Adding elbow patches to tweed sportcoat

[theyare]

Thanks to Chobochobo, I have a great new (to me) brown tweed jacket. I'm thinking of having my tailor add some elbow patches. What color / fabric is the best to use? Where would I get it and how much would I need? Thanks

 

[Vintage Gent]

I say wait until the jacket is in its dotage, the fabric at the elbows worn thin.

 

[theyare]

why's that? it's really not something i will wear very often and is pretty thick. Don't see the material wearing through anytime soon.

 

[JLibourel]

I'm with my buddy Vintage Gent here. If you don't expect the elbows to wear through, why add the patches?

Good God, the tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows was a hackneyed stereotype of the college professor living in genteel poverty on his modest salary 50 bloody years ago when I was a young 'un. Why would you wish to mimic such a stereotype?

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I'm with my buddy Vintage Gent here. If you don't expect the elbows to wear through, why add the patches?

Good God, the tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows was a hackneyed stereotype of the college professor living in genteel poverty on his modest salary 50 bloody years ago when I was a young 'un. Why would you wish to mimic such a stereotype?

It's such an Internet Gentleman archetype!

 

[Vintage Gent]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

It's such an Internet Gentleman archetype!

There are gentlemen on this Internet thing?

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Vintage Gent

There are gentlemen on this Internet thing?

The London Lounge.

 

[DrAvant]

I hope resurrecting an old thread isn't poor form here but my question is germane to this one. I have an older HSM tweed sport coat that has developed a tear in the elbow (pictures below). Unfortunately the tear is below where what I think of as appropriate elbow patches would go. First of all, is this defect too large for a reweaving and would that be cost effective for an older jacket? Second, would larger patches be too out of proportion? I wear this jacket frequently (hence the tear) and mostly in casual settings where patches would probably go mostly unnoticed.

 

[JLibourel]



I hope resurrecting an old thread isn't poor form here but my question is germane to this one.  I have an older HSM tweed sport coat that has developed a tear in the elbow (pictures below).  Unfortunately the tear is below where what I think of as appropriate elbow patches would go.  First of all, is this defect too large for a reweaving and would that be cost effective for an older jacket?  Second, would larger patches be too out of proportion?  I wear this jacket frequently (hence the tear) and mostly in casual settings where patches would probably go mostly unnoticed.

Looks to me like that jacket's had it, sorry to say.

 

[DrAvant]

Looks to me like that jacket's had it, sorry to say.

That is pretty tough to hear. So I guess you're saying reweaving is definitely out of the question. I think I'll still give the patches a shot; maybe mock up what they would look like to cover the defect. It's going to be hard to take this one out of the rotation.

 

[armscye]

Elbow patches need not be ovals, so you have some flexibility in covering the tear. For example, In "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", one of the senior spies in British Intelligence wears tweed jackets with diamond-shaped patches that author LeCarre calls "Harlequin style." I have also seen jackets with rectangular patches that looked great.

On one jacket I asked my tailor to use oblong octagons, and reversed the suede so the smooth side of the leather faced out, to achieve more of an artisan effect.

 

[apropos]

^ True.

There are alternative elbow patches to the traditional ovals, as seen here on this military sweater.

 

[OlSarge]

So long as the patches are symmetrical and reasonably sized, I don't see that they absolutely, positively have to go in a certain place. They're there to cover a tear and should go over it.

 

[strakha]

I hope resurrecting an old thread isn't poor form here but my question is germane to this one. I have an older HSM tweed sport coat that has developed a tear in the elbow (pictures below). Unfortunately the tear is below where what I think of as appropriate elbow patches would go. First of all, is this defect too large for a reweaving and would that be cost effective for an older jacket? Second, would larger patches be too out of proportion? I wear this jacket frequently (hence the tear) and mostly in casual settings where patches would probably go mostly unnoticed.

Looks too big to be reweaved cost effectively, but embrace a chance to experiment with patches. I can visualise charcoal/dark grey wool patches, with matching fabric under the collar. Not sure if you pop your collar when outside with scarf etc but I can imagine the collar detail making the patches look not quite so orphaned, more put together. Anyway good luck!

 

[robinsongreen68]

thread revival... fell off my bike last night and ripped the sleeve of a jacket i was very fond of- it's only uniqlo/+j but fits me well.
can anyone think of any type of patch that might suit? it's a dark green herringbone tweed, fairly fuzzy and i wear it very casually- perhaps a dark brown suede oblong might give it a kind of hunting jacket feel..or should i just ditch it?