carebear
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Cosmoline said:I'm another one with an excessively huge head, and Filsons is one of the last companies to size quality outdoor hats to my dimensions. This one is my favorite:
That's a cunning hat Cos.
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Cosmoline
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carebear said:That's a cunning hat Cos.
It's the Filson wildfowl hat. As soon as I saw "Firefly" and saw my favorite hat in it, I was hooked. THere's a lot of tincloth in the TV show as well
waterhouse
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I don't mean to threadjack on the Filson thing and all, but I believe this is a cunning hat. I had to teach myself how to knit to make the damn thing to.
I had to teach myself how to knit to make the damn thing to.
Pilot,
I remember when LL Beans was just a small store. The clerk would have a cot by the register. If you came in at 3 in the morning on your way to the Allagash you might wake him up.
Looks like I'll have to stock up on some stuff also.
I have some fine pieces of clothing that just will not wear out. Matter of fact I have a pair of Whipcord trousers that I have worn just about everywere and in all kinds of conditions for the last fifteen years. They look like I just bought them.
I remember when LL Beans was just a small store. The clerk would have a cot by the register. If you came in at 3 in the morning on your way to the Allagash you might wake him up.
Looks like I'll have to stock up on some stuff also.
I have some fine pieces of clothing that just will not wear out. Matter of fact I have a pair of Whipcord trousers that I have worn just about everywere and in all kinds of conditions for the last fifteen years. They look like I just bought them.
I have a double mac jacket that was OLD when my grandfather gave it to me 32 years ago. It still looks good after it's annual trip to the dry cleaners. Damn morons who think useful clothing means stuff that gets used up, not just used.
Beans dropped the hunting catalog about 5-6 years ago and I sent them a letter saying they had gotten the last of my dollars. They also now sell more imported garments than US made clothing.
A&F was worth a day trip to NYC when i was a little kid. We would get up crack of dawn on the day after thanksgiving every years and ride the train from Boston down to Grand Central ( I think) and then a TAXI (what an extravagence) over to A&F. My mom and my grandmother would continue over to Macy's and do there shopping there, sometimes they stopped at tiffany's. I remember thinking I could live in A&F Hunting stuff, Golf stuff, A whole room of baseball gloves. My grandfather would go to the salt water fishing dept and would select a "present" for himself (grandma was doing the same at tiffany's or Macy's) and then we would go walking around. I do not think my grandfather went there more than once or twice a year at most, yet there was this little guy who always remembered his name and as i got older my name too. I do not know if he fished much but he knew everything there was to know about Penn rods and reels, and would take five or six out of the box and set them on the counter and spin them slow and listen before telling us, "Yessir, this one is a keeper" and we would walk out with another reel.
I remember being on the gun floor and seeing a very nice little bolt rifle and that guy behind the counter reaching for it and handing it to ME!!!!. It was a 250 savage in a mexican Mauser custom, ohhhh what a little jewel. And now it is a porn producer. only the name remains.
Flood Filson with emails and calls, tell them that filson means AMERICAN made PREMIUM materials at a PREMIUM price, changing that will destroy it's niche.
Beans dropped the hunting catalog about 5-6 years ago and I sent them a letter saying they had gotten the last of my dollars. They also now sell more imported garments than US made clothing.
A&F was worth a day trip to NYC when i was a little kid. We would get up crack of dawn on the day after thanksgiving every years and ride the train from Boston down to Grand Central ( I think) and then a TAXI (what an extravagence) over to A&F. My mom and my grandmother would continue over to Macy's and do there shopping there, sometimes they stopped at tiffany's. I remember thinking I could live in A&F Hunting stuff, Golf stuff, A whole room of baseball gloves. My grandfather would go to the salt water fishing dept and would select a "present" for himself (grandma was doing the same at tiffany's or Macy's) and then we would go walking around. I do not think my grandfather went there more than once or twice a year at most, yet there was this little guy who always remembered his name and as i got older my name too. I do not know if he fished much but he knew everything there was to know about Penn rods and reels, and would take five or six out of the box and set them on the counter and spin them slow and listen before telling us, "Yessir, this one is a keeper" and we would walk out with another reel.
I remember being on the gun floor and seeing a very nice little bolt rifle and that guy behind the counter reaching for it and handing it to ME!!!!. It was a 250 savage in a mexican Mauser custom, ohhhh what a little jewel. And now it is a porn producer. only the name remains.
Flood Filson with emails and calls, tell them that filson means AMERICAN made PREMIUM materials at a PREMIUM price, changing that will destroy it's niche.
MillCreek
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As I read this thread about Filson, and LL Bean, and Abercrombie & Fitch, I am reminded of another formerly great outdoor outfitter that has gone this same route: Eddie Bauer. I remember as a young boy and teenager going to the flagship store in downtown Seattle and looking at the fine English shotguns, fly rods and other quality real outdoor gear. And now look at them.
I suppose they had to do this to survive, with the changing demographics in the marketplace and the decline in traditional outdoor sports. Too bad that REI is going this same way, too. I have never lived on the East Coast, but my friends there say the same thing about Eastern Mountain Sports. Hopefully, you will still be able to get gear at these places.
I suppose they had to do this to survive, with the changing demographics in the marketplace and the decline in traditional outdoor sports. Too bad that REI is going this same way, too. I have never lived on the East Coast, but my friends there say the same thing about Eastern Mountain Sports. Hopefully, you will still be able to get gear at these places.
Mongo the Mutterer
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Yep and I remember when Orvis sold flyrods and equipment, not snuggle rugs for large breasted cabin honeys...Pilot said:
(not that Mongo has a problem with large breasted cabin honeys
)redranger1
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i just checked out their site and 
!!! i cannot believe the prices on that stuff. there is "you get what you pay for", there is "good stuff", and then there is "youve been had!"
!!! i cannot believe the prices on that stuff. there is "you get what you pay for", there is "good stuff", and then there is "youve been had!"Tin Pants....
How well I remember my dad's tin pants and his Filson "gyppo" jackets. My sisters and I all have Filson hats. The logger's daughters all have big noggins and those XL Filson hats keep the rain off.
I don't know if that gear inspired the Tin Woodman, but your mention of tin pants brought back a thousand memories of growing up in the woods of Oregon and Alaska.
TallPine said:
How well I remember my dad's tin pants and his Filson "gyppo" jackets. My sisters and I all have Filson hats. The logger's daughters all have big noggins and those XL Filson hats keep the rain off.
I don't know if that gear inspired the Tin Woodman, but your mention of tin pants brought back a thousand memories of growing up in the woods of Oregon and Alaska.
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dfariswheel said:
Same thing with Eddie Bauer! Thirty years ago, E.B.'s used to have the most incredible gun, hunting and fishing sections I had ever seen; made a young man just stand slack jawed in awe. It was said that if you were heading for Africa on safari or Mt. Everest to climb, you went to A&F if you lived east of the Mississippi and to E.B.'s if you lived west of the Mississippi.
They were bought out by Speigel (of catalog "fame") about 25 years ago and now they are just a casual clothing store for urbanites wanting to "rough it".
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Mongo the Mutterer said:
Still do! I get their catalog twice a year and there are retail fly shops throughout the country.
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The computation of cost should include how many times you use something. If you take most Filson gear and divide the price by the number of times you've worn it the value becomes more clear.
Then there is the expense of purchasing something that doesn't serve it's intended purpose. That's a total waste because one then has to go out and spend the money they could have spent the first time for something that will perform in it's intended role.
rwc
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Coincidentally I went by their main store/factory last week for my first look around (they moved a couple years ago). Most of the displays were "metrowoodsy" but they still had about 1/3 of the store devoted to hunting gear. You can also look through a window and watch folks sewing the clothes. Or sit in the faux lodge area and watch outdoorsy videos...
Mongo the Mutterer
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Yeah I get it too, but I use it for ideas, not shopping..Cactus said:
Have an Orvis store in STL. 80 to 85% clothing, the rest fly fishing. Not bad but their prices are now absolutely insane for most of their stuff. However, my lady has a pair of Orvis wading shoes and a pair of their breathable waders...
Bought them at Bass Pro Shop for half of what Orvis charges in their catalog!
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Well heck, I don't see how they've stayed in business this long - the stuff doesn't ever wear out.
...its true.....even in two generations it would be impossible to wear out one of their mackinaws...."might as well have the best".
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Yep,
I have a red and black woods jacket that my grandad bought in the 1950s. He was a very avid outdoorsman, spending his time in the Northwest and Alaska.
I had to make one sewing repair and replace two buttons when I got that coat. I have spent hundreds of hours outdoors in that coat, hunting and woodsbumming. I plan on giving it to my son when I have one. My wife even wears it now and then though it is a bit large on her.
I must admit there is something strangely sexy about a hot little cowgirl in a 50 year old hunting coat
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I will pass this on to the next generation. That will be FOUR generations of hunters for one piece of Filson gear.
Well heck, I don't see how they've stayed in business this long - the stuff doesn't ever wear out.
...its true.....even in two generations it would be impossible to wear out one of their mackinaws...."might as well have the best".
-regards
Yep,
I have a red and black woods jacket that my grandad bought in the 1950s. He was a very avid outdoorsman, spending his time in the Northwest and Alaska.
I had to make one sewing repair and replace two buttons when I got that coat. I have spent hundreds of hours outdoors in that coat, hunting and woodsbumming. I plan on giving it to my son when I have one. My wife even wears it now and then though it is a bit large on her.
I must admit there is something strangely sexy about a hot little cowgirl in a 50 year old hunting coat
. I will pass this on to the next generation. That will be FOUR generations of hunters for one piece of Filson gear.
This thread inspired me to go ahead and buy a Filson "Cruiser" as I have always wanted one, and since the company looks like it will change for the worse soon, I had better get the real thing now. My father went to college at Oregon St back in the 50s and has a lot of good memorys about Filson Cruisers.
farscott
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I am glad I got my wool cape coat before Filson is ruined.
Brass Balls
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Their moleskin vests are really nice too. It's cut and style is the same as the mackinaw wool vest, but it's made of thick cotton. Kinda nice because owning both enables one to span a wider temp range. The only thing I've found, which may just be me because I have a tall torso, is that both styles are just a bit short for concealed carry. They cover the belt, but not by much and reaching over head or bending forward will raise the garment over the belt. IMO this makes the long version a better choice for CCW.
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I just got an e-mail from Filson, advertising their Lodge Collection stuff at a rather significant discount... like around 50% for most of it. Funny, they're not discounting their "classic" items.
Do you think "Loyal Filson Customers" just may not be buying the new crap?
Do you think "Loyal Filson Customers" just may not be buying the new crap?
Sounds like another destined to become just another name on trendy clothing.
What a shame.
For those that have difficulty finding the Filson product in the future; Barbour Thornproof wax dressing will no doubt work as well.
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What a shame.
For those that have difficulty finding the Filson product in the future; Barbour Thornproof wax dressing will no doubt work as well.
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