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Master and Commander
Posts: 1796
Location: Albany, GA. | Subject: Liberty Cuffs
I will admit that while I could wear blues and Dolphins, my cuffs had embroydered silver Dolphins on them. What did you guys have? |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 561
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I still have the Mermaids in my cuffs that I had sewn in the weekend I got out of boot camp. I went to down town San Diego, entered the Seven '7' Seas locker club and had my issue uniform spiked and belled, a zipper installed in my jumper, and the Mermaids sewn in. Then when I bought my shark skin Hong Kong war suit I had the Mermaids transferred.
I also now collect Liberty Cuffs and have about 86 different pair. From todays machine made ones to the old hand stitched ones of pre WWII. The best seem to have come from China.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
Sewer Pipe Snipe - 2008-08-11 5:06 AMI will admit that while I could wear blues and Dolphins, my cuffs had embroidered silver Dolphins on them. What did you guys have?
One of my first purchases was a set of gaberdine's from a Norfolk shop. I was two weeks out of boot camp and serving aboard APA-228. I also had liberty cuff sewed on...Gold Eagles, I think. As I recall it cost me an entire paycheck, maybe more.
I must have been a site...SA, tailored blues, crew-cut. But I wanted to be/look cool.
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
so.....did it work??? |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2254
Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
Sewer Pipe Snipe - 2008-08-11 3:06 AM
I will admit that while I could wear blues and Dolphins, my cuffs had embroydered silver Dolphins on them. What did you guys have?
I bought a pair of Seafarer Gabardines at some Tailor Shop on Bank Street. They had dragons on the cuffs and also inside the jumper under the collar. I sold them when I got out and, probably like many, wish I still had them. Not sure they'd fit but who cares?
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2191
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
From a WWII jumper
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1892
Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
I still have my Seafarer Gabardines. Yes, they have dragons on the inside. I got mine at the New London Sub Base Exchange Tailor Shop. I did not get them until I was a 2nd Class with a hash mark and getting married. I wore them only for my wedding because by 1972, civilian clothes were the norm when on liberty.
There are even little seahorses on the clothes stop loops.
With a 28 inch waist in the bottoms and a 36 inch chest on the jumper, they are a mite small. It is the only uniform item I kept all these years.
I did tried on the jumper many years ago; it took two people to help me get the jumper off.
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 781
Location: Port Orchard WA | Subject: RE: Liberty Cuffs
several sets first ones were Snipes (still have one) then Dragons (Hong Kong set of Blues but not qualified) then Dolphins final set I had were Polar Bears (still have one of them) |
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Old Salt
Posts: 431
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Because I was going to the Requin (a type of shark) I had sharks put in mine.
I had been warned that Dolphin liberty cuffs for a non qual were not a good idea.
On Requin anything that smacked of Dolphin wearing too soon could preclude you ever getting them for real. |
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