What's your favourite winter clothing ?

The good old black and red plaid wool shirt. I wear them about 250 days a year.
 
ZombaiO said:
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That's it! I'm moving to Bulgaria. Not only do they make nice Makarovs but the folks look like my kind of people:thumbup:
 
I get great use from a Wiggy's sweater. Good to 15 degF, and colder if I am moving. Light, easy to launder, works great. They are even on sale at this time.

Spud
 
My favorite jacket is my North Face Apex jacket and vest. They are relatively thin garments but stop the wind, keep me dry and toasty. An added bonus I found back in school was that the pockets are tall enough for a 750ml liquor bottle to fit.

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Not me in the picture.
 
Sorry no pic's but Under Armor and Carhartt Extreme does it for me. I'am not sure if its the cordura or if they changed the insulation but the carhartt extreme is real warm, lay down in the snow and take a nap warm.
 
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I figure I might have my bases covered with this ensemble. Who couldn't love a pair of calf length trousers. These wool knickerbockers are great for him or her with either jesus wellies or a hobnail boot. Boots; military classic. Traditional styling really sorts the men from the boys. Perhaps not the kind of thing one might pick to wear for the Brecon shuffle but funky all the same. Nice 70's style army jumper, shame the MOD came and put the kybosh on those just as an excuse to spend money. All the better for me; charity stores and old surplus shops don't usually want much for them, thus saving me money for that real clocker, the poncho. What more needs to be said about the wool poncho. Doubles up as dog bedding. Wool beret; been around forever and popular with the survivalists of the French resistance. White has been selected to avoid loss and free up some of my memory. Last bit of kit is the woolly muff. No gloves can replicate the feeling of putting your hands up a traditional retro woolly muff.

If I still figure I'm not dragging enough slow drying dogma with this little lot I'll swap out my silnyon for some heavy canvas duck, preferably slung under an old WWII canvas rucksack with the sheepskin padded shoulder straps.
 
i love softshells especially marmot ones... I have the older adamant (wool) one and when this newer model (forget the name) came out i had to rock it

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this softshell offers the thiness of a traditional shell with none of the awful tearing issues with the uber thin nylons and sil nylons (read abrasion resistance). I also really like how waterproof they are getting with taped seams and membrains placed between softshell and layers of thin fleece. Also my older wool softshell wears more like the flanel and tweed of yesteryear without any of the drawbacks!
 
hollowdweller said:
That's it! I'm moving to Bulgaria. Not only do they make nice Makarovs but the folks look like my kind of people:thumbup:
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Be sure to move to my town :)
And the rounds for the Makarov are pretty cheap here and easy accesible ;)
There are many better weapons than the Makarov,but for the price of 100 $ it's a good deal.I don't know how ood are the Makarov gus for the American market,but the new ones sold here in Bulgaria aren't very good quality.The people here prefer the older ones,made in the USSR. ;)
 
You know, just spend about 10 days out in the "back-40" of Fort Hood, Central Texas. It wasn't terribly cold (upper 20's/30's were the lows), but the wind was miserable...about 20-30 mph gusts (frequent gusts). Anyways, one of the best items where the Polartec silk-weight thermals we were issued. They had the thumb-hole cuts in the long-sleeve shirts. I really liked them a lot as they covered the tops of your hands when you had to remove your gloves and helped keep your sleeves from bunch up to your armpit when putting on your next layered shirt:eek:

Second is Polartec's fleece watch cap...absolutely mandatory for any of my outdoors kits!

I need it much colder here to put my wool Swanndri Bush shirt to test; I like it, but it's too damn toasty even in 20 degree weather!

ROCK6
 
Bigdumplings said:
i love softshells especially marmot ones... I have the older adamant (wool) one and when this newer model (forget the name) came out i had to rock it

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this softshell offers the thiness of a traditional shell with none of the awful tearing issues with the uber thin nylons and sil nylons (read abrasion resistance). I also really like how waterproof they are getting with taped seams and membrains placed between softshell and layers of thin fleece. Also my older wool softshell wears more like the flanel and tweed of yesteryear without any of the drawbacks!
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Hey Bigdumplings, is that you in the picture?

Doc
 
My favorite piece of winter gear (well actually it comes with me when I'm hiking in Michigan's upper peninsula in the summer too, as it gets cold at night) is my stormy kromer cap. I've got one if a few different colors, blaze orange for hunting season, the traditional red and black plaid pattern and my favorite and the one I wear the most. Here's a pic (from the website)
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ZombaiO said:
I like to wear wool shirts and cotton pants and jackets.
I have some Bulgarian Army pants and jackets,that are really warm and 100 % cotton ;) They're awsome.I love to wear clothes from natural materials.I hate synthetics...
Wool and cotton rule 'em all ! :)

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On this picture I'm wearing the army pants and jacket.You can also see a tiny piece of my wool shirt :D
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That's why I don't camp in Bulgaria. LOL
 
Anyone have any experience making primitive wool outerwear from wool blankets? Seems like it would work fairly well, and would be an obvious source of material.
 
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