Fantastic restoration of my 1979 Al Holland gamer

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All,

I picked up a fairly beaten up 1979 Al Holland game used Giants home jersey. I thought it would make for a nice project. It was not in particularly good shape, but had some promise. I first had it professionally cleaned, and then set out to get the back fixed up. I asked Lon Lewis if he can help out...

Not even two weeks later, I have the jersey back in hand, and it looks fantastic. I thought it would be very worthwhile to show you all a job well done. The most amazing parts of this job were:
1. the "new" nameplate was constructed out of the original nameplate material used by the Giants (not manufactured since 1982). Lon luckily had some of this and it matched the jersey almost identically. Matching is extremely rare, as these whites tend to darken over time.
2. the letters themselves come from Al Holland's original nameplate which Lon had in his workshop! The nameplate itself couldn't be used because it had been damaged in multiple places upon removal from the jersey, but the letters were all salvageable. The damaged original nameplate even matched up to the holes / outline of the removed nameplate on my jersey -- this could have in fact been the original nameplate from the jersey!
Enjoy the photos...