Kilts and Clergy wear

[FatherWilliam57]

Black braided leather would seem to be another good suggestion. I checked and the Argyll does have shank buttons with pins, but they are located inside the coat lining. (I never understood the purpose of using shank buttons and pins, then hiding them inside the lining where they are inaccessable.) Fortunately, my wife has a button-holer on her sewing machine, so this will not be a huge problem. Plus I may come to the point where I would like to purchase a nice shirt and tie and want to switch back and forth to the silver buttons. Thanks, Kenneth.

(In all fairness I should mention that I do indeed have several herringbone and tweed jackets that I occasionally wear to "dress down" a bit, so no heart attack is imminent on that score!)

[SlackerDrummer]

Black braided leather would seem to be another good suggestion. I checked and the Argyll does have shank buttons with pins, but they are located inside the coat lining. (I never understood the purpose of using shank buttons and pins, then hiding them inside the lining where they are inaccessable.) Fortunately, my wife has a button-holer on her sewing machine, so this will not be a huge problem. Plus I may come to the point where I would like to purchase a nice shirt and tie and want to switch back and forth to the silver buttons. Thanks, Kenneth.

(In all fairness I should mention that I do indeed have several herringbone and tweed jackets that I occasionally wear to "dress down" a bit, so no heart attack is imminent on that score!)

I replaced all the buttons on my Argyll with silver NC state seal buttons (repro Civil War) to go with my Carolina tartan kilt. You can do the ones on the sleeve by feel. I think there is a washer of some kind but you can hang on to it and the pin pretty easily. On my jacket the cover on the back of the pockets isn't sewn all the way around and you can pull it down and replace the buttons there very easily.