mulceber
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Hi All,
I recently bought this A-2 jacket from Vic. It's one I'd like to have in (semi)regular rotation, and have already worn it a couple times, but I'd like to get your advice on caring for it, and if there's any maintenance work I should do on it right now. I've attached 4 pictures showing the condition of the knits and 4 pictures (with circles to show the parts I'm talking about) showing areas of the leather that worry me a bit.
The knits have about a half dozen holes in them, and I wonder if I should get them darned before wearing the jacket further, and if so, should I send it to a specialist in A-2 jackets, or do it myself?
Overall, the leather's in good shape, and there aren't any parts that look like they're going to crumble into dust. The leather feels pretty dry though, and I wonder if I should condition it at all, and, if so, what I should condition it with. There's also some patches on the leather (circled in the photos below) that seem to have been damaged:
-Pictures 5 and 6 show what look to be divots in the surface of the leather. I don't think the divots completely pierce the leather, but I wonder if there's anything that can be done about them that wouldn't harm the jacket.
-the leather on the collar and on the decal looks like it's starting to split in pictures 7 and 8.
So what do you all think? How can I best care for this jacket while (gently) wearing it?
I recently bought this A-2 jacket from Vic. It's one I'd like to have in (semi)regular rotation, and have already worn it a couple times, but I'd like to get your advice on caring for it, and if there's any maintenance work I should do on it right now. I've attached 4 pictures showing the condition of the knits and 4 pictures (with circles to show the parts I'm talking about) showing areas of the leather that worry me a bit.
The knits have about a half dozen holes in them, and I wonder if I should get them darned before wearing the jacket further, and if so, should I send it to a specialist in A-2 jackets, or do it myself?
Overall, the leather's in good shape, and there aren't any parts that look like they're going to crumble into dust. The leather feels pretty dry though, and I wonder if I should condition it at all, and, if so, what I should condition it with. There's also some patches on the leather (circled in the photos below) that seem to have been damaged:
-Pictures 5 and 6 show what look to be divots in the surface of the leather. I don't think the divots completely pierce the leather, but I wonder if there's anything that can be done about them that wouldn't harm the jacket.
-the leather on the collar and on the decal looks like it's starting to split in pictures 7 and 8.
So what do you all think? How can I best care for this jacket while (gently) wearing it?
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