Eastman A-1 size 48: 2 Weeks In

[ButteMT61]

That happens. And I have a fraction that some of you guys have...

BTW, that sale even ****** off my wife.

 

[handymike]

Calling Worf!!!!
Let's see what it looks like now....please

 

[Dr H]

Ouch...sounds like you should have kept it, but was the looser waist the problem?

 

[ButteMT61]

Ouch...sounds like you should have kept it, but was the looser waist the problem?

It did/would. I'd have to send to Aero or someone else capable to have it altered. That is probably what I should have done to begin with.

 

[bn1966]

Thanks Handymike: that's one good looking jacket you've posted!!!! If mine gets to look half as good I'll be delighted. Enjoying a nice light-weight leather that I can wear out in the warmer weather, the A-1 is a bit different to what I usually wear & has attracted positive attention from others. Here it is reclining on the patio today

 

[Big J]

I was just looking at a tariff summary from the early 1920s used for a Congressional bill and it defines it specifically as goat from the Cape of Good Hope. At some point that definition changed. Makes sense, as you would think that these jackets would still have been intended to be fairly sturdy.

https://books.google.com/books?id=x...0CDcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=capeskin goat&f=false

Oh! If the spec was really for goat, that would be good. I could wear that.

 

[navetsea]

great development in 2 weeks time , I might try your method wetting the inside, as my 2 weeks old jacket develops no serious creases yet despite daily wearing, driving, riding, in it

what is this capeskin, in Mark's jacket it looks very textured but in yours it looks smooth? is it really from the same animal, or is it more about the tanning process? the origin of the name is very vague too, as it doesn't mention the name of the animal.

 

[feltfan]

Here's what my GW A-1 looks like now. Well, what it looks like thru my terrible pictures.
I haven't treated it with anything. I sewed back one button, but otherwise have done nothing
to this capeskin jacket.

 

[tonypaj]

Thanks Scott, thought it was probably that one. I had three (used) jackets from that batch of US domestic cape. Getting them confused

I think I have one of your old ones, one with just one button for the neck and buttons instead of snaps at the waist. I will not let that go. I just wish you hadn't shortened the sleeves, they work fine now, but with slightly longer ones, it would be absolutely perfect .

 

[Dr H]

That is my BK custom made - I didn't have them shortened (I'm shorter in the arm, especially when reaching in my pocket for my wallet at the bar... )

 

[tonypaj]

You should convince BK to have more of them made based on your thinking. The design beats the original one...

 

[Worf]

Calling Worf!!!!
Let's see what it looks like now....please

That jacket is my "go to" in cool to warmish weather when wearing brown. I love it, it looks like none other on this planet and thank Butte and all the other owners for ceding this treasure to me. That being said, it is fragile. I've two small abrasions on the top left corner that occurred when I pried the jacket FROM THE MOUTH OF A DEAR FRIENDS DOG!!!!!!!

Only my love of the owner and dogs in general kept me from committing acts I'd dearly regret. When my son comes home I'll try and take some current pics. Can't now as the sky has opened up. A real Baptist gully-washer.

Worf