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    Utilikilt Crooked Apron or exposed Pocket.

    When Krash (Steven) was designing the Mocker and Survival kilts with front pockets he used his own size 35 waist. They then scaled up and down the sizes. If you happen to be size 33 or less there maybe one or two problems.
    For these smaller sizes the factory was supposed to use down sized front pockets as things are getting very crowded under the aprons.

    If they didnt, then the left pocket may peek out from under the top apron if you have stuff in this pocket because of the bellowed edge of the pocket will let it stick out another 3/4 inch.
    Here is a picture of my fix:

    The pocket used to be where the ruler is. With my wallet in this pocket, the bellow opened, the thickness of the wallet proped the apron open and just standing the white pocket was visible.
    I reduced it to behind the first foldback pleat. I rebuilt the bellow edge to the pocket and don't really notice the reduced space. But no longer flash white from the apron when I walk.
    It will still hold two long necks in each front pocket. Walk carefully - the pockets clink together.

    APRON ASKEW with stuff in your front pockets? Notice which way it is being pulled. Then check to see if the bottom apron snap caught the pocket on that side - if it did free it. I carefully drill out the snap brad and replace that snap half without the pocket in the snap. Then use little iron-on patches to mend the pocket holes. If you are lucky the apron pulled right and it is a bottom half snap and the color dosent matter. If It pulled left, you will need a snap matching the other apron snaps (They are all line 24 size snaps) or cut the pocket around the existing snap and use larger iron-on patches on the pocket. NOTE use four patches one on each side of the hole on each pocket wall to keep from bonding the holes to whatever happens to be under it. LOL
    Last edited by tundramanq; 13th February 12 at 06:21 PM. Reason: Clarifying

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