Submarine/ RAF jumper

[London Cabbie]

Who does the best reproduction of the British WW2 Submariner RAF jumper...?

 

[Officer Dibley]

Buy a genuine Royal Navy issue one from soneone like Silvermans of Mile End.

 

[London Cabbie]

Thankyou Dibley Sir...On order.

 

[Officer Dibley]

You’re welcome mate ! Thought as a cabbie you’d know them.
Dave

 

[Officer Dibley]

And for those of you interested now that Cabbie has bought one..... but please don’t Tell me you could make it for €10 !!

ROYAL NAVY SUB SWEATER ECRU

Made in the UK by the government manufacturer.100% wool Royal Navy Submariner sweaterare the same design as the original wartime RN issue sweaters,

www.silvermans.co.uk

 

[Southoftheborder]

Outdoor Knitwear AKA Kempton, the makers of the original Wooly Pully make a very good replica of the deck jumpers they used to supply to the RN. I'm pretty sure they supply Silvermans among others. If you buy direct from their website they are a bit cheaper too.

 

[London Cabbie]

You’re welcome mate ! Thought as a cabbie you’d know them.
Dave

I do, East End of Londinium. Me ole china...

 

[Smithy]

I've got an Outdoor Knitwear one and it's just superb. Tough as old boots too.

 

[crism1]

I don't know the military specs but Montgomery website sells one for a good price. Imho it totally looks the part in length, fit, raglan shoulders, but you guys know more I guess. I have it and it's thick, no wind gets through it, it smells like wet sheep, and the vintage fit is super on me. I'm extra happy with it, people can't stop touching it cause nowadays it's hard to find a thick 100% wool sweater since most of the brands go for polyester. Well I know that polyester is supposed to keep warm but, under weird circustamces, I tried two sweaters under the same weather, one being the Monty wool, one poly, both same thickness approx (poly a bit thicker). Well there's just no game, my submariner is completely immune to wind/cold, while for some reason the poly can't keep me nearly as much as warm.

Men's Merino Wool Submariner Sweater

A non-itchy and incredibly warm insulation layer, utilising the finest Merino wool and drop-shoulder design, is the perfect compliment to your Duffle Coat.

uk.originalmontgomery.com

 

[London Cabbie]

This was the one I went with, I think it maybe same company to supply Silvermans...

Product Page | Woolaway Knitwear

www.woolawayknitwear.co.uk

 

[Southoftheborder]

Don't know if this one will have the reinforcement around the neck that the originals and the Kempton/Outdoor Knitwear has. That is also very long down to the hips like originals to keep the crown jewels warm, while modern loosely based copies are a lot shorter. I've got a couple, one from Kempton and one from Nauticalia - which is a nice soft wool jumper but not anything like a correct RN one. The only one that is a real replica of the RN one is the Outdoor Knitwear because they still have the patterns from when they supplied the navy.

 

[London Cabbie]

Don't know if this one will have the reinforcement around the neck that the originals and the Kempton/Outdoor Knitwear has.

Actually wished I hadn’t been in such a hurry, the Kempton looks better. Oh well, will try a return when it arrives.

Thankyou...

 

[London Cabbie]

Outdoor Knitwear.

 

[Smithy]

Outdoor Knitwear.

They're damn good. I have one and swear by it.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Somebody back along had a jumper in natural black wool which looked really nice. Maybe not an authentic military design, but it was cool-well, probably not, but I liked it.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Here it is, it was Flightengineer :-

http://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/arthur-beale-beerenberg-roll-neck-oiled-wool-pullover.22230/

 

[London Cabbie]

They're damn good. I have one and swear by it.

Sir they jump from 36” to 40” and I am around 38”... do I go 36” or 40” Thankyou.

 

[Smithy]

Sir they jump from 36” to 40” and I am around 38”... do I go 36” or 40” Thankyou.

I'm 6'2'' and have a 41 to 42'' chest and pretty big shoulders. I went with the large and I'm really happy with it. If I was you I'd go medium. The sub jumper shouldn't fit like a sausage skin as that just looks daft IMO.

 

[London Cabbie]

Cheers Smithy.
Size 40” medium.
Even though it says preshrunk, machine washable I reckon it will still shrink a tad.
Advice appreciated

 

[Smithy]

Cheers Smithy.
Size 40” medium.
Even though it says preshrunk, machine washable I reckon it will still shrink a tad.
Advice appreciated

No worries mate!