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Surgeon sleeves on tweed

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Gentlemen: in anticipation of fall, I dug out my tweed jackets this afternoon. Some have surgeon sleeves and some do not. I noticed that those that do have flat buttons. Is it not done to use the ubiquitous leather covered buttons for such sleeves?
 
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That's what I thought -- and I suppose that answers it. Seems like it'd be awfully difficult to button and unbutton those leather-wrapped behemoths, so I imagine that's why they've got the flat buttons.