Swanddri bushshirt

Yes, I have one and it is worth its weight in gold.

I was originally afraid I would not wear it often, because of it looking "different." I thought it would strictly be a camping shirt. However, I wear it all the time.

I happen to be wearing mine in my avatar.

Turns out, chicks dig it quite a bit more than I thought they would :eek: :D

If you are interested in reading about my last winter camping trip, you can check it out here.

All day every day, I wore a Smartwool baselayer, and that shirt. No kidding. I did not even put on anything in camp. Only when I hit the sleeping bag.
 
Brian,
How did the sizing worked for you?Did you just got your usual size?

Jozsef
 
Saw quite a few when I lived in NZ. The "swanni" is a part of Kiwi bush culture. I wanted one but didn't have the means at the time. However I recently saw the thread over in the Canadian Connection subforum listing Canadian gear retailers. You can order them in canada here:

http://www.workwearcanada.com/

Also, with the NZ dollar were it is, ordering from Swanndri direct may be the way to go . . .
 
I also have one and I love it. No worries about embers near an open fire, warm when wet, layers nicely and has an excellent hood. It's something you need only buy once. You won't regret it.
 
Here in New Zealand they are used by all the serious outdoors types, not just the campers and hobbyists, but hunters and farmers and stockmen. They are serious working clothes for guys who are making a living in our high country. The brand has been around for a long time and is well respected.

I can only echo what the other guys say, they are woolen so they are good for layering and keeping you warm. No worries about embers from campfires.

The NZ dollar is about 56 US cents at the moment. Get one direct from Swandri.

Kevin
from way down under
 
Is that the one Ray Mears wears? Looks something similar to that. they look very comfortable and versatile.
 
act fast, direct from swanndri as there is free shipping for 1 more day. Shipping from NZ is high. There is also a huge sale right now, up to 70% off. I just had a very nice vest and a ranger shirt show up today fedX. I already have two bushshirts and another ranger shirt. Love this stuff here in wet western Oregon. The bushshirts are a little oversize which is nice. The older ones are smaller than the current ones if ya find one on e-bay or some where. I have a pull over bush shirt that is about 15 years old and it is marked a 2xl but is about a todays xl. I love all the ones I have!!
Ted
 
TedPalmer said:
act fast, direct from swanndri as there is free shipping for 1 more day. Shipping from NZ is high. There is also a huge sale right now, up to 70% off. I just had a very nice vest and a ranger shirt show up today fedX. I already have two bushshirts and another ranger shirt. Love this stuff here in wet western Oregon. The bushshirts are a little oversize which is nice. The older ones are smaller than the current ones if ya find one on e-bay or some where. I have a pull over bush shirt that is about 15 years old and it is marked a 2xl but is about a todays xl. I love all the ones I have!!
Ted
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that's great info Ted...:thumbup: i have been looking into getting one of these for a while now....:o i wasn't sure which size to get... if they run big than i'll stick with a L like usual, just in case it might shrink...
 
TedPalmer said:
act fast, direct from swanndri as there is free shipping for 1 more day. Shipping from NZ is high. There is also a huge sale right now, up to 70% off. I just had a very nice vest and a ranger shirt show up today fedX. I already have two bushshirts and another ranger shirt. Love this stuff here in wet western Oregon. The bushshirts are a little oversize which is nice. The older ones are smaller than the current ones if ya find one on e-bay or some where. I have a pull over bush shirt that is about 15 years old and it is marked a 2xl but is about a todays xl. I love all the ones I have!!
Ted
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Did you pay any brokerage fees or anything? I'm really tempted as shipping from NZ is a killer. They ship by FedEX. Will I get "free" shipping" only to pay $100 in fees??
 
no fees, free shipping untill the end of the month of March.
I am not sure when the sale ends...
Ted
 
Jnyiri said:
Anybody have experience with the Swanddri bushshirt?
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My first Swanni bushshirt last 25 years (before the moths finally got to it :D).

I replaced it nearly four years ago with another Swanni, the Mosgiel extreme bush shirt, which unfortunately is no longer in their line.

collectingfirewood.jpg


IMO, Swanndri makes excellent outdoor clothing that lasts and lasts :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
sasha said:
how well does it do with strong wind???

Sasha
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Hola Sasha

Appalling!

It's very topical that tknife should bring up Mears wearing one. I'm not a fanboy for any of the gurus but if you live in England the Ray Mears show is hard to get away from, they pump it out a hell of a lot here as a filler next to re-runs of old 1980s TV programs. Sometimes I have it on in the background...

...anyway, last week, an episode I caught was Mears does New Zealand or something like that. Essentially he was doing that familiar poke about in what went wrong with various scenarios. Exhibit A showed a father son combo out in the wind and rain, both succumbing to hypothermia. Mears holds up a Swanddri as a classic garment that lead to their nosedive. He goes on to list the positives of the garment we know already; “good kit because it is tough, and warm when dry”...then goes on to add “useless for these conditions”. He the proceeds to hold up a Gortex jacket next to it with words to the effect, “but had they been wearing something like these...”. Yeah, even for a non-fanboy that raised a wry smile.

I know one should look for disconfirming instances rather than affirmations but that hangs exactly with where I'm at. As I see it they are builders wear. The virtue of them is they are tough, and that makes them good for Doozers .etc. Yet in the same way ones steel toed rigger boots would surely be than a shoe or sneaker in the cold and wet, there comes a point at which one really needs to trade up for some proper performance wear from the sports department. There's quite a healthy industry peddling those kind of garments, and woolly monk costumes, and now even bushcraft moccasins here now. And an underlying naturalistic fallacy seems to propel their reasoning. Misanthrope that I can be, I get the urge to see a family of them go up Pen y Fan
and watch them cry.
 
G'day Baltaco

baldtaco-II said:
...anyway, last week, an episode I caught was Mears does New Zealand or something like that. Essentially he was doing that familiar poke about in what went wrong with various scenarios. Exhibit A showed a father son combo out in the wind and rain, both succumbing to hypothermia. Mears holds up a Swanddri as a classic garment that lead to their nosedive. He goes on to list the positives of the garment we know already; “good kit because it is tough, and warm when dry”...then goes on to add “useless for these conditions”. He the proceeds to hold up a Gortex jacket next to it with words to the effect, “but had they been wearing something like these...”. Yeah, even for a non-fanboy that raised a wry smile.
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Sounds like Ray isn't aware of the difference between the original Bushshirt and the Mosgiel extreme bushshirt that came with a hydrotex lining, making it waterproof / windproof and breathable :D

The picture above was taken during a week long winter camping trip 2 years ago. It rained for most of the week I was out. Wearing the Mosgiel extreme bushshirt, my torso stayed warm & dry the entire time :thumbup:

With regards to modern synthetics, personally I still prefer wool on the outside when sitting around a campfire :thumbup:


Kind regards
Mick
 
SouthernCross said:
G'day Baltaco


Sounds like Ray isn't aware of the difference between the original Bushshirt and the Mosgiel extreme bushshirt that came with a hydrotex lining, making it waterproof / windproof and breathable :D

The picture above was taken during a week long winter camping trip 2 years ago. It rained for most of the week I was out. Wearing the Mosgiel extreme bushshirt, my torso stayed warm & dry the entire time :thumbup:

With regards to modern synthetics, personally I still prefer wool on the outside when sitting around a campfire :thumbup:


Kind regards
Mick
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Hey amigo,

“Mosgiel extreme bushshirt” - that's one to look up, cheers.

I'm sure it has it's place for woods loafing. If I can get away with natural I often will. I've got a big old fashioned parka with huge amount of cotton in it that's great for sitting round a fire and thrashing through undergrowth. I still recall blowing down rather than toking on the end of a smoking thing when someone made me laugh, and a shower of read hot resin coals shot out and peppered my Helly Hansen thermals and sleeping bag. I've used silk thermals a lot since then. Tough and natural certainly has it's place, perhaps the best example being tweed. And natural still seems king of tough environments like construction sites here for a good reason, even if not great in foul conditions like on oil rigs.

I think Sasha along with Mikel 24 is one of the few here that go up some pretty exposed and windy elevations though, and for that I do think technical gear is going to win every time.
 
I've had mine a few years and really like it. They do size on the larger side. I'm in-between medium and large and often get large shirts/jackets as I like the loser fit. I first got the Swanndri in large and it was way too big...had to return and exchange for a medium which is still quite roomy for me.

It has a very dense weave and does well against wind. I don't get to wear it too often here in Texas, but when the temps are in the 20-30's with that bastard wind, I often wear it with just a t-shirt and it works fine. I don't think you could do much better on the quality side for a woods-bumming shirt.

ROCK6
 
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