If you think ammo is expensive nowadays....

Filson has always had a high opinion of their products and charges accordingly. I have a couple of their items but only because I picked them up with a considerable discount years back. The brand has become trendy now.

I like waxed cloth and have several clothing items made in the UK and by Australian companies (waxed bomber jacket for motorcycle, long drover for really rainy days, thigh cut duster, upland hunting coat). Even with the exchange rate they were better values.

I remember wearing $29 all leather Timberland Boots in the early 80’s in Northern Maine stomping through the pine bogs hunting grouse in early winter. 40 years later they’re in every rap video and high school and priced accordingly for their trendy popularity (but no longer made in the USA).

Cal Ranch and IFA have a selection of waxed jackets and vests at reasonable prices that would be just the ticket for wet/foul weather upland hunting without breaking the bank.
 
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Just needs an iPhone 15 Pro Max, a $700 artisanal hatchet, and some $2,500 Nicks Boots and he'll be ready for the wine tasting before the Sundance premier of Kneecap
 
I have a pair of Filson tin cloth chaps and love them. They are awesome busted through the multiflora rose and crab apples. But they have gotten silly expensive with most of there merchandise. I really wanted a Tin Cloth jacket and bought one last year despite the cost. I sent it back it almost immediately it never fit right especially for that price. I bought a similar jacket from Flint and Tinder, saved $100 and got a better fit.
 
I still think it's way overpriced, but considering what it is made from it isn't ever going to be cheap.
 
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Just needs an iPhone 15 Pro Max, a $700 artisanal hatchet, and some $2,500 Nicks Boots and he'll be ready for the wine tasting before the Sundance premier of Kneecap
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If that wasn't so expensive, I'd buy my buddy Brian, that exact getup....
 
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I still think it's way overpriced, but considering what it is made from it isn't ever going to be cheap.
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Yes exactly, shearling is a pricey material. If you want an "affordable" filsen vest go with canvas at like 10-15% of that atrocity.
 
I have one of their "tin cloth" jackets, which is a pretty serious bit of clothing. $250 was a lot when I got it (1990 or so) but I've beaten the hell out of it without any sign of damage or wear. The only real trouble is that now it has that hipster cachet and I kind of hate to be seen in it!
 
We aren't buying them but there's alot of people who will even at that price. Can't blame a company for making money.
 
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Just needs an iPhone 15 Pro Max, a $700 artisanal hatchet, and some $2,500 Nicks Boots and he'll be ready for the wine tasting before the Sundance premier of Kneecap
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That response was intended in a humorous vein, but it points out what I hinted at: I see Filson starting down the path of L.L.Bean, Eddie Bauer, and Woolrich -- transforming from a supplier of high-quality, American-made supplies to serious outdoorsmen, to a purveyor of trendy, fashion-driven, imported, inexpensively produced, high-markup items, of variable quality, to city folks with more spending-urge than sense.

I find all of that disgusting.
 
And don't forget: womens' wear. Whether it's Abercrombie, Bean, Bauer, or Willis & Geiger (Lands' End), they all end up with a catalog that's overwhelmingly for women. I blame the bean-counters. I'm sure when they look at the numbers, it all makes complete sense and they'd be fools not to see what to do to make more money -- it's pretty much the formula you laid out.
 
I have 1980s vintage Filson double mackinaw and mackinaw vest. Don't think I would buy anything from them today. Like others, I was sad to see Bean and Bauer transition to catering to hipsters instead of outdoorsmen and women. But I don't blame them for following money. Dozens of fashionistas to ever person who actually needs and uses serious outdoor gear.
 
FIlson is good stuff but way overpriced but they are catering/serving a certain demographic and know their place in the market and charge high to that certain group of people. I have been able to buy some of their wool jackets on discount and it was definitely worth it. High quality materials and built strong, so these jackets last a lifetime.
 
Don't wear it in or near the woods.

Somebody might mistake You for a deer. Why wear a similar color? Dummies often assume that anything moving around must be a deer.
Their "brains" assume only one thing. A poacher (#1) years ago in Bartlett TN was on the bank small river and a Second poacher killed #1.
 
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