Aladdin
Well-Known Member
I'm not a massive gardener either truth be told.
But the barbour hangs by the back door waiting for me to become worthy of it
Waxed Jackets. WTF?
- Thread starter Magnus McGinty
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But the barbour hangs by the back door waiting for me to become worthy of it
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
North face are good..the triclimate ones. Three jackets in one. Put em all together for winter.
I had one and lost it.
I want a jacket not a dress.
I have one that looks the same as not-bono-ever 's that i bought for next to nothing from a second hand market stall and intended to re-wax and do outdoors allotment kind of stuff with the kids when they were younger, but it just hung in the garage for years to be rescued just the other day covered in mould. Never got an allotment either. I might post a before and after if I do re-wax it, it cleaned up easily but does smell a bit.
I eye up new ones that I really like and can't make a decision so I don't have another one. Barbour or cool urban Scandi raincoat? It's like the fucking toaster again.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I use my Barbour jacket - & matching trousers - as m/c kit ... I bought them {second hand} in the late 1970s or early 1980s !
It's had several spells of being worn for on-bike commuting but it is surprisingly good condition, largely as I have never come off the bike while wearing it. Actually, touch wood, I've not landed on the road.
The pop-on liner gets washed, the inside wiped down - never tried fabric de-odouriser, that's an idea ! - and gets refinished every so often when / where I suspect it might be tempted to let water in.
It has a characteristic smell, not unpleasant, and gets aired out in the garden in suitable weather.
Getting it dry again after doing a journey of almost 100 miles in a biblical style downpour was a challenge in the small shared flat I lived in at the time !
It's had several spells of being worn for on-bike commuting but it is surprisingly good condition, largely as I have never come off the bike while wearing it. Actually, touch wood, I've not landed on the road.
The pop-on liner gets washed, the inside wiped down - never tried fabric de-odouriser, that's an idea ! - and gets refinished every so often when / where I suspect it might be tempted to let water in.
It has a characteristic smell, not unpleasant, and gets aired out in the garden in suitable weather.
Getting it dry again after doing a journey of almost 100 miles in a biblical style downpour was a challenge in the small shared flat I lived in at the time !
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
Best rain gear I've ever had was/ is a raincoat by Rains. It fits over my North Face long puffa (which is rubbish in rain and 25 yrs old i think) and is the best thing for being outdoors in winter. I look 2 stone heavier but who cares.
I was looking at Rains the other day too. I really like the long jacket. But then what colour?
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
I wenr for grey because at the time it was on sale. It has black lining and I turn up the cuffs as the arms are that bit long on me.. so the black looks nice against the grey.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Maybe thats where you're going wrong, one v the other, when both might be what you should have
danski
"vibey"
Yes, that's quite correct. Middle aged blokes really do only have three manufacturers of coat they can wear.
You could try shopping, or is that too pansy for a big, rugged northerner that doesn't need 'modern layering'?
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Do they have coat shops up there?Yes, that's quite correct. Middle aged blokes really do only have three manufacturers of coat they can wear.
You could try shopping, or is that too pansy for a big, rugged northerner that doesn't need 'modern layering'?
danski
"vibey"
Ooonly furr the lasses, like.Do they have coat shops up there?
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Do they have coat shops up there?
There's a small section between the whippets and the Meat and Potato pies in the Big Shop in Penrith.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Yes, that's quite correct. Middle aged blokes really do only have three manufacturers of coat they can wear.
You could try shopping, or is that too pansy for a big, rugged northerner that doesn't need 'modern layering'?
I thought proper northerners didn’t ever wear coats?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I think that's where they keep the ferrets now.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
That's Geordies.
Everyone else wears a coat, on the basis that any fool can be uncomfortable.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
what is the point of having a jacket that doesn't smell of wax? Weirdo
I like the weight and smell of my jacket, it used to be handy when flying cos you could put loads in the pockets.You shoulda got one like mine Magnus
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Is this a list where you fantasise about doing something you're incapable of over a fucking coat?
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
Wax melts in direct sunlight..if its warm sunlight that is.
It's definitely just intended as a winter jacket as it seems to constantly piss it down in London nowadays when it isn't unbearably hot. I should have known I was on a slippery slope two years ago when I got my sister to buy me an umbrella for Christmas, instead of something exciting.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
That would be a proper working waxed jacket then.
Periodic sponging and judicious re-treatment of the exterior and regular airings for the lining keep mine tolerably sweet smelling.
It has sort of dawned on me that the times when I wear it won't be the times where I sweat like a pig, which also helps I guess.That would be a proper working waxed jacket then.
Periodic sponging and judicious re-treatment of the exterior and regular airings for the lining keep mine tolerably sweet smelling.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Almost certainly.
I don't think I've ever read a more odd intervention on here. Being added to a 'list', full on Nazi style, because I have a terrible taste in clothing or something. By someone supposedly on the same side as me.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I like my red trousers. I like my waxy. I wear them together. I was born, and now have a holiday home, in Lincolnshire. I no longer have Hunters though.And red trousers. Don't forget the red trousers.
(I've never worked out where Lincolnshire is and whether it's even a place or a figment of a sausage maker's imagination. Like Shropshire which doesn't even have sausages AFAIA.)
