While searching for information I ran across the following quote from John Wickett discussing a possible RD jacket with an exterior pocket:
"The hardest part about adding a welt pocket post-manufacture would be getting material to match the fabric of the issue jacket. I think whether it was added post-manufacture would be easily told by looking at the lining... which we cannot do, unfortunately."
This put me to wondering about a particular jacket I have been researching....
How common was it to add an exterior pocket of any type using different fabric than the jacket was originally constructed from? I've noticed several images of confederates with exterior pockets, however, sometimes it is not clear enough to tell whether the fabric matches or is just close. Another problem here of course is that even if the image is clear it is not in color. Would a soldier be more likely to remove fabric from the facing of a jacket than to simply use similar scrap cloth to create the exterior pocket?
I know there have been a great deal of posting lately about folks doing their own research....not trying to steal research here..just spuring "authentic discussion" hopefully by someone who has been able to find documentation of either or has seen the results on an original.
"The hardest part about adding a welt pocket post-manufacture would be getting material to match the fabric of the issue jacket. I think whether it was added post-manufacture would be easily told by looking at the lining... which we cannot do, unfortunately."
This put me to wondering about a particular jacket I have been researching....
How common was it to add an exterior pocket of any type using different fabric than the jacket was originally constructed from? I've noticed several images of confederates with exterior pockets, however, sometimes it is not clear enough to tell whether the fabric matches or is just close. Another problem here of course is that even if the image is clear it is not in color. Would a soldier be more likely to remove fabric from the facing of a jacket than to simply use similar scrap cloth to create the exterior pocket?
I know there have been a great deal of posting lately about folks doing their own research....not trying to steal research here..just spuring "authentic discussion" hopefully by someone who has been able to find documentation of either or has seen the results on an original.
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