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  1. CatsCan

    Alpha Industries M65 Field Jacket

    I have patched two very small holes and one big rip and tear from the inside on a N-2 Rain Parka dated 1944. I used thin popline cloth in olive drab # 7 and lightly smeared seam grip around the damaged area and on the face of the patch that went on to stick to the damaged location. It came out...
  2. CatsCan

    Alpha Industries M65 Field Jacket

    I am thinking of a patch actually because my "new" 1967 has a tiny tiny burn hole above the right chest pocket. Or maybe a Peace button which would be just about right these days...
  3. CatsCan

    Alpha Industries M65 Field Jacket

    For instance, I just bought one only because it has a non brass Talon Zip, not so common. An early one. Running around in a Jacket of the same vintage as me is really cool. Label was literally falling off, I have to re-attach it or maybe I better put it in a drawer to save it from the...
  4. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    seems it was gone quickly
  5. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    I bet, it will be espresso brown after two of the next washes. But if she still will not break your heart if it turns out children's size is another risk, though, lol.
  7. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    Thanks Will! I also tried to find such a calculator without sucess. Perhaps no one want's to risk complaints about receipts that did not work out like intended. Neither do I ;) . So please don't hit me up :) I guess that's the main problem with overdying. I took the risk. If I had paid what this...
  8. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    A vintage original with back stencil: My stencil (different number design): The contract label of a vintage original (Pritzker & Sons, Boston, MA, N-1 Winter Jacket, June-Oct. 1944): My new label (pin rolled to see where the stitching will be). The new size is 42 after the jacket had...
  9. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    Thanks alot, mate, but I wasn't sure until today in daylight and until it had full dried. I will attach todays pictures (first two are from how it was before). I thought I could stencil the back, now that I have ruined a Pike Brothers N-1. I also try to replicate an original Contract label (a...
  10. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    Thanks mate! I have a olive-khaki'ish one (but more olive than khaki), two in drab #3 (at least now they are two) and one in blue with a self made faded and only lightly visible U.S. NAVY Stencil on the back along with a "68" as "hull number" for my Year of birth. I like the drab ones the most...
  11. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    First results :) I was so cruel to put it through some delicate dry tumbler cycles. Colour is great! Compared with another olive drab jacket there is only a slight difference, the Pike Bros has a slightly warmer tone. I am very happy how my U.S.N. stencil faded. You can only discriminate them by...
  13. CatsCan

    DYE N1 Deck Jacket

    I know this thread is a bit older now. But I am exactly doing this right now. I found one of the first batches of N-1s made by Pike Brothers. It is from the time when they were still experimenting with getting things right (what they still haven't achieved yet in my opinion :) ). It has the...
  14. CatsCan

    Deck Jacket advice

    As far as I know, a hooded version is also historically correct. Pike Brothers has an olive waxed version (non-hooded). It is a very dark olive. Original N1s started their "life" in an olive drab shade #3 before they bleached into "khaki" shades of all intensities, up to kind of yellowish...
  15. CatsCan

    If you had "Bezos Money"????

    well said. Thanks mate!
  16. CatsCan

    If you had "Bezos Money"????

    I would put a small part of that money into making a 10 hour movie about the history of mankind on our planet based on scientific archaeological knowlegde, beginning about 500.000 years ago and ending at where we are now. And for the rest of the money I would make sure that every single human...
  17. CatsCan

    Bronson N-1 Deck Jacket sheds tons of fibres from pile liner!

    Yes, if ones wants to be safe, than one should exactly follow the guide on the label and if it says Dry Clean Only than it means just that. But to glue the wool to the grid with a water dilutable glue (I guess starch or protein based) rather than tie weave or lock weave is a sign of the least...
  19. CatsCan

    Bronson N-1 Deck Jacket sheds tons of fibres from pile liner!

    ...a bucket full :)... I can still pull whole strands out, they are no longer holding fast to the grid they had been "attached" to. They seem to not come undone just by wearing so far. I am sure the wool was bonded to the grid matrix, not tied like in better qualities of woven liners. And this...
  20. CatsCan

    Bronson N-1 Deck Jacket sheds tons of fibres from pile liner!

    I decided to keep it. Have worn it since I rigorously combed it through until shedding seemed to have minimalized to a degree that I don't find much lint on my dark blue longsleeve anymore after use.. If it gets worse, I will replace the liner with a better one. Thomas, You have a winner...
  21. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    What.A.Jacket. Well done! I bet it will age beautifully! And it's perfect Deck Jacket weather right now here in Germany. I wore one of mine today with great joy. What brand are those jeans? Pike Brothers Roamer 37's?
  22. CatsCan

    Bronson N-1 Deck Jacket sheds tons of fibres from pile liner!

    ...but still i get ya and agree somehow these days...
  23. CatsCan

    The Deck Jacket thread.

    And it looks good on you. Iron Heart's N1 is one of those I still have to try on myself as well.

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