Bison Bushcraft Guide shirt (with pics)

[woof]

Rich,

That and the fact i could'nt fasten the top button, was the reason i sold it. I like to wear them as a shirt/mid layer, and the medium fitted me great in the body. But as has been said, far superior to the swannie.

Rob

 

[Noddy]

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[forestwalker]

Nothing, they're chavtastic !

Chavy as in traditional Inuit parkas?

 

[Kerne]

My only gripe is the tightness of the cuffs, I've got womens wrists but it's still a bit on the tight side. Been meaning to try and do something with it for a while.

I love mine (autumn) but, again, the cuffs are tight - as well as the top button. I have moved the buttons on the cuffs and am thinking about fitting a little leather thongy noose-type thing on the top button (like on a duffle coat).

I wore mine up Pumlymon last early spring in wind blown drizzle and temperatures only just above frost and it did surprising well at shrugging off the moisture - as well as keeping out the wind. I would buy the spring or the olive green were it not for the fact that I have bought some green Shetland wool fabric and I want to have a go at making my own bushy shirt. Just haven't quite built up the courage to get at it with the scissors yet...

BTW - thanks to Snufkin for the original review - it was that that convinced me to get one.

 

[Noddy]

Just thought that I'd add a few words having worn this for something like a month in the manky weather of London, Vancouver and their environs.

I'm more than impressed with it. I know that well designed synthetics from Arcteryx and the like are lighter etc, but I have to say that this shirt makes an excellent component in a natural-fibre set up

Hiking in the cold on snowy ground in drizzle last week, I had on merino longs, this Guide shirt, a Swanni Rover zip jacket and a polycotton jacket over the lot. I have never been so comfortable - it was like being in bed when you have just woken up and realized it is an hour too early - only walking around

It is great for the hill, round the house, the garden, in the shed. The pocket is waaay more useful than I ever imagined. The general structure of the shirt means the pocket can hold a lot of junk without pulling all over the place.

It is warm like shacket warm - but much more so than the Pendletons I also wear. It will need patching on the elbows, in time.

And, when the lottery comes in, I am going to get a green one

 

[Prawnster]

I had a moan to the missus about the cuffs on mine. Two ticks later she was back with two of her little elastic hair bobbles. She 'larks-footed' them round the button holes and now I have very comfortable stretchy cuffs on my bison guide shirt. Man I love that woman.

 

[kawasemi]

I had a moan to the missus about the cuffs on mine. Two ticks later she was back with two of her little elastic hair bobbles. She 'larks-footed' them round the button holes and now I have very comfortable stretchy cuffs on my bison guide shirt. Man I love that woman.

...good on the collar as well. I've got a medium which is big on me (yes, all together now short****)...but the collar is still too tight.

What would that bodyshape be...mesomorph...endomorph...bulldog?

Thanks for the tip Prawnster's missus. Works a treat.

kawasemi