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17th January 12, 07:10 PM
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nice edwardian doublet...
It looks as though not a huge amount has changed in the last 100 odd years... at least not at the high end of the scale... Size 34 and at a decent price on ebay if it tickles your fancy (no connection to the seller)



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17th January 12, 07:19 PM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
it is indeed splendid. Sadly, the last time I fit in a size 34 was as an 8th grader.
Why were so many Scots so blasted tiny?
ith:
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17th January 12, 07:38 PM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
Have you eaten Scottish "food"?  
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17th January 12, 07:39 PM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
 Originally Posted by artificer
it is indeed splendid. Sadly, the last time I fit in a size 34 was as an 8th grader.
Why were so many Scots so blasted tiny?
 ith:
Well 100 years ago... there was less food... and it wasnt filled with hormones... Well that and the fact that ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL scots drank whisky instead of eating...
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17th January 12, 08:49 PM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
Everyone, everywhere was smaller in the world before WWII, and even for quite a while after in many places. We are all getting taller, and bigger around, and working less hard in the developed world. My Dad was in the Navy in WWII, and we have his dress blues. They fit me when I was 14, and there is no way my 17 year old could get into them, which is the age Dad was when the uniform was made for him. There are lots of factors, but food availability/nutrition certainly was part of it.
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18th January 12, 05:56 AM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
 Originally Posted by Howard Clark
Everyone, everywhere was smaller in the world before WWII, and even for quite a while after in many places. We are all getting taller, and bigger around, and working less hard in the developed world. My Dad was in the Navy in WWII, and we have his dress blues. They fit me when I was 14, and there is no way my 17 year old could get into them, which is the age Dad was when the uniform was made for him. There are lots of factors, but food availability/nutrition certainly was part of it.
Not in my family. Both of my grandfathers were in the war, both over 6'. One of my Great Grandfathers was 6'4", he had been born in the 1880's.
Back OT.
I'm with Matt. It's sad that this type of garment is no longer made in any fashion other than completely custom ordered (probably bespoke).
 Originally Posted by Tobus
I do like the looks of it, but would really like to see it worn on an actual person, with a kilt, to get the full effect.
Is it just me, or does this thing look a little too perfect and new? No signs of age to it whatsoever. I have a hard time believing it's really that old.
I'd love for this to be the case, as I then might have found the person to make my doublet 
ith:
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18th January 12, 08:15 PM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
 Originally Posted by artificer
Not in my family. Both of my grandfathers were in the war, both over 6'. One of my Great Grandfathers was 6'4", he had been born in the 1880's.
Back OT.
I'm with Matt. It's sad that this type of garment is no longer made in any fashion other than completely custom ordered (probably bespoke).
I'd love for this to be the case, as I then might have found the person to make my doublet
 ith:
Ditto. I'm 5', 11" with a 46" chest and I'm a runt compared to my strapping great grandfather, at the same age of course. I could take him now in his current condition, I think.
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18th January 12, 05:47 AM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
That is a nice doublet. And I love the waistcoat! Oh, why don't they make them like that any longer?
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18th January 12, 08:47 AM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
 Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
That is a nice doublet. And I love the waistcoat! Oh, why don't they make them like that any longer?
I AGREE! If there were only someway we had access to mills and tailors and seamstresses and historians... :-) Maybe a new project for someone?
"My beloved America, thank you for your children. If your children want to become soldiers I will train them. When they are hungry I will feed them. When they are thirsty I will give them water. When they fight for freedom I will lead them. When they are unsteady on the battlefield I will motivate them. If they die on the battlefield I will bury them. So help me God."
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18th January 12, 10:10 AM
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Re: nice edwardian doublet...
 Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
That is a nice doublet. And I love the waistcoat! Oh, why don't they make them like that any longer?
*** on the awesomeness of the vest!
--Josh--
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