Sami poncho on Bruce Parry's Arctic
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I can imagine they'd be great for sitting round the fire with a nice dutch wool blanket liner cut to size.
Best get saving up
any idea on the price and sizing rich regards dave
£225 from here bud ...
http://www.thesportinglodge.co.uk/shop/products/fjallraven-luhkka-cape.htm
I expect Tamarack might be able to source them, with our FM discount it might be less harsh on the wallet. No mention of them on their website yet and they've just updated their Fjallraven range. I might drop Tony another mail and get a price.
Sorry to say, but during the last decades the luhkka has transformed from a perfect shaped garment into a fashion garment where usability comes second. Traditionally used in wintertime as a second layer above the fur coat to protect from snow and wind. When running reindeer with "geres", a one-man sleigh, the luhkka was much shorter than todays wild-grown tipi shaped pieces. In the traditional shape it will end at the elbow, and not at the wrist. The traditional luhkka can be worn without you even noticing that's on - except that you will stay warm. It will not interfere with you driving the reindeer, the car, putting on a rucksack or a shoulder bag, or your lasso. Best of all, you can check out the bushcraft forum with your iPhone without looking like fool. If it's too long it will move away from your body and let the cold in when you use your hands. The longer it gets, the more it gets in your way - what ever you do.
Traditionally the luhkka is for being active, and the design reflects this. For extreme cold weather when sitting still watching the reindeer herd, you use a very long fur coat, and an another fur cout with fur turned to the body as an inside layer. So dual layer of fur coat in extreme cold when you are not active, and the luhkka when you are active.
There are some regional varities but the common elements are many. It's cut from the cloth in an economical way, so you will waste as little as possible. Therefor it can be cut in many pieces, and inspire to decorate in many ways, between the wedges. It can come with our without the hood. When not equipped with a hood, it used to have a very high collar covering the ears, overlapping the hat.
When designing Luhkka by STOORSTÅLKA we have been using old patterns from our own family that have been refined from generation to generation. We changed nothing when it comes to functionality.
So please feel free to checkout out our luhkka at http://luhkka.com and be inspired to your projects. We are proud that you guys here wants to make your own luhkka, and embraces traditional sami design.
Traditionally the luhkka is for being active, and the design reflects this. For extreme cold weather when sitting still watching the reindeer herd, you use a very long fur coat, and an another fur cout with fur turned to the body as an inside layer. So dual layer of fur coat in extreme cold when you are not active, and the luhkka when you are active.
There are some regional varities but the common elements are many. It's cut from the cloth in an economical way, so you will waste as little as possible. Therefor it can be cut in many pieces, and inspire to decorate in many ways, between the wedges. It can come with our without the hood. When not equipped with a hood, it used to have a very high collar covering the ears, overlapping the hat.
When designing Luhkka by STOORSTÅLKA we have been using old patterns from our own family that have been refined from generation to generation. We changed nothing when it comes to functionality.
So please feel free to checkout out our luhkka at http://luhkka.com and be inspired to your projects. We are proud that you guys here wants to make your own luhkka, and embraces traditional sami design.
I just discovered that the mother company of Fjällräven, Fenix Outdoor AB, have tried to make a trademark registration for the word luhkka. If failed, because it it did not aquire distinctiveness.
This is very low. I did not expect Fjällräven to try to get a trademark from an old Sámi word. This is exploiting an indigenous people and their culture. Shame on Fjällräven.
This is very low. I did not expect Fjällräven to try to get a trademark from an old Sámi word. This is exploiting an indigenous people and their culture. Shame on Fjällräven.
Ive made loads for myself and for friends
they are shamefully easy to do; you have a rectangle of cloth, fold it to make a square, sew up one side, then snip off the corner and hem it.
you can add a hood later.
Ill do a tutorial if you like.
a wool blanket will make two, that's including the hood
they are shamefully easy to do; you have a rectangle of cloth, fold it to make a square, sew up one side, then snip off the corner and hem it.
you can add a hood later.
Ill do a tutorial if you like.
a wool blanket will make two, that's including the hood
305 is the price on the website if I am looking at the right item. If you look at the jackets its on the second page.
greensurfingbear
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's on the web....you agree to it.....there are witnesses.
Looking forward to seeing your tutorial
Orric
When I was in the army in Germany, a couple of sergeants had wool army blankets sewn to the underside of an issue rubberized nylon poncho. I never had one myself, not being able to acquire the necessary spare items needed to create such a thing. But they must have been handy in the raw weather that Germeny, even southern Germany, experiences. The chief drawback was that they were quite heavy but it was an entirely mechanized unit, so no one every did much walking. Since then, the army came out with a so-called (officially called, too) poncho liner that attached to the newer and lighter poncho with tie strings. Only the poncho liner did not have a hole for the head, so it couldn't be used as a garment.
A couple of armies were still issuing wool capes or cloaks to certain troops as late as WWII and I've actually seen one. It was coarse wool and in an almost dead leaf color, as near as I can remember, but maybe plain drab color instead. It was probably cape length, or just about knuckle length, depending on how long your arms are. Have no idea if they came in different sizes. Similiar military capes in a finer wool are still on issue at the US Military Academy and some private military academies, all worn with greatcoats, and also with the foot guards. I don't know about the British version but I think all the American ones are lined. In theory, all those sound like fairly practical garments for certain conditions, only none of them come with hoods and they're still capes, meaning they open in the front, and they aren't generally intended as rain garments.
The actual and original Sami garment still seems to have advantages over other things and almost seems custom designed for outdoor use where you'd be using your hands and arms, although it would be more correct to say it is a traditionally evolved garment. It would be just like us modern folk to over engineer the thing in trying to recreate it and to try to design in features that were absent in the model. Personally, I can see the practicality of the thing, only I don't live in their environment. I do get a lot of use out of a relatively small and lightweight (relative to an army issue model, that is) poncho that can be thrown back over the shoulders when the rain slackens. One advantage in the traditional garment over an equally traditional poncho is that the Sami garment is tailored to fit the shoulders and would thus be a lot handier. Thanks for all the references.
A couple of armies were still issuing wool capes or cloaks to certain troops as late as WWII and I've actually seen one. It was coarse wool and in an almost dead leaf color, as near as I can remember, but maybe plain drab color instead. It was probably cape length, or just about knuckle length, depending on how long your arms are. Have no idea if they came in different sizes. Similiar military capes in a finer wool are still on issue at the US Military Academy and some private military academies, all worn with greatcoats, and also with the foot guards. I don't know about the British version but I think all the American ones are lined. In theory, all those sound like fairly practical garments for certain conditions, only none of them come with hoods and they're still capes, meaning they open in the front, and they aren't generally intended as rain garments.
The actual and original Sami garment still seems to have advantages over other things and almost seems custom designed for outdoor use where you'd be using your hands and arms, although it would be more correct to say it is a traditionally evolved garment. It would be just like us modern folk to over engineer the thing in trying to recreate it and to try to design in features that were absent in the model. Personally, I can see the practicality of the thing, only I don't live in their environment. I do get a lot of use out of a relatively small and lightweight (relative to an army issue model, that is) poncho that can be thrown back over the shoulders when the rain slackens. One advantage in the traditional garment over an equally traditional poncho is that the Sami garment is tailored to fit the shoulders and would thus be a lot handier. Thanks for all the references.
Or maybe something like this?? I found it in a market. I think it's Austrian in origin, made of very thick, almost felted loden wool. The cape is zip up, comes down to near the waist and covers most of the arms. The hood is attachable with buttons.
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