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Best wool pants #7722953
11/20/22 10:15 PM
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I wore wool pants 30 years ago then switched to the newer materials that claimed to be better but after sitting in the tree last week with my old wool jacket on I realized it’s time to get some new wool pants for late season deer hunting. What have you guys found to be the best quality in recent years


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Re: Best wool pants [Re: Twisted metal] #7722956
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Mine are military surplus Korean way worth what I pd. Had them several years.pd.25.00

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I have some Swiss Army wool BDU's that are great, got them from a surplus outfit. The General something or other I think.


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Just looked mine over, I think they were Korean?? But had a date on them 1940.

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Johnson Woolen Mills make a fine pair, and more than one model.


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Re: Best wool pants [Re: Twisted metal] #7722992
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Johnson Woolen Mills ....in Vermont..USA made

Drove up to their store a couple years ago ..got the wife a coat..got me a coat and pants..son got something too...walked out of there 2500.00 lighter....lol

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Re: Best wool pants [Re: Twisted metal] #7723015
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Woolrich traditional wool pants. I have wore them for over 50 years(not the same pair). I have a pair of pants and a pair of bibs right now. Wool is about all I wear but if it is really windy I pull a set of cheap rain gear over top to cut the wind.


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Re: Best wool pants [Re: Twisted metal] #7723034
11/20/22 11:55 PM
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might be a wee shortage.....there is a war on in a cold country right now

Re: Best wool pants [Re: Twisted metal] #7723062
11/21/22 01:10 AM
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Filson make the best wool coats, and I'm sure their wool pants are very nice also, but I've always wore military surplus for wool pants. If you look on line you can get military surplus from all sorts of countries militaries nowadays, and I have no idea which ones are good. Used to be very common to see them in thrift stores, the green ones with cargo pockets on the sides, I think they were worn a lot in Korea and World War II. Germany used some similar ones, but I think they might be the ones that made some that come up almost to your brisket like Steve Urkel pants. The pair I was wearing today are more of a dress uniform style, a little thinner and no cargo pockets, but nice tight weave. I don't even know where I got them, but they are the only decent pair I have right now.

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Not wool but I've been impressed with Kings Camo desert winter. The pants are felt or wool lined. Both the jacket and pants keep me warm and wind out. Yesterday it was cold and windy we were in snow areas. It's the 3rd season with these and they've been great. First used them on my daughter's hunt snowy and windy conditions the entire time. No I don't layer pants

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Can't beat the price for military surplus if you can find them. I've had mine for more than 40 years.


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Re: Best wool pants [Re: bearcat2] #7723174
11/21/22 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bearcat2
Filson make the best wool coats, and I'm sure their wool pants are very nice also

They're great pants, very well made but their site lists them at $445 a pair. Pricey! I have a pair along with a pair from Johnson Woolen Mills and some Cabelas Wooltimate with the Windshear lining. They're all good but the Cabelas are the warmest but also the least durable of the bunch. Wool is the way to go.

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What Nate said. I found some on-line that were military surplus from 1951 and brand new. About $30 I think. To me the civilian wool pants are way too heavy and are very expensive. The milsurp pants are a relatively thin tight weave wool material that is both warm and does an excellent job of blocking the wind. The tight weave gives them a slick surface that makes them great brush busters too. The downside is that the regular pockets are small and they don't have cargo pockets. If you have a competent seamstress in the house they are cheap enough to buy an extra to use for material to add cargo pockets.

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There are plenty of good used wool pants on e-bay that are lightly used for around $50.00. Both Johnson and Woolrich brands. After purchase, send to the dry cleaner for another $10.00. Your going to be wearing clean long johns under them anyway.

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Filson mackinaw pants for sure. Lots of them on eBay for much less than retail.


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I bought some surplus Check Armly wool pants 25 years ago and still use them. Really keep you warm. Wish I could find something better for my feet. I wear stocking hats as they are warmer. Does anyone know of a billed cap that keeps you warm. The bill would help when looking into the sun either early or late in the day.

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Originally Posted by bblwi
I bought some surplus Check Armly wool pants 25 years ago and still use them. Really keep you warm. Wish I could find something better for my feet. I wear stocking hats as they are warmer. Does anyone know of a billed cap that keeps you warm. The bill would help when looking into the sun either early or late in the day.

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King of the Mountain... pricey, none better IMO.

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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Johnson Woolen Mills ....in Vermont..USA made

Drove up to their store a couple years ago ..got the wife a coat..got me a coat and pants..son got something too...walked out of there 2500.00 lighter....lol

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