Show shirt cuff at end of Crail or Tweed jacket sleeve?

[OC Richard]

I wear mine like I've worn my military dress uniforms for almost 20 years, just past the third thumb knuckle (the one closest to the wrist) when relaxed. Mind you, this is a regulation thing, but it has really grown into my preferred fit.

That sounds good to me! (I didn't know my thumb had a 3rd knuckle until I just now checked.)

So the regulations you speak of are American? What's your impression of the sleeve length on the two British soldiers I posted above? (The Pipe Major and Drum Major of the Pipes & Drums of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, which band sadly no longer exists.)

We pipers want the sleeves coming a bit past the wrists while playing, meaning the sleeves are rather long when the arms are down at our sides. (Unless you're Bob Shepherd.)

Like here (the Pipes & Drums of The Highlanders)

[Manu]

That sounds good to me! (I didn't know my thumb had a 3rd knuckle until I just now checked.)

So the regulations you speak of are American? What's your impression of the sleeve length on the two British soldiers I posted above? (The Pipe Major and Drum Major of the Pipes & Drums of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, which band sadly no longer exists.)

We pipers want the sleeves coming a bit past the wrists while playing, meaning the sleeves are rather long when the arms are down at our sides. (Unless you're Bob Shepherd.)

Like here (the Pipes & Drums of The Highlanders)

Yes, I am referring to US military. The length on their sleeve looks good to me. I would wear it maybe 1/4 inch shorter, but I think the cuff being wider than my uniforms' cuff makes it look longer than it actually is. I think the sleeve being a tad longer definitely serves a functional purpose for you pipers, but your sleeves and the pipers' above do not seem too long in my opinion. I think there is a more contemporary trend among men to really shorten the fit of both sleeves and trouser legs. I like the slimmer contemporary cuts of suits, but I will always use my military uniforms regulations to guide sleeve and trouser length. The military has a funny way of re-programming one's brain