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Fine. But give me a standard sleeve measurement . The shirt I have on right now has 35" sleeves, measured from the center of the back, the usual way, not measuring only the sleeve itself. That's how it's been done for more than 100 years.
What the heck am I supposed to do with a 26" sleeve measurement? Take of my shirt in the office and look for a measuring tape?
TomasV
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Apr 21, 2016
CheezitsTakeTheWheel@CheezitsTakeTheWheel Thanks for your interest on this drop! The size L, which you seem to be referring to judging from the 26" sleeve measurement you mention, has roughly 35 1/3 inch sleeves measured the traditional way.
Basically you can gather this figure from dividing the Across Shoulders measurement by 2, and adding the Sleeve measurement provided by the vendor.
TomasVOnce again, My point is that it's MUCH easier to have a size chart that uses traditional measurements. Why would I wanna to do math problems, however simple, to buy a shirt?
Now that @TomasV has done the math on the sleeve length for me, thank you, I think that in size XL (not L) the sleeve length is gonna be OK for me at 35", but what about the rest of the shirt? What in the H-E doublehockeysticks is a 23" chest? Uh, 46" maybe? That seems kinda skinny. I'd expect an XL shirt to have a chest measurement closer to 54 inches. I guess we need to do still more math to understand how the Five Brother sizing compares to other manufacturers.
Take a look at this garment measurement pdf at Land's End. It contains precisely the type of information we need. http://www.landsend.com/garment_measurements/453529_core_pdp_spec.pdf