PC waistcoat help

**cacunn** · 28th April 08, 06:03 AM

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**berserkbishop** · 28th April 08, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by cacunn

You might try My Own Tuxedo they have used vests for around $20.

http://www.myowntuxedo.com/searchres...CategoryID=316

It appears to me that you have a Tails coat conversion, nothing wrong with that. But it appears to me that the the scalloped patches on the tails are backwards.

If you look at the Folkware pattern in the center of this picture you can see the scalloped piece has the point pointing outward.

As I understand the buttons go out near the points, not the center of the piece, see the pattern piece on the lower right of the picture.

See if you can remove this piece and turn it around.

Well that was what I thought when I first looked at it. . . . but the back looks tailored very well for a conversion. The whole thing looks spot on to me except for the tails. I don't know, I am really gunning for an Argyll someday but as often as I wear it it will be just fine.

I just really really like the look of a vest. That is why I want one!

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**Arlen** · 28th April 08, 03:36 PM

I would say go ahead and take your jacket to a shop and find a waistcoat to go with it.
I got one that works just perfectly and only cost me a fiver. The buttons cost 3 quid.

**cacunn** · 28th April 08, 03:43 PM

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**berserkbishop** · 28th April 08, 09:23 PM

I meant no offense Cacuun, your conversion looks splendid. Right now I have neither the time nor patience to do a conversion myself. If it is a conversion, thats all well and good with me. At $60 i know I couldnt do any better myself for that price.

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**cacunn** · 28th April 08, 10:46 PM

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**berserkbishop** · 28th April 08, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by cacunn

No offense even considered. If you did the conversion it would have cost at least that amount. Enjoy it and have fun wearing your new coat.

By the way are your enjoying your "old" jacket?

Actually I gave it to my brother. He is getting into kilt wearing and doesnt have all that much right now, but he does have a Cunningham kilt that my Grandma made him. The jacket is a better fit on him than it is on me. I am cursed with being scrawney, he is a bit more broad shouldered.

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**SteveB** · 29th April 08, 10:09 PM

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Being lean is not a curse. It means your size does not sell out as fast.
Until I aged it worked very well for me. At your age I was 6'2", 135 lbs, waist 28, hips 31, length 25. Trousers were size 28 and very loose. i had no problem finding for the lower part. I have a looong torso, shirts very rarely got anywheres near my trousers. The kilt is worn high enough to overcome that issue.