Another fantastic jacket conversion...

[David Thorpe]

The tweed jacket that I converted had patch pockets which made new flap placement easy. Sadly, patch pockets seem to be a rarity when searching for conversion candidates.

[creagdhubh]

The placement of the pocket-flaps on converted jackets usually jumps out to my eye too, but you know what, Argyll jackets with their flaps placed like that appear in The Highlanders of Scotland and I would guess that those jackets aren't conversions but were originally made that way.

And here is a King, no less! Wearing a jacket that has its pocket flaps placed rather low... and he's sporting a flat cap to top it all off! (And notice the interesting cuffs on his jacket.)



One thing I've found, looking at old jackets in thrift shops, is that the placement of the pocket flaps varies quite a bit on suit coats/blazers/sport coats and it's not all that hard to find jackets with the pocket flaps place higher and more to the sides.

Wonderful old photo of the King! I especially like his Scottish Wildcat sporran - I need one of those!

Cheers,