Latest War Era Jacket Restoration & Favorite Make Jacket

[Maverickson]

Hi All,

I 'm proud to have brought this one back and wanted to share it with the Forum members. This particular jacket represents a max effort on my behalf. Since being repaired this jacket is hardly recognizable with the basket case I started out with.








I hope you enjoy!

Cheers, Dave

 

[Deacon211]

That is gorgeous! Just my size too. Hmmm...

;-)


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[thor]

Wow! Looks superb!!!! Excellent restoration of a very rare jacket.

 

[bn1966]

Like.....wow!!!!!!! You've got me thinking USN jackets again....fantastic job

 

[Cooper A-2]

Wow! Bravo!
very nice. Well done.
Thx for sharing.

 

[Deleted member 16736]

Beautiful work, Dave.

 

[Maverickson]

Beautiful work, Dave.

Hi Joel,

I appreciate that!

You may not recognize it but to correctly bring that jacket back represents about three times the effort as building one new from scratch. However, with it being the only true Large size War time USN model Monarch I've ever seen , I thought it well worth the effort.

Cheers, Dave

 

[daw]

Dave,

Will you be putting this one on the market?

 

[galvestonokie]

beautiful, outstanding work! bravo

 

[Peacoat]

Excellent job! Do you have any before pictures?

 

[Maverickson]

Excellent job! Do you have any before pictures?

Hi,

The repairs to this jacket are almost too numerous to list. Here are a few & as seen received and the result of numerous collar repairs.







As seen below are once cleaned up.






Beyond that is the cockpit damage and wear. Moreover, these War era Monarch jackets were originally stitched with a thin cotton thread. That 75 year old cotton thread is now beyond fragile. In the end I took it upon myself to replace both the internal and external thread throughout. All necessary unless the jacket were to remain a closet Queen.











There really was no end to the work I did to correct this jacket. In the end I gave it back most of it's original integrity and made it presentable again. I could go on but you can get the gist of what I did with those provided pix.

Best of all, this jacket is now 100% wearable.

Cheers, Dave

 

[Peacoat]

Amazing. How did you acquire the skills to do this?

 

[Maverickson]

Amazing. How did you acquire the skills to do this?

Peacoat,

I'm an avid vintage jacket collector. This type of work began for me back in 2008. It just went on from there.

Cheers, Dave