Snackson
Member
First of all, to all you repro purists, probably best to skip this post!
I have owned a few Irvin's and B-3's. both original ones and repro's, and I love them dearly.
But wearing them always makes me feel like I am sticking out like a sore thumb, they are really quite conspicuous.
I still look like a dunce wearing one, but they are special and I don't care what others might think of me just enough to wear one occasionally.
I bought a nice vintage B-3 from John some time ago and as much as I liked it, I could not bring myself to wear it, so decided to tone it down a bit.
This obviously doesn't bode well for the resale value, but if I was ever going to wear one, it would have to be done...
First I trimmed the hems of surplus wool. Then I cut off the insignia flaps on the shoulders. I worked up the courage to remove the collar fur altogether by cutting off the fold-over right where it joins the top of the leather strap.
A lot of you will be cringing with disgust. But it had the desired effect for me. I look marginally less silly when wearing it, or maybe its just me thinking that
How is that for a first post? Have any of you done something similar? I know I could have just bought a different style jacket (A B-6 comes to mind), but that is besides the point.
There is one other thing left to do. I am going to wash the fur trim and then dry it with a hair dryer to make the cut edges look less "fresh".
Thanks for looking and I will brace myself for your replies!
Here is proof of my jacket slaughter:
I have owned a few Irvin's and B-3's. both original ones and repro's, and I love them dearly.
But wearing them always makes me feel like I am sticking out like a sore thumb, they are really quite conspicuous.
I still look like a dunce wearing one, but they are special and I don't care what others might think of me just enough to wear one occasionally.
I bought a nice vintage B-3 from John some time ago and as much as I liked it, I could not bring myself to wear it, so decided to tone it down a bit.
This obviously doesn't bode well for the resale value, but if I was ever going to wear one, it would have to be done...
First I trimmed the hems of surplus wool. Then I cut off the insignia flaps on the shoulders. I worked up the courage to remove the collar fur altogether by cutting off the fold-over right where it joins the top of the leather strap.
A lot of you will be cringing with disgust. But it had the desired effect for me. I look marginally less silly when wearing it, or maybe its just me thinking that
How is that for a first post? Have any of you done something similar? I know I could have just bought a different style jacket (A B-6 comes to mind), but that is besides the point.
There is one other thing left to do. I am going to wash the fur trim and then dry it with a hair dryer to make the cut edges look less "fresh".
Thanks for looking and I will brace myself for your replies!
Here is proof of my jacket slaughter: