Alpha L-2A Sage knit set change out project

[deand]

Just finished! Three weeks of on again off again work by hand, and by no means professional work, but I like it. I'd have to think very hard about trying it gain, ever. I think it looks okay, and along with a few other changes I made to the original Alpha 1990s jacket I for from Mark, (who told me he got it from a guy in New Zealand) I think it has more character now. Here goes:

dean

 

[Peter Graham]

Fantastic work Dean. The sage knits really lift the jacket out of the ordinary. Love it.

 

[watchmanjimg]

I agree with Peter. Quite an improvement! Now perhaps some patches . . .

 

[Willy McCoy]

X3!!. You do very good work! I just been through my cap collection too. I have three great cotton 3 & 4 panel! New hat stretcher for me! Yahoo!

 

[dmar836]

Looks great!

 

[deand]

Thank you, your responses are much appreciated!







dean

 

[Weasel_Loader]

Agree! Looks very nice. Job well accomplished!

 

[deeb7]

... a few other changes I made to the original Alpha 1990s jacket I for from Mark, (who told me he got it from a guy in New Zealand)

Hey! ... that's my patch. :shock:

Great project, it looks really good.

 

[greyhound52]

Great job looks fantastic.

 

[HueyPilot]

Good job. Did you find instructions online, or just fly by the seat of your pants? I have a 1967 Satellite that is ready for a knit job.

 

[USMC_GAU-21]

Dean, AWESOME! Job.

Makes me want to tackle the L-2A I have hiding in the collection.

Nice work my friend!

/r/Dan

 

[deand]

Thanks to the posters to this thread that i missed. I was inspired by a post by Mark on how to change out knits on A-2 cuffs, than applied the same principle to the rest of them, on a nylon jacket, of course. I am presently changing out the knits on my Alpha 'replica' MA-1. I went to the local Flint Red Shield store and found a cheap civilian MA-1 style jacket with sage knits, the jacket was a not nylon, a suede material, and got it for $15, cheaper than getting just a set of knits somewhere on-line. The toughest part of the change out is the connection point at the ends of the waist knit where they meet at the front at the base of the zipper. There's a ot of securing, reverseing material and oversewing, then overlapping of nylon to finish it neatly. Quite a bit of fussy work there, plus, I am doing this by hand and simply don't have the ability to stitch the material as tight and evenly as a machine.




dean