Aaron: I got some velcro today to fix that top button. Thanks for all your help!

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Hi Loved the BDU mod so I went for it myself I have done the coller and pockets with velco and its looking good cant what to see what you come up with next.

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Hey Retro, how did you modify the collar? I just got my BDU top and want to do the same...as well as swap out the button with velcro. Did you just trim it and re-sew it? If so, how much did you take off?

I used Sgt. Burton's guide found here:

http://www.rhythm.com/~alexko/misc/uscm ... rsion.html

It works quite well if you don't have any spare material to sew a new one. My Polish BDU blouse had a fair amount of extra material on the sleeves so I probably could have attempted a more SA collar, but I wasted it trying to make a helmet cover instead...

EDIT: I checked your thread to see if yours has extra cloth on the elbows and it does. Seam rip that stuff off and you *could* make a very nice rounded corner Mandarin collar. It's your call, but the option is there. Of course you are sporting a throat guard so no one is going to see it anyway!!

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