Finally got me an old shirt...

[Kaji]

Well, ok, technically not true. I have two of the old green ones from the late 1970s, but they're both thin and have short sleeves, something I've never liked in a uniform. What I DID get today, however, was an old long-sleeved shirt from about 1960 that's in great shape, and a set of pants that matched it. Since I happened to have the proper insignia to do up the shirt to match my current one appropriate to the era in which it came from (including Salem, W.VA. community and state strips and a felt troop number), I decided to go ahead and do so to see how it worked out.

 

While the color looks a bit sickly when you look at it on its own, it's kind of grown on me once I've seen how it looks while being worn. Overall I'm starting to see why people like this one better than the current shirt, and am considering continuing to use it here and there, since under the BSA guidelines there's no rule saying I can't (that I'm aware of), so long as I wear the appropriate pants to go with it. Only thing I really missed from my other shirt is the epaulets, frankly.