Good Wear Leather Coat Company — Sale Vintage Cable Raincoat A-2 Jacket

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Original WWII Cable Raincoat 42–10008–P A–2 Jacket
Price: $575.00 (heavily used condition, but cloth material brand new) — note shipping costs below
Fit: Cable jackets are comfortable in fit
Leather: original horsehide shell
Knits: correct dark russet brown wool
Thread: reddish cotton
Zipper: vintage Conmar from WWII
Size: 38

We have had this original Cable Raincoat A–2 jacket in our collection for years. We decided to re–build the jacket by replacing all the cloth parts, and it is now a very wearable original. The lining was replaced with cotton material of the exact same shade, and the knits are also identical to original Cable Raincoat jackets with a dark russet shade.

The jacket can be worn without fear of damaging it. The jacket is a solid unit, and the leather, which is somewhat thick, will stand wear with ease. The finish has some fuzzy friction wear in places, but the abrasions are superficial, and will not give the wearer trouble. The back sleeve pieces have some areas with scars (literally from the horse, not from wear to the jacket), but those scars are shallow and will also be fine with regular wear. Though we would like to say we hit every original stitch hole, that is virtually impossible when re–building original jackets. It looks plenty clean, though, in the stitching.

Originals of this contract had Conmar or Kwik zippers, and we've used a very sturdy WWII Conmar. It works extremely well. We've also used a reproduction Cable 10008–P label. Most jackets of that contract were made with goatskin, but we've seen samples of this contract made with horsehide. The body's collar snap halves were replaced in the original holes, and so are both sides of the throat clips. When looking at thread on the inside the jacket, not bleached by light, the reddish tone is identical to our reddish thread used in this jacket.

The color tone of the leather could be cleaned up with Pecard's leather conditioner. We have done nothing to the leather, so it retains a very worn look to the original semi-aniline finish, but some conditioner would certainly give a more unified color tone.