Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
It sounds to me as if yours is a Kenmore doublet rather than a Balmoral doublet. I’d have to see it, of course, but the collar is the primary difference between the two. A Balmoral doublet has a lay down collar and a Kenmore has a stand up collar.
Yes, I would agree...

But the collar on mine is intended to fall open to reveal the jabot, or whatever the tie being worn. The buttoning stops well below the throat like a Balmoral, and unlike other Kenmores I have seen, which button-up right to the top.

The collar on your doublet is lying turned down - can it be worn standing up with a jabot, like a Kenmore? If so, the versatility of the collar, and therefore the style of tie options, is the main difference and an obvious advantage.

Incidentally, mine has a Campbells of Beauly label and I believe dates from the late '50s or early '60s, and is in a doeskin-like fine Melton cloth.