I'm beginning with a pretty basic jacket: a Richmond Depot III jacket. Lacking the epaulettes and belt loops of the previous Richmond jackets, it goes together pretty quickly and doesn't require much skill. I've put a few together already, the last one made was a type II and a copy of the Brunson Jacket. This one won't be an exact copy of any one original, but will instead be a 'generic' jacket, and include details of different Originals.
This is one half of the body put together. I'm waiting to sew up the back seam, since having with the jacket in halves makes it easier to work with. For those interested, the body jacket is County Cloth's K1 Kersey.
A close up of the collar. Many of the collars on the original jackets are quite small. I've done that here; the height of the collar is less than an inch.
And finally the body of the jacket put together. The simplicity of it meant that this was completed in less than ten minutes. The body still needs to be properly pressed, which is why it looks so poor in the photo, but all the stitching is done.
The lining will take only as long as the main body to put together. It doesn't need a collar or lapel facings, but the pocket needs to worked in. That should be the focus of my next update.
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