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^^ I suspect linked buttons are a secret feature of the SwissArmySuit™. Time will tell.
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The BlazerSuit™ ... Part Deux!
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haganah
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George Hamilton supposedly does this on a suit -- has buttons to swap out to use it as a blazer, suit coat and something else, either a sport coat or a DJ.Originally Posted by RJman
I'm dying to see this. If anyone has any pictures, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Maybe you could even get some snap frogging made up for when you're lounging at home.
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Do it. That's something I could totally get behind. I suppose I like such gimmicks.Originally Posted by RJman
It's all in the execution - can you make the button hole small enough on the inside cot flap, so that the casual observer couldn't spot the trick. Not sure how to handle the coat sleeves, but I'm sure there's a good way.
Detail pictures would start an SF revolution in button shank pr0n.
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I have to say, I don't understand how it would work. Link fronts make sense for the waist button, but what do you do about the other front buttons, and the sleeve buttons?Originally Posted by Manton
For a second I thought I could quit my job and become a button baron because I'd been thinking of something that is already patented: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4471510.html
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I have to say, I don't understand how it would work. Link fronts make sense for the waist button, but what do you do about the other front buttons, and the sleeve buttons?Originally Posted by Manton
Links would work on the sleeves. Do you fear the inside buttons would be uncomfortable?
For the other front buttons, thread shank to a small metal loop and use cotter pins inside, like are used on Navy uniforms. (Metal blazer buttons, already shanked, could take the cotter pin directly.)
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Didn't Hamilton say, in his 10 Essentials list that he used button covers? Here's an example: http://www.jewelryfindings-online.com/button_covers.htm They seem like they would rattle around, and I can't imaging putting them over quality horn buttons.
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Button covers seem undesirable. I would think they would feel cheap like those hollow metal buttons used on most RTW blazers.
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But link buttons are brilliant.Originally Posted by grimslade
Manton, they're just double-sided buttons, with button holes on both sides.
But I don't want buttonholes on the right side of my jacket front, especially on the top and bottom buttons.
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But I don't want buttonholes on the right side of my jacket front, especially on the top and bottom buttons.Originally Posted by Manton
Ooops. that cotter pin is not looking so good for the top button either ....
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But I don't want buttonholes on the right side of my jacket front, especially on the top and bottom buttons.Originally Posted by Manton
The top button is a problem on a 3B, it's true. The button one, not so much. The goal would be to design it, as far as possible, to be invisible from the front. Perhaps that's a pipe dream.
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