Remember what Devil Dog said when I suggested using a USMC Officer's (black) tunic?



Really I put the picture up as a "now there's something you don't see every day" kind of thing.

The one seller on ebay seems to be the only source- and these tunics are small and rare.

I mean- they are for military college students... as in young skinny kids.

Another thing- although they look black in the pic, they are much more blue. Not quite Air Force blue, but pretty blue. Kinda like the Dress Blues pic Dom posted:



Don't get me wrong; if we can find a source- terrific. Just might prove difficult finding ones in nearly mint condition, in everyone's size.

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I could live with that blue (but no lighter than that).

Man, what are those epaulettes made out of? Looks like swatches from Finnegan's cadet uniform.

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Umm... I originally posted the Royal Military College pic (not the one above) as a "Hey look at this- it's neat!" thing.

For now, I'm going to have to crush your hopes and say that the chances of finding twenty some odd RMC tunics in all our sizes are next to nil.

But the Marine Corps was not founded on hopes and wishes...

The Marine Corps was founded on DOING!

So I emailed the seller- here is what I wrote:



Fingers crossed my Brothers!

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UPDATE:




Looks like I spoke too soon.

Here is the reply I received:



Did ya get that? He has this style of high collar coat in black with or without red pipiing!!!

Couple of things:

Even though the tunic already has siver buttons- they do have "Royal Military College" and some symbol ( can't remember what- maybe a Royal Crest) on them. We can switch them out for silver or gold buttons seeing as this isn't a USMC tunic.

We will be open to any combination of patches... or none at all!

So what do you think guys? Have we found our tunic at last?

Another thing- I can't believe this guy actually put my question in the description of the auction itself!

Not that I expect these jackets to be snapped up- but we might want to expedite things just in case.

So- if everyone likes this jacket as a less expensive custom alternative- please say so.



(Remember he has this style in black with red piping).

Another thing- if we go with this, do you want me to handle the order as a group, or we contact this guy individually? If I do a group order, I will need this money for everyone's jacket up front, including a percentage for shipping to my place, and a second amount for shipping to everyone's destination.

If I handle a group order- I wouldn't want to leave who gets what size in someone else's hands (I can envision multiple wrong sizes sent to the wrong guys)- hence the need for a charge of shipping all the tunics to my house, and then a second charge to everyone's own place.

Or we could just contact the seller on a one on one basis, mentioning that we are a part of the US Colonial Marine Corps costuming group, asking for a specific size and jacket style (black with red piping etc).

Thoughts?

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Holy crap... what're the prices for this?

I really dig the piping on the sleeves, too.

Very freaking cool, Kevin... you're my hero if this works. We just need feedback from everyone now!

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Nice Find .

I would be up for either option, while the group order would intail just a tad more shipping charge, ie part of origanial the the part to out individual locals I would see as the best option.

Count me in especially if a 42 R Jacket can be had. hehe.

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Thanks Derek!

As far as price goes- his ebay auction had a Buy It Now price of $54.99.

If I can get an idea of how many we need exactly, I might be able to talk this down to say... $50 each? No promises though.

I'm going to call the seller to find out how many of the ones that are black with red piping and sizes he has.

If necessary we might have to take some of the ones with no piping as we could add piping ourselves later?

So right now those interested- could you make a "copy and paste" list for me with your size needs please.

Example: 40S (short)/ 44L (long)/ 42R (regular)

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
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Those epaulettes are chain mail; I'm from a cavalry regiment.

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
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Rock on Kevin!! Black w/ red piping or no piping is cool with me!!
Paypal ready to send ya bro!

In fact, Kev gets my vote as Marine of the Year!!

SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R

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Im guessing Rex and I are about the same size

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R

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I'm a 56Rish, so I'm guessing he won't have one that big, but let me know if he does.

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R
-Devildog 39S or 40S

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The seller replied to me today. He is going to need a few days to get together a proper inventory of what sizes he has on hand.

He also requested that the order be shipped to one location as it would be easiest. Really I can't see the additional charge for shipping being gigantic.

I'm going to call him tonight about prices.

KEEP THOSE SIZE REQUESTS COMING GUYS!!!

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-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R
-Devildog 39S or 40S
-Kraulnik 48L

As i ve talk with Kev, i have a 46 inches bust and a old US ARMY DRESS GREEN Jacket 41R is too small of 3inches, so don't know the size i ll need

I'm up for this as the design is pretty cool and very difference than the USMC one but my concern is that we're getting these from a seemingly unsustainable source so future grunts wanting to get a dress uniform will have pretty much no chance of finding what they need.

Anyway - I'm on the list if there's enough of the over 40's

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R
-Devildog 39S or 40S
-Kraulnik 48L
-the DustRoom 44R

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Good point...

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Hmmm... it is a good point.

I tried calling the seller late last night- but he wasn't in so I left a message (no big deal as he has always responded to my emails the same day).

I'll ask him about future availability. Best educated guess is that the seller is located in Kingston Ontario, which is also the location of the Royal Military College (going on the area code of his phone number). So I would hope that he does get these jackets from time to time.

Or if need be, I could try another army surplus store in Kingston (there are a couple) to see if they have any. This will have to be done over the web or phone though. Unfortunately Kingston is a 3 1/2 hour drive from my house- so it's not like I can just go and check it out on my day off.

Another thing I'll have to clarify with him is exact jacket sizes- do we need to order our normal jacket size (mine is 40S) or is the sizing different in some way? This goes by Rex's comment that although he wears a 42R jacket the USMC jacket he bought was too small and needed a 44R or 46R.

For now- just keep giving me your normal coat size.

-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R
-wookieegunner 56R
-Devildog 39S or 40S
-Kraulnik 48L
-LSKIV 46R
-the DustRoom 44R

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-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R or 46R
-uscm grunt 46R
-wookieegunner 56R
-Devildog 39S or 40S
-Kraulnik 48L
-LSKIV 46R
-the DustRoom 44R
FNG USCM 40R

VBR,
Chris

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Just to bump this back up to the top...cuz I'm excited to see that how many of us will eat dinner w/ FNG at Hardrock's wearing this!!

LOL!

Glad to see you aboard for this bro!

( I think we should all chip in and buy Kevin one dinner, in gratitude for this idea!)



-SSgt Burton 40S
-101 Radioman 42R
-Dom Beaudoin aka sharpuscm 48L
-Hollis DZC- 44R
-uscm grunt 46R
-wookieegunner 56R
-Devildog 39S or 40S
-Kraulnik 48L
-LSKIV 46R
-the DustRoom 44R
FNG USCM 40R

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What would a Colonial Marine nameplate read as?

Perhaps:

[Last Name]
U[X] Colonial Marines

Ripper

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BTW Kevin... is these tunics use the same size as any other CF clothing, the size number would be chest-height in inches. Mine would be 4873.

Thanks Dom!

If I go back to the store in Toronto- I'll check the label for the size and see if it works that way (can't see why it shouldn't- my old AC tunic is a size 6740).

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TKS. I was from the start. Letting the young blood handle the details. I trust the collective judgment and will go with the flow on this.

TKS for all the efforts.

VBR,
Chris

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Well, I knew that! I just was sayin' it again! LOL! I just happened to be picturin' ya in your Dress Blues at the time!

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