dr1965dave

I completely agree with you, Bob White. If you pay for a knock off, then thats exactly what you have. Personally, I truly feel guilty at my attempt to make a shirt look like the real deal...but at the same time I didn't want to be the only person in our WB group who wasn't in a full uniform. At the time I paid for the course, I was unaware of the uniform requirements for the course. I have plenty of class B shirts, but because of my size, I was never able to find an official shirt to fit me without going through the hassle of custom ordering two of them. Hopefully, I will have them in time for our second weekend and will wear the real deal with much pride.

I, for one, can certainly appreciate the high costs of the uniforms. I am a large man and have to have my shirts "custom made" from scoutstuff.org. My only complaint is the policy of having to purchase two shirts every time you have one custom made. I am attending a Wood Badge course in a couple of weeks, and my custom made shirts will not make it in time for me to have them for the course. I purchased a khaki Dickies shirt (identical in color and pocket style for $19.00), and took it to a tailor to have the shoulder epaulets and pocket flaps sewn on.($12.00) I brought it home and replaced all the buttons from an official BSA shirts I bought from Goodwill ($3.99). After sewing on all the emblems, I have to admit it looks pretty darn good. Hopefully, good enough to keep the Wood badge uniform police off of me until the official shirts arrive. Even buying a "look-a-like" has costs over $30.00 just to make it presentable.

Thanks for all the advice...I called the coordinator and he said it is STRONGLY encouraged that everyone be in uniform. However, I did find another post on here that gave me a great idea. Someone said they bought regular khaki shirts from Wal-mart and bought the emblems from their local scout center. I went online tonight and found a shirt from a law enforcement uniform company that was almost identical to the official BSA shirts...and it was available in my size !!! It was a little pricey, but hey, what can I do? That's the price I pay for not being able to say no to Krispy Kreme. Thanks again, everyone. YIS, Dr

Good evening, fellow Scouters. I am a rather large man, and am having a lot of problems finding a shirt to fit me. I wear a 5x. I know that I can have them specially made from scoutstuff.org, but it is a 6 to 8 week wait. I am signed up for a wood badge course at the end of this month, and uniforms are mandatory for this training. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help !!