Late fathers vintage leather coat ,help with age and make .

[PDO]

pix of the tears, please. don't use crazy glue, as it drys hard, and will pull leather away if it moves. you will want a glue that is flexible, like Aileens leather glue.

That's what I thought so I will keep my eye open for the leather glue . The tear is a small one so if I just display the jacket , I may just leave it the way it is .

 

[mulceber]

If someone opened up the lining, it could be patched from the inside. That's the route I'd go.

 

[Silver Surfer]

yes, but remember, with movement, if the tear is not stabilized, it can spread. jan is correct, and that is the correct way to go about the repair. gluing Avery thin piece of leather behind the tear [or using book binders tape], and pressing the sides of the tear together, after the glue is applied is the pro way to go.

 

[PDO]

If someone opened up the lining, it could be patched from the inside. That's the route I'd go.

I can get inside the lining at the location required and I have some suitable thin leather that i could glue in to support the small tear which is only around 1/2 inch or less so only need to get some leather glue .

 

[johnwayne]

Dithered many times over treating my half belt, whilst I like the look of the worn vintage originality and clearly it’s previous owners must have felt the same, part of me thinks how nice too it would look once treated! That aside, I may be wrong but I’m sure Mark at Norshor has made a very similar ‘rainbow’ back half belt!!

 

[Silver Surfer]

yeah, love the "sun rise" back. classic, and classy.

 

[johnwayne]

Think I meant sunrise not rainbow!

 

[PDO]

Think I meant sunrise not rainbow!

I think we understood what you meant , its my favorite part of the jacket . In my research , I have yet to find another sunrise back quite as nice . Of course i may be biased .

 

[PDO]

You may also want to post on this forum as well: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/forums/outerwear-and-workwear.4/

I did follow up with this link and tried to register . I have been waiting 2 days for the administer at their end to confirm ---not sure if they are having problems , or it just takes forever .

While I cannot post or ask questions at this point I was able to search both the coat and zipper . I did finally get some info on the Durable jacket brand . It appears to have potentially two companies , on in the US and the other in Ontario Canada , may or may not be related . The various Pony Durable jackets do appear similar enough to my jacket to give me the feeling that my coat may have been made by Durable . Also they also had the FLASH zipper on some of them so this is a bit more proof . The search continues .

 

[leper-colony]

PM me the username you picked and I can try see if I can look it up.

 

[PDO]

PM me the username you picked and I can try see if I can look it up.

New to forum but dont know how to PM . I can look myself up but until administration approves me I cannot post or reply to anything

 

[leper-colony]

 

[PDO]

View attachment 124273

Tried this , not sure it worked .

 

[leper-colony]

Yep it did! I sent a message to an admin and will see if they can check. I do not see the name as a member,

 

[Nickb123]

TFL has been down about 90% of the time the past few weeks FYI

 

[PDO]

Yep it did! I sent a message to an admin and will see if they can check. I do not see the name as a member,

Thank you

 

[PDO]

TFL has been down about 90% of the time the past few weeks FYI

That may be the reason as I noticed some people commenting on the slow load times which I also experienced . Guess I will have to wait it out and keep reading the various threads . Thank you all for your help .

 

[PDO]

Thank you

Just got home and checked my email and my Fedora account has now been approved ----you must have the touch

Yep it did! I sent a message to an admin and will see if they can check. I do not see the name as a member,

 

[scwells]

There are several sweaters on eBay which are described as 1950s. They each have a “Flash”zipper. Here’s a couple of images.

 

[PDO]

There are several sweaters on eBay which are described as 1950s. They each have a “Flash”zipper. Here’s a couple of images. View attachment 124331View attachment 124333

A bit different design as the word FLASH on this one is in a raised area and mine is not , and mine has two lines either side of the word . the rest of the design looks the same . Still have not been able to find any company info .