fishmeok
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I picked up this original a few years ago- it was complete but the zipper was wrong, finish was completely worn off, etc. I first repainted the finish and added a NOS Talon and started wearing it around. Almost immediately the shoulder ripped. So I patched that. Then I noticed the windflap was rotten and decided to stop messing around and just keep it as a pattern to use someday.
My wife came down ill last summer and taking care of my family has occupied all my time. I have not worked on a jacket since last Spring. She is through her treatment now and slowly starting to feel better. I decided to dig through and clean up my old jacket piles. Found the D-1 again, and thought it would be relaxing to start up my machine and give it another go. I removed the old repair and added goatskin reinforcement panels to the shoulder and under the windflap. After dying to the correct color they looked pretty good, so I started wearing it again.
Then the inside left arm panel blew out. I was going to give it up again, but decided to keep going out of sheer bloody-mindedness. I added a huge reinforcement panel to the bottom of the arm and started wearing it again. So far it has held up. I wanted this to look like a field repair so I did not dye to match all the panels.
We'll see what happens next.
Cheers
Mark
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My wife came down ill last summer and taking care of my family has occupied all my time. I have not worked on a jacket since last Spring. She is through her treatment now and slowly starting to feel better. I decided to dig through and clean up my old jacket piles. Found the D-1 again, and thought it would be relaxing to start up my machine and give it another go. I removed the old repair and added goatskin reinforcement panels to the shoulder and under the windflap. After dying to the correct color they looked pretty good, so I started wearing it again.
Then the inside left arm panel blew out. I was going to give it up again, but decided to keep going out of sheer bloody-mindedness. I added a huge reinforcement panel to the bottom of the arm and started wearing it again. So far it has held up. I wanted this to look like a field repair so I did not dye to match all the panels.
We'll see what happens next.
Cheers
Mark
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