FlyingYankee
Active Member
Thinking of moving to Maine and would like to purchase a good cold weather jacket. For everyday use and chores outside what would you choose what jacket would you choose for cold weather?
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B3 vs B6 vs Irvin
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John Lever
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Forget sheepskin for work wear, you will cook and the jacket will get shredded.
John Lever
Moderator
You dig the garden or prune trees in an Irvin ! Not matter how cool you look....
FlyingYankee
Active Member
Okay In mean chores in the sense of taking the dog out, getting a few sticks of wood. Not real work.
a2jacketpatches
Active Member
How far up? I was in Caribou / Limestone / Loring AFB as north as you can go. Issued an N3B parka, the pants, mittens, mucks, and everything else you could squeeze into and still froze my azz off.FlyingYankee said:
Peter Graham
Well-Known Member
I'd say a D-1 would be the most practical sheepskin for everyday wear, one of the contracts with pockets, that is. I've had Irvin's, a B-6, a B-3, an M-445 and a couple of D-1's, one with and one without pockets. The cut of the jacket is great for doing stuff in. After all, they are a mechanics jacket.
FlyingYankee
Active Member
D-1 it is. I just missed the Sale GW. But I will pay for a new one as it is a once in a lifetime purchase. The Aero Redskin look nice also.
Otter
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For what its worth I find my Irvin warmer than the B-3 I have. It has longer fleece rather shan short shearling, with a closer fit around the hem due to the belt rather than the side adjusters. I can usualy wear the B-3 at anywhere below 5 degrees, but find it realy has to be sub zero for the Irvin otherwise I overheat. Try looking at the ANJ-4 if you want somthing a little different.
