Thinking about getting one. Which is the best?
Filson
Kevins
Barbour
Others to look at?
Thinking about getting one. Which is the best?
Filson
Kevins
Barbour
Others to look at?
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
Filson for durability
Barbour for looks
Kevin’s I have no experience with.
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Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. -Gifford Pinchot
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
I like Filson and Barbour. Kevin’s has a lot of logo items, but I have no idea where it comes from. They also say you can wash it, so take that for what you will.
Last edited by wskinner; 11-11-2019 at 07:59 PM.
Barbour is not as stiff and uncomfortable to me
Surprisingly, Beretta has a nice one. They’ve changed the pocket design since I got mine whereas the new ones are better placed,
It’s also not the old wax, but a new ‘odor-free’ wax compound, for what it’s worth.
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I have Barbour and Filson. I like Barbour better.
Crops are harvested, animals are killed.
I’ve got a Barbour. It’s not bad for the field but it’s not great. If you’re busting bushes and in the briars and so forth I’d probably go for the Filson tin cloth. Try one on as you’ll want to layer under it.
Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. -Gifford Pinchot
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
Filson is like wearing a suit of armor. Tough as hell but not very comfortable.
FWIW, I don’t own a filson. Just know that my Barbour is shredded. I keep wax on it and annually treat both of my barbours.
Really can’t go wrong with either, though. Depends on the application in which it will be used, IMO.
I have a few Barbours. If you can find a Solway zipper those were tough jackets. Mine is 25ish years old, they were built tougher than take for instance the Beaufort. Those and those Bedales, some Borders are what you see most people wearing, I dont even wear my Beafort. I've got an old wading waxed jacket by them, that I can't part with either. I'm about to give my son an old Gamefair also.
For hunting filson tin cloth is way to go. They also make shelter cloth and cover cloth. Cover is about same as a barbour. I have a cover cloth field coat that is my nice go out jacket. My hunting coat is a mccallister thats similar to tin cloth.
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I am haunted by waters" Norman Maclean.
Filson is definitely tougher than Barbour. The suit of armor comment is spot on.
Last edited by wskinner; 11-11-2019 at 08:18 PM.
If anyone wants to part with their horribly stiff Filson Waterfowl jacket, I’ll be more than happy to accommodate your substitute jacket needs. MG
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Barbour coats have their place for sure.
But it’s not in real duck hunting.
Afternoon corn pond hunts in a nice blind is a great place for them
Show me a dude in a Barbour coat when it’s sleeting and blowing 20 out the north, and I’ll show you an idiot about to die of hypothermia.
Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.
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