Button size and spacing for fewer than 4 button cuff?

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fearlessfred
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Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:52 am

Hello everyone

This is my first post on the forum and up until now have just been enjoying the etutee posts and scans.

I have a quick question. What size buttons would you use if you were having a 1, 2 or 3 button cuff on a sports coat and how would you space them? I'm specifically referring to tweed coats.

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emde
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Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:20 am

For the last sports coats, I just went for one cuff button, same size as the other buttons.
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Sun Sep 02, 2018 1:21 pm

For 2 I'd space 3/4"
For 3 you could do 5/8"
But that's just what I might do.
alden
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Sun Sep 02, 2018 2:48 pm

4 buttons kissing or 1 button same as others
Concordia
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Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:23 pm

The traditional preppy 2-button cuff has them spaced as though there were a third button in between.

I tried to get that in my last blazer, only to find that the finisher did, in fact, cut three holes. After the bolt had run out so there was no more cloth to do replacement sleeves. As it happened, the sleeves were a little short, so they had to cut a 4th hole-- taking me back to where I would have normally started.
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Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:42 am

emde, alden, just to clarify -- do you advocate using the same buttons as for the jacket's front?

Any opinions on using a single small button?

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fearlessfred
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Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:33 pm

Thanks for all of the replies.

I think I might go for 1 button in the same size on a jacket.

If I were to go for a two button would it be better to use cuff sized buttons or the same as the closing?
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Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:21 pm

@andreyb: yes one button of the same size as the other buttons
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