Red plaid wool hunting clothes

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Greetings,

Every hunting season I can remember my grampa wearing a suit of wool, red & black plaid pants and jacket. I think the pants had a white cotton lining and knit cuffs at the ankles. And, of course, suspenders. I have always found wool to be the warmest material. I have a wool barn coat that I picked up at the Sally Ann's Boutique (A.K.A. Salvation Army) but I'd really like to find a pair of pants. Our local Central Tractor store does not carry wool pants, most of their hunting clothes are orange and made of thinsulate. Can anyone offer a suggestion of where to look on the internet?

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), December 31, 2001

Answers

possibly LLBean, Cabelas ? Lands End ?

let us know, i would like to know

good luck

gene

-- gene ward (gward34847@aol.com), December 31, 2001.


http://www.vtarmynavy.com/Codet_wool_clothing.htm http://smtp2.thewwwstore.com/filson/ABOUT.HTM http://www.go-armynavy.com/ancold.html http://www.woolrich.com/servlet/com.woolrich.homepage.Home

Spendy though!! Doug

-- Doug M in Montana (denice85@home.com), December 31, 2001.


www.filson.com

-- Kevin (kevinmail@earthlink.net), December 31, 2001.

Charleen, Look in the antique malls and flea markets! I have seen several over the past year. They are always too small for me, but you never know.

I remember the men in my family wearing red/black plaid wool and leather caps too. Boy did they SMELL. But I love the memory anyway and wish I could revisit that log house in the woods and eat that old grouchy hen that Grandma cooked. Tough as nails, but we were hungry. She never butchered the young and tender ones. LOL. Remember the fresh venison sliced real thin right off the buck just carried in from the woods and fried in bacon grease? Wow, can't beat that with a stick. Never had venison like that since. Thanks for the trip down the lane of rememberances. Bless you.

-- Susan in Northern Michigan (cobwoman@yahoo.com), December 31, 2001.


What Kevin said. Filson. It's worth the price. I've gotten three items from them over the past couple years and the quality is amazing. Wool really is the best for winter outerwear. Gore Tex and Thinsulate phooey!

-- Susan (smtroxel@socket.net), December 31, 2001.




-- James (jamesj1592@about.com), January 01, 2002.

Charleen, Woolrich is the brand we find around here....it's excellent. We go to our local army/navy/city folks buy outdoor clothes here to fit in with the natives store....hehe. Anyway, it's pricey, but worth it. Oh, one thing about washing wool. COLD WATER ONLY!,air dry by the woodstove if possible, no dryer! That's probably a no brainer though. My grandpa and my husband both have sworn by their woolies on a cold Vermont day! Good luck!

-- Nancy (heartsathome45@hotmail.com), January 01, 2002.

Go to www.google.com and type in red plaid wool outdoor pants and you will get a list of places to check out. I just did it and there are quite a lot of sites.

-- Mary in East TN (barnwood@preferred.com), January 01, 2002.

Charleen, Check out a local goodwill,& consignment shops. I have bought all ours there, usually to big but I size them down. Garage sales as you well know are another super place. Good luck, don't know what I'd do without mine.

-- Suzanne (weir@frontiernet.net), January 01, 2002.

Check an Army surplus store. I got some of those pants at such a store once.

-- Shannon in SW Wash (bramblescratched@yahoo.com), January 01, 2002.


Bemidji Woolen Mills (Minnesota) will gladly make you a pair out of red/black plaid or red/black check in either pants or woolen bibs. The following is a link to their website: Bemidji Woolen Mills --Happy trails, Cabin Fever

-- Cabin Fever (Cabinfever_mn@yahoo.com), January 02, 2002.

C.C. Flison...might as well have the very best.

I still wear regularly a wool packer coat that my uncle had as a young adult from them. I am now middle aged myself. Their wool and their tin cloth stand up to continual abuse, but they are expensive initial investments...but hey 120 bucks for a pair of pants that last 30 years...plus they make you aware of your own bulging here and there over time.

Woolrich and others put nylon in their wool but they will keep you warm too...check Cabella's. I have worn out several pairs of woolriches...the filsons are bordering on foul but they still work

-- Oscar H. Will III (owill@mail.whittier.edu), January 02, 2002.


Thank to all who responded to my request for red wool hunting pants. I really lucked out! A woman that I work with overheard my conversation about finding these pants. Turns out that her dad no longer hunts and has a pair that I can have. That's the good news. The great news is that I don't even have to shorten them. I'm only 5' and he's barely a hair over that. And they're Woolrich too! I offered to purchase them, but they refused, so we're compromising. I get wool pants and they will be receiving a supply of fresh eggs and goat milk.

Thanks again for everyones help. Great photo James! That's exactly what I had in mind. I could almost smell them!

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), January 14, 2002.


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