Not big on Filson. Just gave my filson oil finished tin cloth to a game keeper here. I never liked it. Too loud, heavy, and uncomfortable. Might as well where something made out of naugahyde.

I want something lined with goretex that's quiet, waterproof, and warm. I want it to be dark green in color. I don't care if it's wool or fleece as long as it has the above qualitys.

Hey kokdyer,
you mentioned BLASER Clothing.
Had a little talk the last days, because i�m in the process of looking for some new things too.
The Blaser Stuff is made by LAKSEN (www.laksen.dk) and just been labeled with Blaser! And so, the things are a bit expensiver as LAksen itslef already is!
So just take a look on the laksen side and you will find the same paraks and coats
If u ask me, Deerhunter has a good rate between quality and price.One thing i realy can recommen is the Rusky serie from Deerhunter. Have a set of the bibs and coat too, but up to now, never have used them because i bought a set loden with down quilted coat and trousers..
A friend of mine has the rusky serie tooa nd realy tells "wonder" about them. Real warm! with Dexfill, Deertex Membran, Microsuede and cool details.
you can see it here :http://www.deerhunter.dk/p326.asp
And i�m telling this not because i have a set to sell!! If u will order online at any shop be sure to get the right size. need one to two sizes bigger, because the fit is smaller as usually ! e.g. I bought the Jacket in 64 and the trousers in 62 and normaly need 58/60.

Laksen is a bit better than Deerhunter by quality, but as far as i know, they don�t have things for cold weather.
Heared good things about H�rkila too. Not cheap but good quality and long durability.

Chhers
Konstantin

and if u are interetsed in the Rusky serie, write me a PN

I am originally from Wyoming my parents live in Casper. I am more than familiar with Cabelas. My parents even named there Scottie Cabela since they bought her on a trip there.

Gentlemen

Looks like Barbour has a few sensible models, James Percy has helped them

http://www.barbour.com/product/northumberland.asp

Cheers
/ JOHAN

Hi,

New here, very interested in big game clothing for colder climates. I live in Spain but have hunts planned for Wyoming, Poland, and Romania this Fall.

I have American hunting clothing, but I don't want cammo for these hunts. What do you reccomend as for green hunting clothing. What about Blaser?

Kokdyer, Welcome to AR. If you are coming to Wyoming try and see if you can make a side trip to the Cabela's in Sydney Nebraska. It's not too far from Wyoming and a straight Interstate shot from Cheyenne, Wyoming. These store have to be seen to believe. They of course sell ton's of Cammo but also will have several different sets of green hunting clothes.
In America one of the highest quality and most favored brands of hunting clothing is Filson. I've never found better made heavy duty wool clothing. You might look at the following pants and jackets.....

For a all around wool hunting coat: http://www.filson.com/110.HTM

For a extra warm hunting coat: http://www.filson.com/83.HTM

Warm mid weight wool pants: http://www.filson.com/180.HTM

Heavy Duty wool hunting pants: http://www.filson.com/87.HTM

Best Hunting Sweater I've ever seen: http://www.filson.com/711.HTM


I've hunted in all of the above. I don't think that you can find tougher, heavier duty wool than the Filson. I own several Barbour, FjallRaven and other European wool sweaters but they don't compare to the Filson Sweaters at all. The Filsons in my humble opinion are simply the very best. They also make some great wool hat's. Check out the Mackinaw Hat style #4 or the other hats with fold down ear flaps.

I also have tried a German brand that I like very much, Rascher. You might look at the following:

http://www.rascher.de/index_english.html,

check out the Coat Form 500.880, and the Jacket Form 400.480.

Both of these fit extremely well and the 500.880 is the warmest coat I've ever worn. I wore it on a -20 C day and was warm as toast. My only criticism of the Rascher is that it's almost too nice to wear hunting! Their pants I looked into were also very nice but I think the Filson's are more durable -I'm tough on hunting pants. You have to work to hurt the filsons.

I would think that if you a particular about styling and aren't rough on your clothes the European styling of the Rascher or other Euro Loden's would appeal to you. But if you want the toughest most rugged wool you can buy check into the Filson.........DJ

DJ,



I have been looking at those Filson Jackets on the Net for a while and I really like the look of them and Filson does have an excellent reputation.



Its interesting to contrast the different styles of wool material I have seen in American and European cloths. The European stuff seems to use a much finer finished product often a lot lighter in weight. They seem to equate this with high quality. To me it does not look like it would wear very well, but from friends who have various things made of it, it certainly seems too.



In the American wools cloths I have seen, the material seems more heavy duty, a bit courser and simply looks "tougher". Whether its is any warmer or not, I can't really say as it comes down to the type and quallity of the wool used I suppose.



A friend has an old (20years ?) Swandri Stalkers jacket and I have noticed that uses a far heavier wool material than than found in todays Swandri's.



The one major thing that puts me off wool, is it needing to be dry cleaned all the while. I could live with that in a jacket perhaps but not for trousers.



Regards,



Pete

From DJpaintles - I'm on Lb404's computer..

I've been wearing Filson and Woolrich wool pants for 7 years now. I've only dry-cleaned a pair once. Over here we have a soap called "Atsko Sportwash". it's an unscented liquid soap especially designed for hunting clothes. I hand wash my wool sweaters, bibs and pants with the sportwash and hang them to dry. It's worked for me for quite a while.
The Rascher coats that I have are at least as warm or warmer than my filsons since they are thinsulite insulated. I think that a double layer of wool as in the filsons though heavier breathes better than a thinner layer combined with a thinsulite and waterproof drop lining. I think that the Euro -coats may be a little more refined but the filsons are thicker tougher more expensive wool. A possible exception might be the Filson Whipcord pants, they are about as nice as any wool pants I've ever seen.
If you make it over here the thing to do would be to buy one of the Filson's from Cabela's, if you don't like it for any reason you can send it back for a full refund - their customer service is phenominal.
The most refined pair I would think might be a Rascher Jacket and a pair of Filson whipcord pants. The toughest would be Filson Double Mackinaw Cruiser with Makinaw pants.......DJ

I have a Berretta Big Game Coat and it is very good.

Cotton with gore-tex (or similar) lined with a hood. Usually too warm for me here, but keeps one nice and dry in a heavy downpour. Proved yet again last night.

Like many of these jackets they are set up for shooting. The Berretta has shotgun loops in the pockets, the pocket flaps can be held open with studs, game bags inside etc.

The main peeve I have is the incredibly bad stitching on some external buttons. None where it really matters too much, but a removable suede collar was held by buttons which all fell off in the first week. Same for the hood buttons. I need to get these all re-sewn. The rest of the garment is sewn properly however and no problems.

In this Thread i have written something about my "experiences" about Laksen Tweed. I was astonished in a negative way.

@Marterius :
Does H�rkila has a web page, maybe in english?
And the other Firm you mentioned... have a page too?
Are the things cheaper in your place as in Germany?

And you are right, when saying " What I dislike in modern hunting jackets is their lenght - they are much to short for my taste. "

@Johann,
have taken a look on the barbour Northumberland Range too. Nice stuff, but don�t think that they are warm and suitable for sub zero temperatures.

If u are looking for wool, maybe take a look at King of the mountains or sleeping indian designs, loctaed in U.S.

Kokdyer,

since approx. 2 months I own the Blaser Argali hunting jacket and have used it since on every hunt - on the high stand and on driven hunts in the temparature range between +5 and -5 degrees Celsius.

Before buying it I did also quite some research - Deerhunter is ok, but the quality is IMHO not so good (I have a light Deerhunter Jacket where after a year one zipper didn't open anymore ), Fj�llr�ven would have been an alternative and I also looked at Laksen itself.

It is right what Konstantin mentioned, the Blaser owner has also bought Laksen and now Laksen is producing the Blaser clothing. By comparing the Laksen and Blaser jackets I found out that there are slight differences especially in the clothing material - I think the Blaser jacket is made out of a better material (higher content of Polyamid instead of Polyester which should make it more durable).

My experience with the jacket so far are great - at 5�C I can wear it without any special underjacket / clothing and it's still warm enough for a half-day to day of hunting. At -5�C I need an additional fleece jacket or sweater below it and then I'm warm for at least a few hours of hunting from before dust to high sun (it hasn't been colder so far). In addition, it is 100% quite, blocking wind and light rain very well (I have not used it yet in heavy rain...)

So, great jacket at high price, but after my first test I would think good value!

Best regards,

Erik

Konst,
Here is a link for H�rkila in English:
http://www.seeland.dk/

Here is a link to Woodline, but on Swedish only:
http://www.woodline.se

Swedteam, in Enligsh
http://www.swedteam.se/index_e.phtml

As to prices, I really don't know about the difference between Sweden and Germany.

Regards,
Martin