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I think it was recolored, which may be why it's not absorbing conditioner. The inside suede on a bone or white bag should be much lighter. For example:
Holy Grail is a super hard to find bag. Either they are an older bag, maybe it was made for a limited time in a style or color. It differs for each of us. Mine is the Pony Express for a true vintage style. Or a bag in a blue shade called Glacier during the 00’s. There was talk in another thread wondering if the Stewardess was made in orange.
My tailor is pretty reasonable. He fixed a lining that separated from the leather for $8. I think my problem would be finding a replacement zipper to give to him. Is Talon zipper still available for sale?
The company still makes metal zippers, but to find a matching replacement zipper you'd have to get lucky on eBay or Etsy searching for "vintage brass talon zipper" in the length required.
Once I got a quote from a leather worker to replace a zipper on a basic bag. It was $85!
I don't think I have a pony. that I'll have to look up to see what it is. Very cool sounding!!! Glacier? I'll research that! Stewardess in orange!!! mine are black and BT. I have what I thought was binocular but it has that turn lock so I think they call that a Nottingham, my private collection. But I saw one with a button closure at GW but thought it was too expensive 20$. I think I missed a chance there!! d'oh! lol
Oh wow that's insane! I go to my tailor.. as in he runs a clothing alteration business. Idk why he fixes bags for me but I'm not complaining. [emoji16]
I would glue them, and then build up the corners to the right shape with puff paint. I like using leather cement because it remains flexible. You could also use the leather cement to build up the shape, then paint with acrylic but I find it is easier to get the shape I want with puff paint.Thank you.
Repairing after makes sense then
I can take more photos if I need to.
Thanks Cat
Thanks Catbird9! I think you are exactly correct. Thanks for your time to reply. Now...urgh...what to do...lol
That doesn't surprise me actually. I have two bags that need new zippers and I can't decide what to do with them. Other than them needing new zippers there is little wrong with them. I wonder if I can sell them cheap on ebay. Anyway, I was looking at them and I realised the Coach creed pocket and the zipper and the edging on both bags are all sewn into each other. So they'd all have to come out and then be resewn. I think this would be pretty involved. Neither is special enough (to me anyway) to warrant that.
Yes, I think that was the problem. He would have to take the entire bag apart. He said the brass zipper would cost $35 by itself.
Have you dunked it yet? It looks basically fine but will benefit from reshaping and conditioning.An update on where I'm at in my rehab project.
Just looking to see what you guys think and see if anybody has suggestions.
I have dunked her, applied Leather CPR 3 times, and also a coat of Blackrock.
