How to be creative with knitting or Grandma style B-15B.

[Micawber]

Yes it's a old thatched barn

Yes I know, I've seen it mate although having done a stint in the restoration biz I tend to avoid the programme as I do with productions like "Salvage Hunters" with the odious Mr Pritchard and its restoration offshoot that is aired on TV here now. The actual "Repair Shop" location is called Court Barn and is located at Weald and Downland Living Museum, Singleton, West Sussex.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Yes I know, I've seen it mate although having done a stint in the restoration biz I tend to avoid the programme as I do with productions like "Salvage Hunters" with the odious Mr Pritchard and its restoration offshoot that is aired on TV here now. The actual "Repair Shop" location is called Court Barn and is located at Weald and Downland Living Museum, Singleton, West Sussex.

Mm Drew Pritchard, not my cup of tea either

 

[Dany McDonald]

Is that the UK version where they apparently have all these resto experts locked away in an old barn ever ready to tackle this or that item brought in by a viewer?

Yep that one......

 

[MikeyB-17]

I love the Repair Shop-except when somebody brings in a flying jacket. The lady that does it does a great job to the leather and stitching, but treats it simply as a leather object and knows nothing of the history or what should be there, and does things like putting a YKK zip on. I saw one a couple of weeks ago where somebody brought in her Dad’s old flying jacket-he was ex-RAF, but the jacket was clearly a D-1, although the zips were all gone and the main one had been replaced by toggles and loops like a duffel coat. No attempt was made to restore it to what it had once been, but that wasn’t what the lady wanted-she just wanted her Dad’s jacket back the way she remembered it. She didn’t know a D-1 from a donkey jacket. Once again, the world doesn’t care. It’s only us.

 

[JonnyCrow]

I love the Repair Shop-except when somebody brings in a flying jacket. The lady that does it does a great job to the leather and stitching, but treats it simply as a leather object and knows nothing of the history or what should be there, and does things like putting a YKK zip on. I saw one a couple of weeks ago where somebody brought in her Dad’s old flying jacket-he was ex-RAF, but the jacket was clearly a D-1, although the zips were all gone and the main one had been replaced by toggles and loops like a duffel coat. No attempt was made to restore it to what it had once been, but that wasn’t what the lady wanted-she just wanted her Dad’s jacket back the way she remembered it. She didn’t know a D-1 from a donkey jacket. Once again, the world doesn’t care. It’s only us.

Yeah some of it is laughable Mikey, I've seen some good restoration on there like Errol Browns bassist from hot chocolate, his son wanted his dad's guitar restoring, but others, not so good

 

[B-Man2]

Mikey
Just what we’ve always said , 99% of the world couldn’t tell the difference of an original A2 from a 5 Star .
Remember Rule #5 that I posted a few years ago ?

5. Regardless of how we as collectors view these jackets, most people can’t tell the difference between one A2 from another, so remember that, when deciding if you need the $1200 repro or the $500. one.

 

[Micawber]

Yep that one......

Nope, can't watch it sorry.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Mikey
Just what we’ve always said , 99% of the world couldn’t tell the difference of an original A2 from a 5 Star .
Remember Rule #5 that I posted a few years ago ?

5. Regardless of how we as collectors view these jackets, most people can’t tell the difference between one A2 from another, so remember that, when deciding if you need the $1200 repro or the $500. one.

Except if it's a avirex Burt it's about the only one the 99% of mops know

 

[colekwok]

I love the Repair Shop-except when somebody brings in a flying jacket. The lady that does it does a great job to the leather and stitching, but treats it simply as a leather object and knows nothing of the history or what should be there, and does things like putting a YKK zip on. I saw one a couple of weeks ago where somebody brought in her Dad’s old flying jacket-he was ex-RAF, but the jacket was clearly a D-1, although the zips were all gone and the main one had been replaced by toggles and loops like a duffel coat. No attempt was made to restore it to what it had once been, but that wasn’t what the lady wanted-she just wanted her Dad’s jacket back the way she remembered it. She didn’t know a D-1 from a donkey jacket. Once again, the world doesn’t care. It’s only us.

Absolutely. Suzie Fletcher, the mentioned leather expert, is specialised in saddle making repair. I doubt that she has enough knowledge about vintage leather flight jackets. But if specified, I am pretty sure she can restore the jacket to its former glory. The owner most likely only saw that the jacket in the modified form her entire life as well. But's it's just like everything else, say, cars, some like them modified, some like them untouched.