Matt yeah I cut down both the hoods. I literally just got a pair of tailoring scissors or trauma shears and cut along the line between the hood and the peak which holds the wire. It’s really simple you just need to get a lighter afterwards and burn down all the threads
Ally Kit Review alright cheers just asked because a lot of the people 2* and above in my company have cut their hoods down and I just wondered what the best way to do it
I bought the cuffs on eBay. I measure out the length of the cuff against the length of the sleeve and cut off the old cuff and some of the sleeve. I then attached the cuff by sewing inside out and then folded it over on itself to make a smaller para cuff which makes the sleeve sit straight and tidy and also keeps me nice and warm in the colder months
I mainly used the machine however needed to do a bit of touching up and securing by hand. If I remember rightly I did the same thing for the pockets. I attempted to make them from scratch and used a machine to put them on then hand stitches to tidy it up
![British Army [surplus] Smock adapted.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fLAdOn8_TYU/mqdefault.jpg)
Did you cut the hood down on the non adapted smock and also what’s the best way to cut it down?
Matt yeah I cut down both the hoods. I literally just got a pair of tailoring scissors or trauma shears and cut along the line between the hood and the peak which holds the wire. It’s really simple you just need to get a lighter afterwards and burn down all the threads
Ally Kit Review alright cheers just asked because a lot of the people 2* and above in my company have cut their hoods down and I just wondered what the best way to do it
Matt yeah literally just get a pair of scissors and cut along the line but ask first and if your struggling ask one of your seniors to help you
How did you make your para cuffs Fit the smoke where did you salvage the material from ?
I bought the cuffs on eBay. I measure out the length of the cuff against the length of the sleeve and cut off the old cuff and some of the sleeve. I then attached the cuff by sewing inside out and then folded it over on itself to make a smaller para cuff which makes the sleeve sit straight and tidy and also keeps me nice and warm in the colder months
@@allykitreview121 did you sew these on by hand or by a machine how did you sew the pockets on your sleeves did you do this by hand
I mainly used the machine however needed to do a bit of touching up and securing by hand. If I remember rightly I did the same thing for the pockets. I attempted to make them from scratch and used a machine to put them on then hand stitches to tidy it up