Considering buying this g1..help!

[hc0088]

Sorry for posting too many questions..
But I failed to find a place like here that is kind and shares knowledge glady!

Anyway, If there is nothing wrong with this jacket, I would like to buy it as my second g1. Can you give me some advices or tell your thoughts?
The first thing I want to know is the condition of the jacket(think it has lots of wrinkles!) and whether the hole on the back can be repaired well

 

[CBI]

a nice jacket if cheap. The repair on the back can be done but its a question of who to send it to. There's a leather glue process that works well, otherwise, if you don't mind it patched either from the inside or outside, then great. the repair might be pricey and cut into a good buying price if one is being offered. Getting the wrist knits repaired is also going to be an expense and very few people can do the proper stitch around the sleeve. Hmmmmm, maybe keep looking

 

[B-Man2]

Hi
You forgot some important information needed to help answer your questions .
1. Show us the label on the jacket so we can determine it’s age , maker and approx value ?
2. What’s the seller asking for the jacket?
3. Other than the knits and the hole is anything else damaged ?
4. The cost of repairs could be as much as you pay for the jacket . Are you prepared to accept that expense .
There are a few good people here that can do a great job repairing that jacket but it’s going to cost a few bucks.
May just be cheaper to find another without the added expense of the repairs required .
Oh and lastly … ignore the wrinkles they’re no big deal . It’s a vintage jacket . It’s supposed to have wrinkles.

 

[hc0088]

Hi
You forgot some important information needed to help answer your questions .
1. Show us the label on the jacket so we can determine it’s age , maker and approx value ?
2. What’s the seller asking for the jacket?
3. Other than the knits and the hole is anything else damaged ?
4. The cost of repairs could be as much as you pay for the jacket . Are you prepared to accept that expense .
There are a few good people here that can do a great job repairing that jacket but it’s going to cost a few bucks.
May just be cheaper to find another without the added expense of the repairs required .
Oh and lastly … ignore the wrinkles they’re no big deal . It’s a vintage jacket . It’s supposed to have wrinkles.

Seller asked $220. And there are no other damages. I checked the pics again, suddenly wrinkles seem normal to me!

 

[B-Man2]

At $220.00 you can do better. I’m venturing a SWAG here ,( Systematic Wild Ass Guess) but I’d say that to bring that jacket back to nice condition you’re looking somewhere around the $150.00 to $200.00 by the time you get the hole and the knits repaired. It’s a shame because the jacket is a nice vintage Irvin B Foster G-1 . If you don’t mind just darning the knits and doing a so so repair on the hole you can probably get by a little cheaper if you really just want the jacket as a beater.

 

[London Cabbie]

Mine is really wrinkly too. I presume it will fall out with wear over time.

 

[mulceber]

Yeah, that hole would be a deal-breaker for me, particularly at that price. Owning a second G-1 sounds like a great idea, but repairing this one is going to be expensive. You can find nicer ones that will be cheaper than the price of this jacket + repairs.

 

[B-Man2]

Mine is really wrinkly too. I presume it will fall out with wear over time.View attachment 82971

Just my opinion Stu but I think the wrinkles add to the character and the “vintageness” of the jacket .

 

[mulceber]

Yep, wrinkles are a bonus with leather jackets. That's why it's good practice, when you get a new one, to crumple it up into a ball and throw it in a corner.

 

[Chandler]

Is it wrinkles, or just graininess?

 

[MikeyB-17]

I don’t think it’s too bad-especially for a mouton-collared ‘Nam era job-personally I’d let the knits go a while longer before I replaced them, but I’m not too fussy about pristine knits on old jackets. That hole looks suspiciously like a phenomenon I’ve encountered before (interestingly, also on an Irvin B. Foster)-a patch of leather had become thin, smooth and brittle, and the leather literally broke up and formed a hole. That looks bigger than the one I had, the surrounding leather was fine, so I just patched it myself. Whether it’s something having been spilt on it, or a tanning issue, I know not.

 

[hc0088]

Is it wrinkles, or just graininess?

not sure but i guess it's wrinkles

 

[hc0088]

Thanks to you and your comments, I was able to make a right decision! Much appreciated guys!

 

[B-Man2]

Thanks to you and your comments, I was able to make a right decision! Much appreciated guys!

LOL!!

Well you can’t just leave us hanging like that without letting us know what you decided …

 

[tda003]

I posted bfore & after pics of a repair Steve did on a G-1 I had. It's posted under "Repaired Wounded G-1" on March 5/22

 

[hc0088]

I posted bfore & after pics of a repair Steve did on a G-1 I had. It's posted under "Repaired Wounded G-1" on March 5/22

The wound looks clean. Did he sewed it from inside and dyed?

 

[Micawber]

Thanks to you and your comments, I was able to make a right decision! Much appreciated guys!

And the 'right decision" was what?

 

[tda003]

I think it's a new technique and doesn't involve sewing. Give him a shout.

He also does outstanding work on cuffs, waistbands, linings, etc. in another post, I showed pictures of a G-1 where he took it aprt because the thread was rotten, resewed it, put in new lining, cuffs, collar and waist band.

 

[Silver Surfer]

For the kinda dough the seller is asking for, you can do better. A side note, if that hole is due to rot, there is more rot ther than the pix show, imo

 

[hc0088]

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And the 'right decision" was what?

Didn’t buy it!