Cadet Smock ( AD ) , A True classic

[Twodogs]

I have been after one of these for ages but they go for mad money on ebay after a long wait i managed to get one ,

Cadet Smock ( AD ) ,,,Army department to stop Air Cadets and Sea Cadet nicking them in CCF



Tidy hood with a zip and no face cord



Front pocket for your map ,lightweight compass and compo spangles



Two lower pockets for your green wool gloves



Storm cuffs ,



Rear view



Seems to be made from a lightweight cotton canvas like a flysheet fabric .

I want it as a pattern ...so it will soon be made in big boy size

Here is a picture of me on my first camp as an army cadet in 3 Ellesmere Port det 1979 with a good mix of the old smock and the replacement in DPM



As I said at the start what a classic design made by Blacks of Greenock in tent fabric and venile for all the big expeds of the 1960s and 1970s no outward bound scholl would be without this anorak .





This one will be fun

 

[andybysea]

Your like the Indiana jones of old gucci kit finds. Nice smock, love those old adds £10.10 for a ventile smock,if only now.

 

[Twodogs]

I bet that was big dollar then though mate .

I remember in the cadets in 79 the new the new DPM smock came on issue and the old OG Smocks were just no longer worn as seen as un-cool....how times change

 

[andybysea]

Ive been after a 60 pat og smock but cant find one in my size, used to wear the dpm version as my school coat back in the late 70's early 80's long since gone to smock heaven, plus ive grown a tad since then.

 

[MartinK9]

Nice one mate, look forward to seeing the tutorial and the finished item.


Pit zips?

 

[Twodogs]

Dream on .............

 

[Corso]

been on my wanted list for a while too, would prefer a desert/khaki one mind

 

[Tengu]

Im all agog until I remembered I have two Titantex ones.

Very handy too

 

[John Fenna]

I always wanted one of the Ventile ones!
A truely classic design ... if they still did one at the advertised price I would deffo get one
But in 1963 my wife was earning about £6.50 a week (I was only 6 myself... yup I am her Toyboy....) her job now pays about £350.00 a week...
This makes a modern Ventile jacket about the same price or cheaper than the '63 model...

My first crampons looked just like the advertised ones and had riveted leather straps...

 

[kawasemi]

been on my wanted list for a while too, would prefer a desert/khaki one mind

Silverman's have an original SAS desert smock dated from WW2. Very similar and lovely khaki garbadine. They used to knock them out at £50 but the last one is going for about £500

I should add that Silverman's website is very often out of date when it comes to stock and they never answer emails!!!!!!

The cadet ones are brill! I was lucky to get a large sized one unissued some years ago from the local surplus store. Never seen one there since. Should have bought several...ah, hindsight