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Thank you for your detailed comments as everyone has difference experiences and thoughts on the subject . The Urad web site suggest a mixture of Tenderly and Urad . The coat was my late fathers and was last worn in the late 60,s and in storage since then and never treated with anything . Its a...

I read the thread before and it appears that most products appear to darken the jacket ---not to be unexpected . Checking Urads website for older jackets they suggest mixing together tenderly and there cream which contains both lanolin and carnauba wax . Not sure if this is meant to deal with...

Thank you , do you have any suggestions on what to use that would not change the colour /patenia very much .

Thanks , i see what you mean . If I could find an old mannequin that may also work . I live in southern Ontario so I expect our climate is like yours , but a bit colder in winter and dryer . I cannot wear the jacket as its size 40 and the liner is quite fragile ----I am a 46 or 48 . The Jacket...

Sorry forgot to ask , how do you tell a jacket is horse hide . To the touch the leather is stiff and appears to be quite thick .

Thanks for your comments and happy birday . :cool:

I I was wondering that myself. If it is a Durable Jacket I read on another thread that Durable may have had a Canadian and US company that may or may not be related ? It was also suggested that they may have made Jackets for a number of the large Canadian retailers . All of this may or may...

Same Jacket ,

I know its an old post but I have a coat from my father that looks very similar to this one . Your coat has the same type of half belt sunburst back and the sunburst appears to have been created by sewing darts in and not separate pieces . The jacket has a FLASH zipper which appears to be a...

I now understand about using the lead of the pencil to clean out the teeth of the zipper . I see the resemblance between the FLASH and IDEAL and CROWN zippers . I understand from other post that you have considerable experience on the treatment of old vintage leather jackets like mine . I am...

I did find a small tag indicating it was size 40 but nothing else that I can see . Not sure what you mean by filled in grommet hole but nothing at the bottom of the zipper on the inside or outside that I can see . On closer inspection I agree that the zipper has been replaced as you can see the...

Thank you for your comments .

Thanks , do you know anything about this make of zipper . Would the original zipper been a Talon ? I had someone from VLJ forum send me a picture of a sweater on ebay from the fifties with a FLASH zipper . A bit different design as the word FLASH on this one is in a raised area and mine is...

I dont remember the zipper being replaced , but I was still young at that point . I do have a 40 times magnifier and when I look at the stitching I do see two rolls that appear to have different thread . One looks like the thread used on the rest of the coat and the other while close in colour...

Someone in the Vintage Leather Forum suggest suggested that I post this in this threat as it deals with more civy jackets This was my late father's coat . He was born in 1918 and served in the Canadian Army during WW2 driving a bike and running messages ---coat is not war related . I think he...