You must be right about that.
I bought some last year and they didn't have any expiration date on the packets.
But when I tried to use them, I only get a very small amount of heat, almost nothing : so I guess they were too old...

<< Will a faux-fur trim catch the moisture as well as a coyote fur? >>

Not in my experience. My M1951 Parka hoods were originally coyote fur but the later model ones were/are faux fur. I greatly prefer the coyote fur. My wife has an ancient winter coat that she grabs when the wind is howling because of the (coyote) fur ruff. However, the faux fur does work well enough and I can usually brush most of the frost off it without getting wet.

Wolverine fur is the best. From what I have seen, wolf neck fur is almost as good and feels even better, but I guess I'd have to be completely out of alternatives to choose wolf - just personal; I enjoy the rare glimpses of wolves I've had.

It would not surprise me to hear from folks in the Yukon/NW Territory/Alaska that some other fur is great.

Tom

I "did a year" in Greenland, compliments of the US Air Force. A friend that had preceeded me there, told me to make sure that when I got issued a parka to get the one with the stiff ugly fur, not the nice soft fur.

For the next year, I was able to knock the frost off my snorkle parka with a quick slap. Others with the soft fur had to pull the parka over their heads and thaw them out before they could open the frozen fur snorkle. Wolverine fur works MUCH better than anything else.

Do you know which commercially available parkas have a wolverine fur trim hood? Wolverine seems more common for leather boots. Its always faux-fur or coyote fur. Would I have to ask a tailor to change it to wolverine? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Coyote works fine and is not endangered.The Wolverine is to rare an animal to stitch to a parka.

And Wolverine when related to boots is only a brand name... Okay great.

François

And "Wolverines" was the name of the Patriots in the movie "RED DAWN".

Bountyhunter

hehe i still get odd looks when i yell out "WOLVERINES !!"
some people just dont remember that film, that and i guess i shouldnt yell it out randomly in public anymore either....


but on topic i have a question, if i was to buy a parka how can i tell if the fur was badger or coyote and not some crappy synthetic fur?

or is that even an option for non-military parkas?

edit: sorry for repeating basically the same question frankie posted earlie, didnt see it listed there for some reason.