VansonRider
One of the Regulars
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To stay focused: The question is not what someone should do now. The question is what the Navy did then.
Start in 1940.
What was the button and what year did the Navy stop using it on new coats?
What was the thread and what year did the Navy stop using it on new coats?
What was the sewing pattern and what year did the Navy stop using it on new coats?
For those without the institutional knowledge but with an actual coat from 1948 or 1953 or so forth, the anecdotal data from your own coat would help, especially because "Black Swan" examples sometimes rewrite history.
Thank you.
Thank you! I must have skipped over the “differentiated by year” portion and was thinking more of “current best practices”. I didn’t mean to derail away from authentic restoration information.
I DO have a 1949 in very nice shape but it’s in the k closet of my two year old. I’ll pull it out in the morning and look at the button thread and patterns.