Almost the end of my grand spring cleaning: a piece of almost too genuine American workwear in the form of a very well-used Filson tin-cloth jacket and a British Army leather jerkin dated 1945.
The Filson is style 64 which they don't make anymore, basically an unlined field coat in a size 44. This was my work coat for cutting trees, splitting logs, construction - you name it. It has what you might call an 'incredible patina' but tin cloth is indeed indestructible: not a tear or a hole in sight. 50cm across the shoulders, 66cm pit to pit. £35 plus postage.
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The jerkin was made by John Wear & Co, London, in 1945. It's a size 1: "Height 5ft 3ins to 5ft 6ins. Breast (over jacket) 37ins to 41ins." It needs three buttons and has some wear but the leather is nice and supple, and thick. £45 plus postage.
The Filson is style 64 which they don't make anymore, basically an unlined field coat in a size 44. This was my work coat for cutting trees, splitting logs, construction - you name it. It has what you might call an 'incredible patina' but tin cloth is indeed indestructible: not a tear or a hole in sight. 50cm across the shoulders, 66cm pit to pit. £35 plus postage.
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The jerkin was made by John Wear & Co, London, in 1945. It's a size 1: "Height 5ft 3ins to 5ft 6ins. Breast (over jacket) 37ins to 41ins." It needs three buttons and has some wear but the leather is nice and supple, and thick. £45 plus postage.
