Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat

[JackieL]

That's a good sign that you can see no liner. If the liner were there, you would also be able to feel it between the shell and the inner nylon liner.

 

[JackieL]

Peacoat is on the left. Known black wrist brace is on the right. Sorry about the Australian Shepherd hair!

 

[JackieL]

I should note the phone camera amplifies the difference. To the naked eye, both still look black to me. Pic was taken in the shade. In direct sunlight, there wasn’t this much noticeable difference.
Kind of like the phone camera amplifies the Northern Lights and makes them look much more vibrant when it looks very faint with the naked eye.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

It’s blue

 

[Peacoat]

Looks blue to me as well.

 

[Peacoat]

Now that I have looked at it again, the nap looks rough, like that of a Melton and not the smooth finish of the Kersey.

If this is Kersey, it will feel smooth to the touch, similar to a piece of velvet. If you rub down the sleeve it will be smooth; rub back up and there will be a slightly nappy feel to it. Not much difference, but just a bit.

With a Melton, there won't be any difference in going up or going down.

 

[JackieL]

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Now that I have looked at it again, the nap looks rough, like that of a Melton and not the smooth finish of the Kersey.

If this is Kersey, it will feel smooth to the touch, similar to a piece of velvet. If you rub down the sleeve it will be smooth; rub back up and there will be a slightly nappy feel to it. Not much difference, but just a bit.

With a Melton, there won't be any difference in going up or going down.

I did the feel test and did notice a difference. Rubbing up on the right sleeve felt smoother than rubbing down. On the left sleeve it was the opposite-smooth rubbing down and rougher rubbing up. This was barely touching the garment.

 

[Peacoat]

I tested my left sleeve and got the same result you got. Sounds as if you have a Kersey.