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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    If you are going to do this for yourself , Harold, can I please make a plea?

    Whichever cuffs you choose - have them working. As man puts his hand forward to shake yours, you can see immediately the quality of his jacket - or not.

    My original Argyle jacket came from eBay and was a handmade joy with working cuffs. I'm a 44 and unfortunately it is a 42 and as nice as it was it looked too small when I was wearing it. My wife (bless her) gave it to my brother-in-law who is a 42. He looks fantastic. When I was up in Edinburgh last year I bought an Argyle for a fantastic price. It fits far better and is so comfortable. It is everything I would want...

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    It does not have working cuffs.

    So one day, I am going to buy another Argyle

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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    What Chas said
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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    I would like to have one of each. I have found a jacket that I can modify to make the one on the right. all I would have to do is ad the velvet cuffs and collar.



    I am hoping that a local seamstress can make the one on the left for me. I'm ok at making clothes but that is a little far out of my league.

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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    Quote Originally Posted by Harold Cannon View Post
    I have found a jacket that I can modify...
    I'll warn you that the material of the jacket in your picture is too light a material to make a formal doublet. I tried this several years ago with less than stellar results.

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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    I don't know whether it would be at all cost-effective, but you might contact the Quartermaster Shop (or similar "sutler"); most -- if not all -- of their jackets are custom order, so you might be able to get them to make a one-off doublet at not much greater cost.

    Here are some Civil War US officers' shelljackets, for example:





    They already make a version of the NY 79th jacket, so adding "Braemar" style cuffs shouldn't be a big deal:


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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    Quote Originally Posted by Harold Cannon View Post
    I would like to have one of each. I have found a jacket that I can modify to make the one on the right. all I would have to do is ad the velvet cuffs and collar.



    I am hoping that a local seamstress can make the one on the left for me. I'm ok at making clothes but that is a little far out of my league.
    I just bought a ladies Eaton jacket and am in the process of adding cuffs. I thought that velvet would be hard to work with but it's not bad.
    Good luck with your Doublet quest,
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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    Harold, I too would go with the double breasted style. You are a big man, and I think the double breasted jacket would be more visually proportionate to your stature.

    If you have a hand in making it, I'm sure which ever one you go with will be top notch! Keep us posted.

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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    I like both of them, but I think I would prefer them both with tashes as seen on regulation doublets.

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    Re: Ideas For A Doublet for Myself????

    Here are mine …







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