Thread: Clothing

I had a collection of excellent quality N American stuff that I mixed and matched according to the weather. Cost a bloody fortune. Then it all got stolen one fateful day in California along with my scuba gear and toolkit. Whoever it was knew precisely what it was they wanted.

Anyway, when I got back to NZ I couldn’t face buying all that gear again, far too bloody dear here. So I went to Army & Outdoors and bought the following. I am dead serious when I say the whole lot cost not much more than one top of the line Kuiu jacket. And I am freakin’ stoked with how it all performs.

Undershirt: British airforce moisture wicking t-shirt
Optional mid layer: German army woolen shirt, long sleeved, zipper
Top layer: German army flecktarn shirt (zipper, poppers)
Trousers: German army trousers. Very tough, great pockets, dry fast.
Waterproof: British army MPT waterproof jacket or German army flecktarn equivalent
Winter wear for those long cold hunts: German army flecktarn parka with inner jacket (I wear the quilted inner jacket on its own quite a lot if conditions suit)
Socks: British army (always carry a spare pair)
Undies: Bonds (I mean, come on.... second hand army undies? Really?)

I am serious, its as good as the posh stuff. All the gear was in great condition even though all of it bar the parka and base layer t-shirts was used. It gets used hard, covered in blood, mud and 10 kinds of shit, stinks like a rutting stag... then I put it on a cold wash with no powder, hold the cycle when full of water, soak overnight, spin... comes out good as new. Can’t recommend this stuff highly enough.

(Flecktarn is invisible to deer it seems to me. Its very well suited to NZ bush, much better than a lot of the lighter coloured designs.)