The Brit blankets are very nice. Major surplus used to be the place to go for blankets. CTD, SG have them regularly and Sierra Trading has very good deals periodically.

Dave

If you find them scratchy due to thier fibers, rather than a true allergy to wool, make a simple cover out of a pair of cotton sheets and whip stitch around the edges. No more scratchy. If you want to be very fancy, you can get Thai silk online pretty reasonably.

As for the hard, that usually has to do with being in storage for umpty years in a wooden crate that they had to have someone sit on so they could nail/strap/latch the lid down. Treat it like you would a stiff hide, ie bending and scraping with a wooden edge (and you thought wooden rulers were just for the naughty) and it will soften.

But they aren't very fluffy, that much is true. Mostly because they are are made by the lowest bidder.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92625

I bought one of these for my vehical and it's decent.

Are they brand new? Do they have mothball smell when you buy them? And will the 20% polyester reduce the fire retardancy we attribute to wool? They are so cheap, is it recycled wool? It looks like a good alternative.

Thank you

They feel like they are new. No, they do not smell like mothballs, they are each in thier own plastic bag. No clue about the fire thing and about the recycled wool. It is a decent size, cheap, light and made of wool so it has many uses in my car kit.

+1 on being NO fan of parachute cord. Give me braided nylon cord any day!

[s][/s]I am a regular customer of redacted they are the premier supplier of USGI and other commercial products.

I've actually been to their store along Beltway 8 in Houston. It's pretty good. Are you affiliated with them, Kenneth?
-Blast

In Canada, check out Princess Auto (better than Harbor Freight). They have plenty of surplus stuff, not necessarily military though. CanadianPrepardness.com and Stephenson's are also two good sites for stuff.

Boreal Mountain Anoraks (BMA) are in your own backyard of Montreal - they make fantastic wool products but their website is in $US. https://borealmountainanoraks.com/product/bmas-100-loden-wool-blanket/