Nice jacket but a lot of $$$ !

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On my recent trip to Seattle I happened to stop by the Dr Martins footwear store and noticed they also had some clothing for sale.
A particular camo jacket caught my eye and upon closer inspection I found it to be waxed cotton and of the highest quality. I'd put this right up there with Filson and damn it's in Camo as well......too many $$$ for my wallet right now but thought I'd share it anyway !

http://store.drmartens.co.uk/p-7605-dr-martens-scooter-mac-.aspx
 
I am going to get this jacket. I figure with all its pockets - my PSK will be secure:

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why not buy a army field jacket?? they have a bunch of pockets and they can take the rain really good. they also have a hood on them.
 
richard thurman said:
why not buy a army field jacket?? they have a bunch of pockets and they can take the rain really good. they also have a hood on them.
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The attraction for me is that it is waxed, even a basic equivalent from Filson such as the Timberline Jacket-Lined costs $295.
A military one that I would like is the old Ventile SAS smock but they are pretty hard to come by nowdays !
 
I... I don't think I have ever spent more than $150 on a piece of clothing before. That is one expensive jacket :eek:

I'd like to try one out to see how it'd perform though.
 
I think it's an awful looking thing. The only good thing about it is that if you require a shower proof jacket it is at least waxed. As I see it there are two schools of thought that could make that thing desirable: A] as billed – some kind of fashion garment appealing to scooter folk – so basically image, the same thing that sells their boots to skinheads. B] simply the fabric alone. As a bit of design it looks amazingly basic. Look at those pockets, they are flat, more like a shirt or some third world repro combat jacket one can buy at a market for a couple of quid. And so on with the hood, the cuffs, and I'd be willing to take a punt every other bit of it we can't see is the same way too. Regardless from what it is made it is crude. Dickies, that well known brand of cheapo clothing for labourers offered up a marginally improved looking thing to me for 40 on the first and only link I looked at.
 
I have always liked the idea behind a waxed cotton jacket/coat/hat or whatever. In my horse riding days, the waxed cotton dusters were outstanding performers whether it be rain or snow. Here lately I have been wondering if the appropriate wax can be purchased and applied to a 'regular' cotton canvas garment. Has anyone tried that before?? I would love to treat my 'tarp hat' and a canvas coat I've had for ages so they'd perform better too.
 
Wax cotton yourself? Only if you have access to duponts state of art research facility on a volcano island in the pacific. ;)
Of course, you could just try dipping the fabric in a boiling hot wax mixture and see how that works.
 
pitdog said:
The attraction for me is that it is waxed, even a basic equivalent from Filson such as the Timberline Jacket-Lined costs $295.
A military one that I would like is the old Ventile SAS smock but they are pretty hard to come by nowdays !
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I live in winter springs florida. we have gun and knife shows all of the time. one in this city then they move to the next one. they have the jackets there all of the time.
I have been in a storm and the out side of the jacket was soaking wet but in side was dry as a bone. it is the only jacket that I have owned and the us army gave it to me.
 
Buffalohump said:
You can get an original Barbour waxed hunting jacket for less than that. I've been eyeing them out myself. Then all you need are wellies, a flatcap and an over and under for that authentic British landed gentry look!http://www.barbourbymail.co.uk/Barb...utm_source=Barbour_Online&utm_medium=referral
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Barbours are actually quite nice. Admittedly I got one more to blend in to a crowd [didn't want to look like a dick who brought a Spaz when the norm was boxlocks] but it worked well for what I wanted it for. Zero chance that I would have ever considered it a waterproof or for multi day drips, but great for drizzle and the morning dog walk. I didn't like the clamminess though, and eventually mildew got to it and I binned it. Good kit within its scope though.
 
I think Fjäll Räven is selling wax to impregnate clothes. Maybe worth a try? I have a block but have not used it yet.
 
DrivebyTrucker said:
It looks just like the jackets worn by the soldiers turned zombies on 28 days later
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Not the same jacket, but that is England's DPM (disruptive pattern material) and was the equivalent to our Woodland Pattern BDUs. It is quite common to see DPM smocks worn by British and Commonwealth troops. Works a lot better than Woodland Camo IMHO.
 
Go to cadetdirect.com. Order a windproof combat smock type II and treat it with nikwax cotton proof. It'll cost half that much even with shipping from the UK, and it's a fantastic jacket.
 
schmittie said:
I have always liked the idea behind a waxed cotton jacket/coat/hat or whatever. In my horse riding days, the waxed cotton dusters were outstanding performers whether it be rain or snow. Here lately I have been wondering if the appropriate wax can be purchased and applied to a 'regular' cotton canvas garment. Has anyone tried that before?? I would love to treat my 'tarp hat' and a canvas coat I've had for ages so they'd perform better too.
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It's not the wax that's the problem it's the material you apply it to. It needs to be very tightly woven. Stuff like Fabsil does a fair job on canvas that goes over the top of a skip but would be hopeless for a pair of jeans. It makes me think it would do a fair job on one of those recycled Brazil tarp hats but I know it is rubbish on a Boonie. There are loads of recipes for concoctions out there for trying to waterproof cotton / polycotton in addition to stuff like Fjäll Räven wax but I have no faith in any of them. Similarly, as much as I think Nikwax is great it will never waterproof an inherently weak garment. The great thing about Nikwax when used like that is it stops water penetrating into the fibres as easily and speeds up drying time. Water can still happily pass between the fibres so you'll still get wet if you're out in proper rain. Unless the material is incredibly tightly woven you can't hope to plug up those holes. I see a lot of those “L00K – Bushcraft Trousers” that are apparently waxed and waterproof and they don't look any different from a pair of ho-hum 50/50 polycottons you could wax yourself with a hair dryer or some greaseproof paper and an iron. They still won't keep rain out. Inspired by some bloke that uses baby oil rather than lanolin [sheep grease] to treat his woolly jumpers I did some tests on some cheap boonies. I soaked one in Nikwax, one in baby oil, and one in liquified Vaseline. I filled each up with water like a bucket and they all leaked. Worse the Vaseline one doubled in weight and that one was the one that looked the most physically clogged up, and the one I though most likely to hold up. In short, Barbours and Belstaffs hold up for a while more because of the properties of the fabric than the wax. You just can't polish a ...
 
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