Military style long/short sleeved shirts

[hospitaller]

You know, the type of shirts we've all seen in several of your pictures, those shirts with the neat clan badge either embroidered or sewn onto the shirt.

I've searched pretty much everywhere google has been kind enough to take me to, but to no avail, the styles are either 'sheriff' style with sewn on creases, or too thick, or the colors are limited, or the fabric is just not right, etc.

So, to those of you sporting those wonder shirts, would you be kind enough to post where did you get your shirt(s) from, and better yet, model and a wee review re: material, price, satisfaction factor, etc?

Thanks!

[JolyStNicholas]

Thanks for posting this topic! I too have been searching for these types of shirts! They are difficult to find. I have searched the surplus military stores,
and the color situation is the biggest problem! Might have to settle for the white ones if I can find the correct size!

[longhuntr74]

Thanks for posting this topic! I too have been searching for these types of shirts! They are difficult to find. I have searched the surplus military stores,
and the color situation is the biggest problem! Might have to settle for the white ones if I can find the correct size!

I've not looked, but I'd say Joly is right. Finding 60-70s vintage military khaki shirts I'd bet is getting a bit hard...most have been worn out...many were worn by Boy Scouts over the past years, but I haven't seen them in quite a while even.

Regarding the white shirts, you'll be happy to know that the new US Army Service Uniform (usually known as Class A/B or Army Greens) has taken that vintage tan military shirt with the epaulets and turned it white and that will be our new Class A/B shirt...so you should see white variants of this readily available thru commercial vendors in the near future.

I'm kind of sad about it...the original proposal was a medium-dark grey herringbone twill weave shirt of the same style that I though looked really sharp with the dark blue coat and light blue pants...but alas, they didn't consult me. HMMMM...wonder if Marlow-White has any of those grey shirts still available? They had started having them made before the Army Uniform people changed their minds and switched to white shirts.

[Woodsheal]

J. Higgins has them in their paper catalog, but not their on-line one:
http://www.jhiggins.net/
You could call them, or request a catalog be mailed....

[McMurdo]

What Price Glory has military reproductions. I was able to get a military long sleeve khaki shirt from ebay for about $4.00.

[The Thing]

You mean like The Things shirt...?




Well I got mine issued, but there is a company that supplies shirts to the Military and Government. The webpage is www.hunterapparelsolutions.com
I must get a couple of white shirts myself of them.

[The Thing]

Also on the above they also do other colours just ask them before ordering.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

You know, the type of shirts we've all seen in several of your pictures, those shirts with the neat clan badge either embroidered or sewn onto the shirt.

Mine were made by a local tee-shirt/embroidery company. I supplied the artwork-- a simple line drawing of what I wanted, and they did the rest. I selected the shirts I wanted (button down collar, short sleeve, 60-40 cotton poly blend) from a range of about 12 colours, and the cost, including the embroidery was under $20 per shirt.

Now there is a one-time set up fee, which basically covers the cost of scanning your artwork and translating that scan into a computer program for the embroidery machines. This fee will vary with the complexity of the design, and the number of colours used in embroidering the design. However, once you've paid the set up fee, it's yours forever and you can go back to the embroiderers and order more shirts and they'll only charge you for the shirt!

If you don't want the shirt embroidered then the embroiderers should be more than happy to sell you just the shirt, although they may want a minimum order-- usually 4-6 shirts.

[Irish in Tacoma]

A really nice shirt is made by Filson (www.filson.com). Check out their safari cloth shirt, and I think they now have a bush shirt with eqaulets. While not really military shirts, they still have that classic look that goes well with kilts.

[macwilkin]

A really nice shirt is made by Filson (www.filson.com). Check out their safari cloth shirt, and I think they now have a bush shirt with eqaulets. While not really military shirts, they still have that classic look that goes well with kilts.

In that same vein (albiet less expensive), L.L. Bean offers a cotton poplin field shirt:

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/sto...rom=SR&feat=sr

I own one, and you can't go wrong with L.L. Bean, Filson or Orvis.

Regards,

Todd