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[cott1]

Anyone know where I might get a shell repaired? Or has anyone don this with a shell or a pair of pants?
I have a really sweet pro stock retro devils shell that I got about 10 years ago and have used a ton and it has really taken some wear. I don't want to get rid of it cause it was such a great find - but as you can see in the pic below there is a good size tear up the inside left leg seam, right leg stripe and around the waist in the belt area - also the devils patch is coming off a bit and I'd want that sewn back down.

Tried taking it into a couple tailors around town but they were clueless because of the material of the shell - and my LHS doesn't really do this kind of thing - would really like to salvage it but don't want to spend so much that it would make more sense to just buy another shell - anyone have any suggestions or comments? Very much appreciated.

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[Junkyard Athletic]

From experience, buy a new shell

[Harv]

Give him a call, see what he can do.

http://www.peachespr...NT_REPAIRS.html

[theflash0000]

Try taking it to a cobbler/shoe repair place. They will have heavier-duty sewing machines and won't be shy about working with the canvas material.

You could also try this: http://www.speedystitcher.com

Might take a little work to track down the right color wax thread, but you can definitely do that repair yourself by hand. Learning how to use it takes 10 minutes; I bet this job would take you about 30 minutes total.

Edit: actually, after a quick Google search, I found there are tons of colors available online. I've only used black, white, and tan

[Too Old]

Toronto Hockey did work for me. They replaced the black nylon covering the pads and also repaired some seams. Did a great job.

http://torontohockey...r.com/price.htm

[cott1]

awesome! Thank you all for the suggestion.

[Grammer]

You should just get rid of them. You know what, as a favour to you, I'll take them off your hands.

But seriously, that shouldn't be a problem. I'd just keep trying different tailors. And if you can find the patches or material that you think will do the job, and come up with a way to do it, I'm sure if you just took it in somewhere they'd be able to make happen what you're thinking about.

[shoeshine boy]

worst comes to worse give George's a try - www.hockeyrepair.com
there's nothing that they haven't done. I recently had them put zippers in the inseam of a pair of Columbus 3rd Hustlers that I bought off of Max. price was fair and work was outstanding!

[cott1]

great suggestions - thanks guys - yet another reason why this site is so great
I'll be in Portland for work at the end of the month so that sounds like the winner to me - thanks!

[cott1]

I went with Peaches.
I am amazed out what great work he did - he completely restored a shell I was about to give up on...one of my favorites too.
Very reasonably priced - he patched up the leg - stripes on the side - devils logo - and even threw in a new belt!

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Thanks for the suggestions!!

[Yetso]

Beautiful work, well done by Peaches.

[cott1]

....and with that beautiful work by peaches and some help from a few members, I've completed my first set

[Yetso]

Do I sense a "do you match?" post coming soon?

[cott1]

stay tuned...

[cott1]

just shared my story on this shell to another member - thought I'd share it in the thread....realizing it was my first piece of pro stock gear so it's pretty awesome that I was able to salvage it.

Always LOVED the retro devils look - I scored this shell when I was about 17/18 years old - some client of my Dads was this seriously rich dude who had bought a hockey team in FLA called the Lakeland Prowlers - anyhow, they ended up folding and he had a garage full of all this pro stock gear that he had now acquired and didn't know what to do with so he knew my brother and I played hockey and let my dad bring us over to his garage and go to town on whatever we wanted - it was one of the coolest scores, gear wise, I've ever had! So in literally the PILE of stuff I found this shell, there was actually another one that I gave to a friend on my HS team (not sure if he still has it or not since this was about 15 years ago).
it became my regular shell - I wore the crap out of it (as you can see) so I'm so pumped that it was able to be salvaged...I guess if I think about it, this shell was my first piece of pro stock gear

[HockeySavants]

Beautiful shell, glad you didnt give up on it.

[cott1]

Thanks HS - I really couldn't be more pleased with the way they turned out - A+ job by Peaches

[booyaagrandma]

Mark does amazing work eh ? They look excellent

[timdog]

That's an awsome shell!!! I love stories like that!!! Cheers!

[cott1]

Thanks TD!
You get my PM with kings 3rd pics?