"Jeremiah Air Depot" Redyed BR RW18091

[falcon_ib]

Over summer, Jeremiah agreed to sell me his BR Rough Wear 18091 made about 10 years ago. The jacket fits perfectly, but the color kept nagging at me. I felt like the russet was too loud and orange for my taste, and wanted it darker to more closely resemble original russet 18091's. Jeremiah generously offered to redye it darker, and after seeing his magnificent job with his BK Dubow and belts, I knew it would turn out great.

Here's how it looked when I first got it:

And here's how it looks now:

Needless to say I'm so happy with how it turned out. The jacket retained its beautiful reddish undertones and wear but seems way less loud and orange. In short, he maintained everything I like about the jacket and got rid of everything I didn't!

Overall I can't recommend Jeremiah enough. We communicated often about color and techniques to get the ideal jacket and he was very upfront and honest. He paid careful attention to details but the process was efficient and I got it back only a few weeks later.

Hope you guys like it!

Evan

 

[falcon_ib]

Bonus pics taken at sunset:

 

[Edward]

beautiful! definitely an improvement in my opinion

 

[B-Man2]

The jacket looks great. Jeremiah does a nice job. I have a couple of his belts that he made, and I couldn’t be happier with them.

 

[Silver Surfer]

j is a friggn genius with his dye work, yowza. another one hit outta the park.

 

[Garylafortuna]

Jeremiah, a stellar makeover. The color is most engaging. How did you deal with dying around the AAF roundel and the lettering?

 

[falcon_ib]

Thanks for the comments guys!!!

The two top photos are original RW18091's I stole from online and sent to J for reference, and mine is at the bottom for comparison.
It's worth noting that originals from this contract were only made in goat while mine is horse.

Evan

 

[tjoenn]

I was just thinking that we hadn't heard from Jeremiah in a while... he was busy! Fantastic work!!!

 

[falcon_ib]

Jeremiah, a stellar makeover. The color is most engaging. How did you deal with dying around the AAF roundel and the lettering?

Glad you like it!

He was very careful around the decal, he's been pretty busy but I'm sure he'll comment and shed some light on the techniques used.

 

[Flightengineer]

One word. Outstanding.

 

[stanier]

Beautiful. Whatever Jeremiah does really brings the grain out.

BK will be subcontracting to him next!

 

[seres]

Wow! That is outstanding work!

 

[johnwayne]

Wise choice, excellently executed re-dye too although frankly speaking, I do think the jacket's a little short in the body IMHO, sorry but if you're happy that's all that matters.

 

[falcon_ib]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Those are low rise jeans in the photo, but its length is solid with high rise since I'm short. Saving up for some proper LVC or vintage style high rise jeans

 

[jeremiah]

Glad you like it Falcon.
Your pictures are great.
I enjoyed working on it.

Thanks for the nice comments guys.
I went really careful around the rondel. I do use small paint brushes to help with those problem areas too.

 

[Tommy]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Those are low rise jeans in the photo, but its length is solid with high rise since I'm short. Saving up for some proper LVC or vintage style high rise jeans

I'm trying to think I'd I gave you some recommendations for Chinos in another thread? Am trying to get hold of another pair of LVC 33s or 44s before they disappear, but after that gotta work out the alternatives for a decent pair of US or Japanese made jeans.