Anyone know where to find welding jackets in womens sizes?

I bought a small pigskin leather jacket for doing overhead and of course I had to cut the sleeves and the shoulders are too big. I searched the internet and went to the local welding supply store and cannot find small sizes that fit. When the mens small fits my chest the arms and shoulders are ridiculously long. Am I going to have to keep up cutting the sleeves or is there something out there someone know of? Thanks for any help, Kim

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subunitzero
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I wear a small, and the sleeves are way to long, I just tuckem in the gloves. Of course I don't weld for a living, and don't do overhead work, so maybe this is why it doesn't bother me. Doug

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Douglas R. Probst

I have a leather cape with sleeves that works quite well for me. Mine also has the attached apron. I got mine on e-bay but here is a link to an example. I am in no way promoting this vendor. Just an example of the product.

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bitternut

I would check

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they seem to have about everything else. Rosscoe

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Rosscoe

Kim, Your going to laugh at this suggestion but here goes.

Visit your local Goodwill or Salvation Army. I have a leather jacket that looks like a "real" welders jacket. It was left by my brothers roommate. I assumed it was a real welders jacket until he came by one day when we were welding and noted that it was a "sharp looking" dinner jacket in its day. (70's).

Nice tight sleeves, decently thick suede leather and decent neck protection. I'm 5'11" and 165 so I'm not the "typical" welder in size either.

Bart

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Bart D. Hull

i do comercial sail repair and heavy duty sewing; have been looking foward to using the kevlar thread i had picked up for finishing off some heat shields.... seems like a custom fit wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway; how many jackets do you go through in a year or so?

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the dog barked and

This sounds like the best suggestion so far :) I had thought about making one myself but considering the lack in sewing skills. So since you do commercial heavy duty sewing, how good of a seamstress does that make you? I dont go through them quickly the duralite pigskin is nice and will last some time, its just so bulky on me that it is uncomfortable to weld in sometimes. I tend to get some nice little hot ones down the neck of it. mens necks are apparently a bit bigger than womens. anyway not sure how to measure properly. I am 5'3" and 124 lbs. so even the mens small is usually not proportioned right, it wouldnt take that much material but i dont have a clue how much fire resistant or different leather costs. Kim

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