Show off the sports coats.

[thunderw21]

Never knew there was a "custom tailor" in my hometown.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Love the fabric.

 

[earl]

Got my first Harris tweed off of eBay just now. Didn't own a tweed and looking forward eagerly:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harris-Twee...SA_MC_Blazers_Sport_Coats&hash=item35cb5ba306 Earl

 

[BladeOfAnduril]

I just picked this up at the thrift shop today. A nice olive wool tweed with herringbone/windowpane pattern. Not sure of the age - any info welcome.



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Edit: The color of the jacket shows most accurately along the left side of the second photo.

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

HSM sport-coat from the 40s.

 

[Tomasso]

Sweet! HSM were a top maker back then.

 

[SteveAS]

Great fabric, cut, lapels, and pockets!

 

[Feraud]

Very nice cut on that sport coat!

 

[DamianM]

Great sportscoat!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Great fabric. Looks like Manx tweed.

 

[herringbonekid]

Baron, is there a design that makes Manx Manx ?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I was told that the 3 over 3 under weave is pretty distinctive. I owned a 3-piece from the 30s, that I later sold to H. Johnson, that had a Manx Tweed label, and it was 3 over 3 under like the one above. Most Harris etc. is two by two.

 

[Metatron]

I was hoping to get some advice on a small problem with my sports coat.



A bit of a mystery really,
the two pieces of tweed that fold over either side of the collar have come undone at the ends.
Can't understand what caused this, in such a uniform way.

Not visible when worn, but in any case, do you reckon it's worth repairing somehow, or should I just let it be?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

This (above) looks normal. Could you show a picture of it "undone"?

 

[herringbonekid]

Meta, if the raw edges of the folded over bit have come undone just stitch 'em down again.

 

[thunderw21]

New one I just picked up for myself today, mid-/late 1950s, got it cheap from a little vintage shop with mostly '70s junk. Fits perfectly except for the arms. Middle button is detached but it was in the pocket. Square patch pockets!

Some quick shots:

 

[Metatron]

Great jacket Thunder, gotta love herringbone. Is that brown and cream with red flecks?

Baron, that's a photo of it as it is now & HBK, I'm not sure I explained it properly, so I will try and illustrate it with another pic


Is this normal?
The stitched down 'bit' forms an open tube with raw edges.
I seem to remember a fold where the opening of the 'tube' now is.

I wish there was a term for the 'stitched down thing' so my descriptions weren't so clumsy.
Is it some kind of false throat latch?

 

[Tomasso]

Fits perfectly except for the arms.

If you had a nickel.............

 

[herringbonekid]

Is it some kind of false throat latch?

no, that's just how a lot of collars -that have a melton undercollar- are finished. just stitch it back down as neatly as you can.

 

[Tomasso]

Tweed has a knit like quality to it so there is a propensity for it to unravel. No biggie but I wouldn't let it go unchecked.