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    Panache's thread "Tux with tails to Prince Charlie conversion"


    kevinkinney's thread "DIY Regulation Doublet"



    You might want to look into those two threads.
    I would love to have a plain Eton jacket rigged up like a mess jacket. I would really rather have a black argyll with a five and a three button waistcoat... Save the silver and fancies for the sporran cantle and/or a nice buckle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Crocker View Post

    Panache's thread "Tux with tails to Prince Charlie conversion"


    kevinkinney's thread "DIY Regulation Doublet"



    You might want to look into those two threads.
    I would love to have a plain Eton jacket rigged up like a mess jacket. I would really rather have a black argyll with a five and a three button waistcoat... Save the silver and fancies for the sporran cantle and/or a nice buckle.
    My feelings exactly. The conversion of an "experienced" tail coat into a PC is relatively straight forward, and if the price is right, very economical to boot! For using an Eaton/Mess jacket, try to keep as far away from the actual military look as possible, (Unless, of course you are retired military. It would look too much like a costume. "Scotty" Thompson's advice in his book So You are Going to Wear the Kilt for informal wear suggests either the "Ike" jacket, or modification of a military jacket into a "bum-freezer". Since the now traditional Highland dress is quasi military anyway, those military touches are OK. This is just my opinion. I modified a western short jacket from Blair, and the effect is quite good, I have been told.
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