Whats your favourite piece of winter clothing?
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We rarely use special clothes for winter. Just wear more!
But my Caribou mitts my wife makes me for winter I would not like to be without. They are best. Each is tied to a rawhide string which goes up the jacket sleeve and down the other sleeve to the other mitt. Never loose them that way. Also means if you need to use your fingers to take a shot quickly you can take them off without worrying about them blowing away or getting wet. Lose glove when out hunting or trapping at -40c its hard to do things.
When I was younger the other bit of kit I liked were our winter moccasins my mother made from the back fur of Caribou. These were excellent but never lasted more than one season. These days I use hunting boots from the store.
But my Caribou mitts my wife makes me for winter I would not like to be without. They are best. Each is tied to a rawhide string which goes up the jacket sleeve and down the other sleeve to the other mitt. Never loose them that way. Also means if you need to use your fingers to take a shot quickly you can take them off without worrying about them blowing away or getting wet. Lose glove when out hunting or trapping at -40c its hard to do things.
When I was younger the other bit of kit I liked were our winter moccasins my mother made from the back fur of Caribou. These were excellent but never lasted more than one season. These days I use hunting boots from the store.
You'll have to get some of your old photos out Joe, and show us, as I bet you've got some very interesting ones.
Hestra Falt guide gloves, an Aclima hat, Woolpower tops and, covering the lot on gnarly days, a Empire Canvas Works Ventile jacket. This lot allows me to be warm, dry and quiet: what's not to like?
For Really foul weather I've got a gill OS1 pair of trousers and OS2 jacket, good for long days, bad weather dog walking and getting buckets of cold salty water thrown at you.
Patagonia DAS Parka: 1lb 13oz; Primaloft One fill (older model); packs up very small; saved me from some serious frostbite this past winter.
Hi All. Its good to see when reading through the posts that there are many inexpensive items that are peoples favourites. Just goes to show that its not always the most expensive gear that does the job well!
You can't go wrong mate. I work outside and my work one is never off my Head all winter, i'v head that for about nine years now.....t'other one is for best lol
Yep lots of cheap stuff works very well, which reminds me....
My most used winter work coat is an m65 jacket I got for very little and I wear a polish poncho (half a lavvu) all winter for night hunting, and they were about 20 quid for two!
Not forgetting the venerable norgee shirt or the swedish snow smock
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Has to be my Austrian army mountain jumper, too warm for the uk, but lovely in scandinavia and Canada, especially when mixed with an Aclima base layer and a swanny mid.
Very probably my newly acquired thermal softie jacket from Snugpak. Its soo soft and warm, I cant wait for winter. Well, sort of. 
For UK winters it would have to be my Stormy Kromer Mackinaw Coat.
It gets worn from Autumn to Spring and I really miss it in the Summer when it is too warm to wear it.
For proper winter conditions it would be my Snow Parka.
It gets worn from Autumn to Spring and I really miss it in the Summer when it is too warm to wear it.
For proper winter conditions it would be my Snow Parka.
Shemagh, ecwcs jacket. Keela waterproof jacket. Usaf softshell trousers made by massif, it wasnt cold enough last year to use them, they are brand new and am itching to see how they do in a proper winter.
I do keep a British arctic parka along with my buffalo jacket in the boot of my car. If it all gets really cold and wild the combo is really effective. Very toasty if I break down. And I did stay very comfy in it at minus sixteen as it covers my legs better than my hill coats. The bum flap stops the wind blowing up the nethers too!
Far too heavy to carry very far though
Far too heavy to carry very far though
