CC Filson Co. - RIP

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Sounds like the Bareback Mtn line of chaps is right around the corner-----for those wishing to go eeerr uuumm bare back-------just be carefull picking up the soap---so to speak.

 

[farscott]

I picked up a few more Filson garments, including a forest green Cruiser and a gray wool vest. Perhaps this is a new way to market: get the customer to believe the new stuff is pushing out the old stuff. If so, it worked on me.

 

[bigbore442001]

It seems that it is getting to the point where if you want something well made i.e. MADE IN USA you are going to have to look a bit harder. It seems that there are niche companies that will fit this gap when good ole companies have gone the yuppie puke route. It may be good for the bottom line but we get it in the bottom.

There is another alternative. Make you own. I've gone to Malden Mills where Polartec fleece is made and had mom make me some hunting outfits. Can't get more American made than that. I may have to learn to sew so I can have something that fits,. works and wont fall apart like something from a slave factory overseas.

 

[Cosmoline]

What's particularly sad is that outifts like Filson and Danner have been the very last high-quality US garment makers. Once Danner shifts totally over the the ChiComs and Filson follows suit, there will literally be almost nobody in the US who can make a high-quality boot or durable outdoor clothing. We'll be left with chicom garbage made by prisoners that falls apart after a year and must be replaced with more garbage made by chicom prisoners. The only way this will stop is if we go to war with the Chinese. Though at that point our troops will have to fight naked.

 

[LAK]

We'll be left with chicom garbage made by prisoners that falls apart after a year and must be replaced with more garbage made by chicom prisoners. The only way this will stop is if we go to war with the Chinese. Though at that point our troops will have to fight naked.

I have bought several Barbour items in the past, and recently one item made by another U.K. firm called Campbell Cooper, as well as some other continental items. They are pricey, but they appear regularly on the evilBay for a great deal less than retail.

I think that companies like Filson will indeed be replaced by other domestic producers. It is just a question of them becoming widely known - and not selling out into public ownership - which is always the beginning of the end.

I wish there was a domestic producer of genuine Cotton Ventile clothing in this country; the only one I know of is West Winds, located in the U.K.
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[harrydog]

We should all write to Filson, expressing our concern. Hopefully if they hear from enough people, and more importantly, if we buy enough of their products, they will continue making and selling the traditional clothing.
Another company that makes great woolen clothing is Johnson Woolen Mills. I've bought numerous things from them over the years and they are very well made.
http://www.johnsonwoolenmills.com/
We should all support these types of companies by purchasing their products. It's the only way they can remain in existence.