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Originally posted by FV623
To get the trousers really tiddly you do NOT tuck them into your gaiters, invariably for us taller chaps, this results in the trouser legs pulling straight up and down rather than the nice puffed roll over the gaiters. Here's what you do.
Get an length of very old fashioned British house wiring cable that is lead sheathed, pull the conductors out to leave an oval tube of lead. Cut the lead into 3/8" (9.525mm for the metricated) lengths and thread onto an issue, leather thong (no, not a modern female undergarment) bootlace making a flexible loop of diameter somewhat greater than the fitted gaiter and about the diameter of the trouser leg.
Obtain a length of industrial strength 1/2" (12.7mm) wide knicker elastic and make two garters that are a tight fit on the gaiters.
Assemble so:
Apply trousers to lower body.
Fit garter to leg.
Fit sock.
Fit lead weights and slide up to knee to retain.
Fit boot and lace up correctly.
Fit gaiter.
Turn sock over top and outside of gaiter (stops riding up problems)
Lower garter and place around top of gaiter over sock.
Turn trouser bottoms outside in and tuck up under garter leaving a little lengthwise slack and ensuring garter retains sock and trouser leg.
Stand up to allow weighted thong to fall into turned-in trouser half-toroid thus formed, some jiggling may be required.
Go on parade.
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My goodness, you weren't paying attention prior to the King's Stone parade, were you? Tsk-tsk.
While your method of making weights indeed works fine, mine took considerable less engineering - lead fishing weights bound by duct tape. I made them 25 years ago, and they're still going strong...
My B/D trousers are long, with the button/strap arrangement on the bottom of each cuff. Process:
Slide weights as described above onto each leg, running them up to the knee to hold in place.
Don trousers.
Don boots, then button up trouser cuffs.
Don gaiters over top of buttoned cuffs.
Stand up, slide weights down into the bloused portion of the trousers, moving the latter about to achieve a uniform blousing look.
If you've forgotten to put on underwear at this point, forget it... prepare to itch - ITCH OVER.
Pull up trousers, loop suspenders over shoulders, close up and prepare to don B/D jacket.
I will confess that I remain surprised and delighted to note all still fits after 25 years...
