I also wore Woolrich shirts in the Cascades. Those 'grunge' music followers got the look from us, I am sure.

I still have a heavy wool jacket, with nylon liner that I wore when hunting in the PNW. Of course living in Phoenix, its been in storage for years.

Even though dad was a miser, he did like his Pendleton wool. When he was working for Weyerhauser, we used to spend a lot of time hiking in the big forests in Washington, and he always wore the same brown and tan wool jacket and full brim metal hard hat and his corkie boots wherever we went. I think he was stuck in the 50s from his childhood for a long time.

I love wool clothing. It works, and it's been around for a long time. You get used to the smell of wet wool in the PNW, it actually goes with the outdoor experience there, or used to anyways. My only problem is that the wife will wash the wool in hot water and throw it in the dryer with the cottons, and it shrinks down enough to fit the dachsund.

Sometimes the wife can aggravate. I've learned to keep it to myself, though. I don't like the "Ma Kettle" style beatings I get when I complain.

It's too Paul Bunyan for my taste. We're not in 1995 anymore.

Frankie

I just bought several shirts from Bass Pro Shop and they seem to be very well made. I buy stuff there because its only 3-miles away and I drive by it almost every day. Cabalas is 18-miles away and I don’t get there as much.








If you are like me it’s because all the junk in your pockets.

My Swiss Champ SAK is hard on pockets. So is the edge of the fire steel.

After a big hike in the BC fjords back in high school, I used to wear my belgian wool army pants and hiking boots to class often. It was almost a trend, almost...

I aggressively peruse the clearance isles at TJ Maxx and other such discount retailers for those $5 wool sweaters. It don't always gotta be button down collared shirts. Wool is wool. I've even found cheap angora and cashmere that have become part of my outdoor collection. It works. $10 for a cashmere sweater is a good deal to me.

Woolrich shirts, Pendleton shirts, merino wool tops and wool sweaters are a dime a dozen in thrift stores in Minnesota. Last week I picked up two Pendleton shirts in new condition for work - the dry cleaning bill was more than the shirts. Decent wool pants are harder to find, but tops are in abundance.

Dang! we could do a good business exporting your wool shirts from Minnesota to Aspen for sale as "vintage" wool garments. They got lots of money to burn up there real soon.

yard sales around here--Minneapolis--are a great source for Grandads old--40's-50's--wool shirts.sweaters and pants not so much..blankets never..

Dave, I did manage to score exactly one Hudson Bay Blanket at a thrift store. Not as fluffy as a new one, but the price was right and still is quite warm on a bed.