Swedish Army wool jacket , upsize

[Twodogs]

Like a lot of folk am a big fan of Swedish army surplus , well made and cheap.

Having used the Old skool wool trousers in the arctic i wanted the jacket but lets face it Swedish soldiers in the 1940s wernt my mutant build ..

Hmmmm Military mart have the jackets in for £10 maybe worth a punt in a upsize

http://www.militarymart.co.uk/swedish-4-pkt-wool-tunic-jacket-m59.html

So here goes I brought three jackets as i want to make a hat and patches on the knees of my trousers .

Look at the dates







All washed in woolite and air dried , then get to work ,

Upsized to sixty chest ,





Ended up with four rear pockets ( SASS kit carry style )..



Here you can see where the panel went in plus the arms were re-made with a lot more fabric making them a lot more comfy .



So I used two jackets a some time sitching , £25 with the postage for a wool coat with history that I dont mind been near the flame ,

Well Happy

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

 

[John Fenna]

Great work there!

 

[bilmo-p5]

Clever stuff, Cliff. Well done!

 

[richardhomer]

Nice work mate

 

[Twodogs]

Thanks for the comments folks .

Got to be said there are a very nice fabric i see why the Swedes used them for so long but modding them with top pockets .

 

[sunndog]

Nice job that, cleverly done

I'v got two of these jackets. One with chest pockets one without, much prefer the one without

 

[jimbo75]

brilliant work that man!

 

[NoName]

Sir, that is cool!
you got a good taste, that Swedish vintage stuff is so nice.
gave them new life

 

[Dave]

Thats brilliant, I wish had your skills with the sewing machine.

 

[CLEM]

I like that Twodogs mate, really very nice. Well played sir, well played indeed.

 

[Twodogs]

I do like Daves Idea and will dye green it when the times right

 

[Madriverrob]

Brilliant modification mate

 

[Mesquite]

Great bit of work Cliff...

Only wish you could have done a step by step process with pictures so I could see how and what you did to reach the end product

 

[Twodogs]

Maybe on the next one

 

[Mesquite]

Maybe on the next one

Please do, it'll be highly interesting and I'm sure others would feel the same

 

[RonW]

Very well done!
Now you don't need a backpack anymore, either!

 

[Chiseller]

FIERCE

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[Chiseller]

ive just aquired a 1958 one ...did yours have a crotch flap and knife pocket above the inner chest ?


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