Lucked out today!

[Richrail]

Very nice.

[frank_a]

Thanks all, and especially Richard, who provided initial encouragement. And now the tracking on my new semi-traditional kilt from USA Kilts says: "Your item was processed through our ALBANY, NY 12288 facility on September 27, 2012 at 9:40 pm." Maybe, just maybe, I will have it in my grubby little hands today! Pics soon...

Frank

[usonian]

Nice find... Apparently yesterday was a good day for thrift store Harris Tweed! My wife came home with a Harris Tweed blazer for me which she found at Salvation Army. it's a little bit big on me, but to my mind that may make it a very good candidate for conversion. The pocket placement is already fairly high and I'm thinking the extra length at the bottom might yield enough material for argyle-style cuffs.

Thrift stores are addictive and almost always worth ducking into if you have a few bucks and a few minutes. In our neck of the woods most of them rotate days where items with a tag of a particular color are 50% off. So if fate smiles upon you, you can walk out with a pristine wool suit for $10 or a Harris Tweed blazer for $5. I seem to recall another thread here where someone actually found a perfectly-fitting argyle jacket at a thrift shop!

[Chas]

Good find, should make a good conversion.

Had to read twice - In the UK, luck and out together, tend to mean out of luck, rather than the other way round.

Regards

Chas

[frank_a]

Thank you. I do believe it will make a great conversion.

Thanks also for the tip on my American idiom use of "lucked out." Good to know!

Enjoy your day,

Frank

Good find, should make a good conversion.

Had to read twice - In the UK, luck and out together, tend to mean out of luck, rather than the other way round.

Regards

Chas

[frank_a]

Good for you usonian. Ya gotta love it. Got pics? Everyone always wants to see pics!

Boy, what I wouldn't give to find a perfectly fitting argyle jacket at a thrift shop! What I really would like now is a nice light gray tweed waistcoat...

Frank

[New World Czech]

Good for you usonian. Ya gotta love it. Got pics? Everyone always wants to see pics!

Boy, what I wouldn't give to find a perfectly fitting argyle jacket at a thrift shop! What I really would like now is a nice light gray tweed waistcoat...

Frank

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[frank_a]

Thanks Kevin, here's hoping my new USA Kilts semi-traditional kilt arrives today!

Frank

[Cecil]

I was on pins and needles waiting for my kilt to get here. I feel for ya Frank.

[New World Czech]

Nice find... Apparently yesterday was a good day for thrift store Harris Tweed! My wife came home with a Harris Tweed blazer for me which she found at Salvation Army. it's a little bit big on me, but to my mind that may make it a very good candidate for conversion. The pocket placement is already fairly high and I'm thinking the extra length at the bottom might yield enough material for argyle-style cuffs.

Thrift stores are addictive and almost always worth ducking into if you have a few bucks and a few minutes. In our neck of the woods most of them rotate days where items with a tag of a particular color are 50% off. So if fate smiles upon you, you can walk out with a pristine wool suit for $10 or a Harris Tweed blazer for $5. I seem to recall another thread here where someone actually found a perfectly-fitting argyle jacket at a thrift shop!

That would be me for that argyle although it was not perfect, a little tight but close enough. I'm a 46R and it is a 44L and just had the sleeves shortened a bit. I found the OP's jacket twin Harris Tweed charcoal herringbone and just had it converted along with and light navy Italian wool jacket. I gave a friend a challenge, her first kilt jacket conversions. She did not enjoy the argyle cuffs for shortening at all, she said it was like breaking into Fort Knox.
Enjoy the jacket and new kilt.