield and daughter grabbed the following photo. Jeep, clothes inc ELC B-15 and me....