Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
There in lies the problem I wish to remove the top stripe (the one that identifies it as RN). this would leave me with the single bar that does denote my current rank. Although from what I've lifted so far it looks alright. I figure a mess jacket wouldn't actually see the light of day much luckily, so should fade much if at all.
Cool I can not wait to see it, as for the hole, you might just take it to a tailor to fix. As far as the buttons I'm not sure if I would switch them or leave them, I think that is your call.