European hunting gear "fit"

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19 March 2017, 21:43

Big Wonderful Wyoming

European hunting gear "fit"

I have tried on a lot of European hunting clothing since moving over here.

Why are the sizes 3 or 4 sizes skinnier than what they are marked, especially in the ass and legs?

I have ordered 58s and 60's and I am a 40-42 in American sizes. None fit, even if they fit in the waist the legs are supper thin, and they have no ass.

19 March 2017, 21:44

Big Wonderful Wyoming

I have tried: Blaser, Harkila and Merkel.

Fjallraven seems to fit, but they have no pockets on the butt, and I don't understand why they are all oil finished.

" Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins.
When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar.
Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan
PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move...

Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies...
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“ Hávamál”

20 March 2017, 11:25

Big Wonderful Wyoming

You know I am a fattie, but I don't see the point of wearing "skinny jeans" to hunt in.

LL Bean's sizing is about a 180 from these. I feel like I am swimming in the pants that have the right waist size.

20 March 2017, 11:43

Haverluk

Look into the Pinewood brand line of hunting clothes. They have stuff to fit bigger guys. A lot of the Swedes I hunt with use their gear.

20 March 2017, 16:39

Big Wonderful Wyoming

Pinewood, I'll give it a try.

It must be something recent, my old Blaser pants are normal sized.

21 March 2017, 07:28

boarkiller

Chevalier is good brand but very spendy
I have bought very reasonable Czech made hunting pants and jacket and they are fairly loose and they were definitely very inexpensive
Prague has good store and so does Karlovy Vary

21 March 2017, 15:27

Haverluk

+1 on Chevalier. I forgot about that brand. They make pretty good stuff!

21 March 2017, 21:41

Ghubert

Buy American mate, European brands are not well suited to the... ahem, larger gentleman...

Ask me how I know...

21 March 2017, 23:46

Big Wonderful Wyoming

I work with 3 men that are over 6'5 and two of them are over 330 pounds. I am 5'11 and 270.

Finding clothing in Germany is a challenge. One of them men is a German, and he shops in Holland.

23 March 2017, 09:12

boarkiller

quote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
Buy American mate, European brands are not well suited to the... ahem, larger gentleman...

Ask me how I know...

True to that G, but lots of those European brands are very very high quality
I use them here in States and those things are almost indestructible

23 March 2017, 16:06

Beretta682E

quote:
Originally posted by Ghubert:
Buy American mate, European brands are not well suited to the... ahem, larger gentleman...

Ask me how I know...

Ghubs given your weight I will trust you in the restaurants to go in London

But seriously be glad the Xl and larger man is not stuck In Asia. Clothes are impossible to find - a lot of guys mail order them from the us.

Mike

23 March 2017, 18:06

Big Wonderful Wyoming

I used to travel to Asia a lot when I was in the military. Shoot in and out as they say.

We used to call a XL or XXL marked there a schmedium. Was really either a small or medium.

I had a suit made in Vietnam, and the guy told me I had to pay twice as much because he used twice as much material as normal.