Heavy duty wool clothing

[jpmulk]

Merino wool seems to be popular because it doesn’t itch. But, there are heavier duty wools out there that are thicker, heavier and I would guess warmer. I’m not really knowledgeable on this so reaching out to see if anyone has used other wool? Say from European manufacturers. I wonder how much we overpay for the “hunting” merino wool clothing when there are more ancient/traditional wool blends that are more effective other than the extra weight.

Any experience?

 

[yfarm]

Any wool pant recommendations?

Does anyone have recommendations for 100% wool winter pants? Filson look great but at $450 a pair.. Ouch. I've also heard the quality has slipped recently. About the only affordable option I've seen are the big bill pants which are 80 wool and 20 nylon. Curious if anyone has tried these. I have...

rokslide.com

7 pages, much applicable to other clothing items
Search ebay, many of the items in the thread are found occasionally as well as military - euro and US

 

[Davyalabama]

Heavy wool clothing, are you going to be stationary, i.e. duck or goose hunting? I have an old Orvis heavy shawl collar wool sweater, man that thing is nice in the duck blind, but way too thick for walking in the woods to deer hunt. It is even too thick to wear just walking to a stand.

I have some great Army/Navy surplus wool pants from years ago, wow those things are heavy, wind proof (from being so thick), man you can't walk far in them though, a day of still hunting, you better have eaten your wheaties.

The "new" to me -- Yak, Bison, alpca (well that one is old, I have some flip top gloves, they aren't that specially warm to me), angora, cashmere (warm for the weight of it), mohair, qiviut ----

Heavy duty, get some old surplus stuff off eflay, german, swiss, austrian -- even the pre60's army wool shirts are good.

Filson, woolrich, johnson woolen mills, Minnesota woolen, etc.