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Durabiity of silk/wool blend sportcoat

post #1 of 4
10/29/11 at 5:27pm
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Simple question: how does a silk/wool blend roughly 50/50 compare to 100% wool of good quality if both are made by Canali?
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post #2 of 4
10/29/11 at 9:11pm
Dunno. Ought to be okay, since both fibers are known robust.

Hope so anyway; just got a gorgeous gray almost-glenn Kent jacket from the thrift, set to be my fave jacket when I finish shortening the sleeves. The stuff has an awesome hand, no? Like quicksilver, it's so smooth and supple.
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post #3 of 4
10/29/11 at 11:15pm
I have a Hickey Freeman jacket (that is approximately the same blend) that has held up well so far. It is about 3 years old with no signs of wear.
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post #4 of 4
10/30/11 at 10:14am
A wool and silk blend cloth is beautiful and has a bit of luster. However, my experience with a Holland and Sherry blend has not been positive. I've seen more signs of wear with this cloth than with an all-wool cloth. it seems to be a somewhat fragile cloth. I wouldn't recommend this blend for a workhorse type of jacket.
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