Inverness Cape advice needed

[GlassMan]

Eventually I'll have one of that caliber, but for running around the natual woods, I am certain I would make it unsuitable for formal wear, if not destroy it altogether.

Quite true. But then, with my leg I've had to give up traipsing around the woods entirely. Closest I get now is rolling along a paved path through a local park in my wheel chair.

[Kilted KT]

Quite true. But then, with my leg I've had to give up traipsing around the woods entirely. Closest I get now is rolling along a paved path through a local park in my wheel chair.

I say better outside in a chair than not at all!

[Riverkilt]

Boy am I with you KT.

As a boy in the mines I wore a Filson canvas cruiser jacket treated with goop. It "rained" all the time inside the mine as water percolated through and that jacket kept me dry. All the wear and tear of rubbing against rocks never hurt it.

Have a new one now 44 years later that fits my adult body. Still made the same by Filson. Haven't had to regunk it yet. Love all the pockets. Only thing I don't like is the smell of the treatment.

I've worn a long Driza-Bone Aussie Drover's coat rafting the canyon in fierce rain storms and its kept me toasty and dry too.

Old timer's knew how to do it.

A wool Inverness cape is still on my long wish list though. Meantime I sometimes use my Civil War replica U.S. Cavalry Greatcoat by Grand Illusions or my U.S. Navy bridgecoat. Both don't have anything to do with kilts, but they keep me dry in foul weather.

Had thought about taking the sleeves off the greatcoat to make a sort of Inverness Cape....but think it'd look silly and I'd lose its use for wearing it the local Veteran's Day parade in cold weather.

Ron

[Kilted KT]

Boy am I with you KT.

As a boy in the mines I wore a Filson canvas cruiser jacket treated with goop. It "rained" all the time inside the mine as water percolated through and that jacket kept me dry. All the wear and tear of rubbing against rocks never hurt it.

Have a new one now 44 years later that fits my adult body. Still made the same by Filson. Haven't had to regunk it yet. Love all the pockets. Only thing I don't like is the smell of the treatment.

I've worn a long Driza-Bone Aussie Drover's coat rafting the canyon in fierce rain storms and its kept me toasty and dry too.

Old timer's knew how to do it.

A wool Inverness cape is still on my long wish list though. Meantime I sometimes use my Civil War replica U.S. Cavalry Greatcoat by Grand Illusions or my U.S. Navy bridgecoat. Both don't have anything to do with kilts, but they keep me dry in foul weather.

Had thought about taking the sleeves off the greatcoat to make a sort of Inverness Cape....but think it'd look silly and I'd lose its use for wearing it the local Veteran's Day parade in cold weather.

Ron

The treatment does smell kinda odd. I've heard of the Driza-Bone Aussie Drover, but I have the Outback drove. I'm sure they are very similar...and indestructable.

[GlassMan]

I say better outside in a chair than not at all!

What I really enjoy is when I'm in my manual wheel chair and being pushed. Since I'm always dressed nicely (it just feels odd to me not to be wearing a dress shirt and tie) and kilted people just assume that I must somehow be important. I find it very odd, but it's fun. I've had other handicapped friends who have complained that when they enter a store they get ignored by the staff but I always seem to have employees fawning over me. Of course it helps that I have extravagant tastes and once they start to recognize me they immediately see huge commissions on sales.

[Kilted KT]

What I really enjoy is when I'm in my manual wheel chair and being pushed. Since I'm always dressed nicely (it just feels odd to me not to be wearing a dress shirt and tie) and kilted people just assume that I must somehow be important. I find it very odd, but it's fun. I've had other handicapped friends who have complained that when they enter a store they get ignored by the staff but I always seem to have employees fawning over me. Of course it helps that I have extravagant tastes and once they start to recognize me they immediately see huge commissions on sales.

That is fantastic....use what you have and use it well! extravagance in a kilt...never heard of that before! ( heh heh heh)

[toadinakilt]

(I felt as though I must have looked like an absconding nun having a bad day!!!)

Wow, that is the funniest mental image...Hamish escaping a convent.

[Southern Breeze]

Wow, that is the funniest mental image...Hamish escaping a convent.

Well, kilt wearing can be habit forming....

[flyv65]

other than it's weight, I have found little use for goretex jackets and pants (*shudder*). It may be great for a light jaunt or extreme trips where the need for lighter gear far outweighs anything else. I personally think it just costs too much, wears out to easily, and isn't sturdy enough for my needs.

I also prefer the wool and canvas approach to outdoor activities in almost every situation-but Gore-tex has one huge, redeeming use: reinforced Goretex waders are the best thing since Scotch in a flask to have happened to flyfishing. I threw out my neoprene waders over 7 years ago and I'm still on the same pair of LL Bean Goretex waders, used as four season gear here in Colorado. I've crawled on my hands and knees in them after *good* sized fish numerous times, and finally came up with one small puncture on the left knee, that I touched up with shoe Goop (hasn't leaked since).

I own Filson and Woolrich gear and I swear by it, but I believe this might the one exception to support goretex: anyone else fish this way?

Bryan...wool sweaters and goretex waders-has the world gone mad?!?!

[Kilted KT]

I also prefer the wool and canvas approach to outdoor activities in almost every situation-but Gore-tex has one huge, redeeming use: reinforced Goretex waders are the best thing since Scotch in a flask to have happened to flyfishing. I threw out my neoprene waders over 7 years ago and I'm still on the same pair of LL Bean Goretex waders, used as four season gear here in Colorado. I've crawled on my hands and knees in them after *good* sized fish numerous times, and finally came up with one small puncture on the left knee, that I touched up with shoe Goop (hasn't leaked since).

I own Filson and Woolrich gear and I swear by it, but I believe this might the one exception to support goretex: anyone else fish this way?

Bryan...wool sweaters and goretex waders-has the world gone mad?!?!

You've hit on the only redeeming use for goretex I have found: footwear. I wouldn't give any other goretex item the time of day, but property made footwear with goretex can be a life saver.