tonyrhodes
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Hello all,
I got into the market for a vintage peacoat which brought me to this site and thus to my first post on here. So hello to everyone! For the past year or so I have been looking into getting a genuine issue peacoat at first I thought I wanted a current issue sterlingwear one but after reading a few threads on this site about the advantages of vintage peacoats over the current ones, I decided to go with vintage. I took my measurements and i'm roughly a 40 inch chest, i'm about 5'11 and 175 lbs. I have been scouring ebay (and vintagetrends though they seem somewhat expensive) looking for any genuine navy issue peacoats and I came across a fairly nice one with some minor wear from the 1960s, through looking at the peacoat dating thread, I found out it was from about 1961. I also read about how to size for the peacoats. Now I had heard you should buy a size smaller so the coat fits snug, the measurements for the coat I got my eye on are a 38R, pit2pit=22 inches, arm length 35 1/2 inches, overall height is 34 inches. Would this be too tight or should I keep my eye open until i find a 40R coat? The only thing I really have as a reference is a suit jacket (I think its a 38r but i'm not sure I lost the size tag) which fits ok but it is a little snug around the armpits (pit2pit is 21 inches) and sleeve length is 34. Also, is it difficult to find a peacoat in very good condition for under 100 on eBay? It seems all the ones without much wear are fairly expensive right now. Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I got into the market for a vintage peacoat which brought me to this site and thus to my first post on here. So hello to everyone! For the past year or so I have been looking into getting a genuine issue peacoat at first I thought I wanted a current issue sterlingwear one but after reading a few threads on this site about the advantages of vintage peacoats over the current ones, I decided to go with vintage. I took my measurements and i'm roughly a 40 inch chest, i'm about 5'11 and 175 lbs. I have been scouring ebay (and vintagetrends though they seem somewhat expensive) looking for any genuine navy issue peacoats and I came across a fairly nice one with some minor wear from the 1960s, through looking at the peacoat dating thread, I found out it was from about 1961. I also read about how to size for the peacoats. Now I had heard you should buy a size smaller so the coat fits snug, the measurements for the coat I got my eye on are a 38R, pit2pit=22 inches, arm length 35 1/2 inches, overall height is 34 inches. Would this be too tight or should I keep my eye open until i find a 40R coat? The only thing I really have as a reference is a suit jacket (I think its a 38r but i'm not sure I lost the size tag) which fits ok but it is a little snug around the armpits (pit2pit is 21 inches) and sleeve length is 34. Also, is it difficult to find a peacoat in very good condition for under 100 on eBay? It seems all the ones without much wear are fairly expensive right now. Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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