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It sounds funny today, but I remember people pay a lot of money to get pilots leather jackets and leather paints to ride on motobikes. That's true leather cut the wind very good. I still have leather pilot set, my father's gift, but never use paints.
If you look at this video from dog trials you'll see me in this pilot jacket I hunted in it sometimes and can't say something negative, besides the jacket was pretty heavy, but most important thing there is no blood spots left of good painted leather.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZSLQfjC9Y

Perry,

No, I was speaking of another post.

Jack,

Sometimes I dress pretty:


Front porch of the Beaver Dam Ducking Club Tunica, Miss.

But most times I just dress like a duck hunter:


Maryland Eastern Shore


DLH

Geno they still pay good money for the pilot gear and with a blood stain you can get more money if you throw in a war story. That was a running working dog for sure

Thanks for the reply MH. Doggone it!! My server here will not let your pictures come through. I will check when I get home. I find pictures of the hunters from years past fascinating in the gear they used. I gotta tell you that many of those old guys were some pretty tough old birds. I do remember that my very first pair of hunting pants had the knit cuffs in order to stuff them into the tops of my boots. After I wore those out - or did I outgrow them?- I got a pair with leather facing on the legs. I wore those pants for many years, to include some years while riding horses. They were great. I recall seeing a pair in LL Bean's catalog ( or maybe Orvis) a couple of years ago with leather facing, but the leather was pig skin and did not look nearly as sturdy as the pair I once had. Now I find that I have gotten away from the newer modern materials and styles and have gone back to an LL Bean traditional style waxed cotton hunting coat. That with modern fleece wear underneath is hard to beat!!!

Market Hunter, I can tell by your expression in the second pic that you are probably not worried about fashion......or anything else.

Market Hunter, I can tell by your expression in the second pic that you are probably not worried about fashion......or anything else.

KMcMichael,
What is the forecast for quail down your way this year? It's still the same here in Albuquerque - several coveys, but all living in back yards in the neighborhoods and being fed grain from trays in the yard!!

Market Hunter very dapper indeed,both shots

dapper indeed..

Dapper and a Southpaw to boot. With that tightly rolled tobacco leaf, possibly from the shark shaped island in the Carribean, I'm curious as to what is in the cup in front of MarketHunter. When waterfowl hunting and upland hunting when cold enough, I prefer waxed cotton mixed in with the scents like stagnant water, decaying matter, beaver spray, lubricating oil, burnt powder, wet dog and neutralized damp waterfowl. Depending on just how far back one goes to look at the hunting attire, whether it be pot-hunting, market hunting or even turn of the 20th century sportsmen, I consider most of the prints to be staged to portray an image or status of the time in moleskin and velveteens as the pot-hunters and early market hunters undoubtly smelled of wet dog, burnt black powder, sulfur, spent fulminate, carbon and damp fowl as well as being covered with soot from top hat to toe. I prefer waxed cotton because unlike leather it can be lightweight without a liner and it will shed water, briars, locust tree thorns and all types of swamp grass that will cut most new fangled materials to shreds. Gortex is fine in a steady state, but fatigues on pressure.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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