Hardscrabble pants have arrived. I'll start with my ordering experiance. I spoke to Mike W. by phone on Friday. In short the conversation felt natural like I called a buddy to talk gear. We talked about product ideas/improvements, how skre values feedback, their new pattern, and a bit about their r&d process. I feel they really are making gear for the hunter not just in the market for profit. So I ordered after hours on Friday, shipped early Monday, arrived Wednesday.
I've been looking for pants to handle the Western slope of Colorado in November but still have gas money to get there. These should work.
I've read in a few places people wanting a comparison to the attack pants. Hardscrabble has a tighter weave material, exactly what I wanted with out any lining.
Fit is great! I ordered 34 regular (34 inseam), inseam is spot on. Waist I'll call it a 33. I may get a 32 in their light pants as layering isn't as important. Definitely not skinny jean cut, not too baggy.
Construction. After reading a few comments about lose threads I thoroughly inspected mine but found none. Very well made.
Pockets, I can get my hand in them! Seriously it's a problem with another brand. Cargos are plenty deep. Rear pockets are a bit shallow and narrow. Not a big deal for me as I only put liner gloves in my rear pockets. Hand and cargo pockets are mesh, rear pockets are not, I like that. Hand pockets are shallow but any deaper they would get under the cargo pockets. I'm really happy with the cargo pocket placement and will gladly accept the hand pocket as it is.
Miscellaneous thoughts. Hip vents have a softer material than my tiburons. I've noticed that to be a benefit as the skre material falls away not getting caught in the zipper. Zipper pulls are kinda awkward looking but I look forward to easily finding them with gloves on. Not dig on the design it really is function over fashion. Zipper function so far so good. Material is a bit shiny but I imagine it will get better with use. They stretch great
The pattern is dark but functional. Hard to explain but their is some light color and many different shapes in it. If I look at for a minute my focus constantly changes, a good thing? Think of it as a digital tree trunk. I'm usually in timber during archery season and would prefer this to optifade open country which I find too light.
Gonna update this weekend after some field use.
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