Rough Wear Restoration by none other than Andrew Swatland

[MikeyB-17]

Fan me with a haddock! What a story, and what a job! Outstanding!
As an aside, was it ever established which contract McQueen's A-2 was? I know ELC said it was a 27752, but I seem to recall others disagreeing?

 

[Brettafett]

Weeellll, Eastman's Re-issue Escape A-2... is a 16159.
I recall some saying 27752, some saying 16159... I read somewhere that a Japanese guy own the movie jacket and that its a 16159. I may be remembering very wrong

 

[Grant]

Brilliant work Andrew. It must be super gratifying bringing an original back to life.

 

[Roughwear]

Weeellll, Eastman's Re-issue Escape A-2... is a 16159.
I recall some saying 27752, some saying 16159... I read somewhere that a Japanese guy own the movie jacket and that its a 16159. I may be remembering very wrong

Gary argues the Hilt's jacket was a RW 16159. No one has conclusively proved which contract the film jacket is, but it is agreed by all it was a re-issued jacket.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Yeah I remember ELC saying in their catalogue years ago that it was a 27752, but I also recall that the thinking had changed on the subject. There's been at least one long discussion about it here and elsewhere.

 

[Nickb123]

Amazing transformation. Further proof that A-2s, not Perfectos, are totally punk. Lol

 

[seres]

Great story! And OUTSTANDING JOB, Andrew!

 

[Smithy]

Fan me with a haddock!

Any post which uses that expression is worth a like Mikey

 

[Lebowski]

Andrew, that's superb restoration work. Very like the final result on the photos above.

 

[CBI]

great work guys!!!!!!

 

[jeremiah]

That’s great.

 

[Silver Surfer]

hot damn. you did all the work, andrew? mighty impressive.

 

[blackrat2]

Fantastic story and really well done Andrew, looks superb

 

[ausreenactor]

Great work! Good to see an original given a new lease on life....

 

[johnwayne]

Can't let this pass me by without giving you Juanito and Andrew a high five, super job for sure!

 

[Geeboo]

Roughwear : Do you have all the right tools/ punch for the snap buttons & collar hook double- barrel rivet ?
Also, how do you get the label done ?

 

[Roughwear]

Yes I have the tools for the collar hook and for ring snaps. The repro label is one I had from John Chapman.

 

[Geeboo]

Do you know John personally? Can I just write to him I want 1 XX label & pay for it ?

 

[Roughwear]

Yes I do know him. If you email him via Goodwear Leather he may be able to sell you a label.