My wife recently suggested that I “trade” in my Filson wool coat and receive $60 off a new one. Why would she suggest such a thing? First of all, I’ve had this coat longer than she’s been my wife and we’ve been married 30 years. Second of all, this coat is in perfect condition. I saved my money in high school and bought this coat in the late 70s. I have worn it every hunting season since. Not only have I worn it, but so has my son and several friends. One friend borrowed it for a “once in a lifetime” hunting trip to Colorado. I have taken excellent care of this coat for many years and it’s taken excellent care of me. A new coat would be nice, but this one will last me a life time and no doubt I will be able to pass it down to one of my four grandsons. Excellent quality, excellent product, no need to replace it, however, I would like to know if you had many takers on trading in their old coats. I kind of doubt it though! Bruce Rose Marble NC
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I saw your recent promotion to give $60 trade in my Mackinaw Wool Cruiser. Based on my experience I doubt you will get many takers. My red/black double Mackinaw is about 20 years old and still looks like it just came out of the box. Since I have gained 20lbs in 20 years I can’t bundle up as much underneath it, but with just a wool shirt on it still fits great.
If there were a way to magically turn it from a 48L to a 50L that would be good but there is no way I would trade it in (would be like losing a good friend). If the coat could tell stories it would tell of going to winter Dog Sled School in upper Michigan, a dude ranch in fall in Montana and multiple spring/fall canoe trips in upper Michigan. The coat would tell of the many, many past fine nights at the campfire with friends and with predict of going hiking this fall at the Grand Canyon. It would tell of being regularly selected from among the owner’s other coats due to its comfort/utility (due to time tested design) plus its great looks. It might also mention that it rarely sees another Filson, and maybe that’s because most people can’t recognize the value in high quality and have no experience with the best.
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Back in 2007, I bought my Mackinaw used off of an auction website. I will not mention the name, but it rhymes with fleabay. The coat was in like new condition but a tad bit too big. At this time I was six foot one and 260 lbs!!!! I was a big boy. So after I received my coat I took it to the dry cleaners, had it cleaned and taken in a bit. Now it fit perfect! I wore this coat everywhere! It kept me so warm! I must say I looked very good in this thing!!! So after winter I put it away till next winter.
In the mean time I decided it was time to lose some weight. Not thinking about the impact this might have on my beloved coat, I went on a strict diet and exercise plan. By the very next winter I was down to 180lbs!!! This was great! All except one big problem, my coat was still a little on the big side before, now it was way too big!! I took it back to the cleaners and asked to have it taken in again. They said there was no way unless we did some serous alterations. Even then they didn’t think it would be right, there was just too much to take off. So I decided I would just get a new one. I passed my favorite coat I have ever worn off to a friend in need and decided I would just buy another one. Well it turns out the size I need now is very popular and sells on that same auction website for almost the price of a new one! Life keeps getting in the way and I just can’t seem to get the money together to get a new one. I know my story is not amazing enough to win, but I thought I would share anyway! Someday I will own another one for sure, and all is not lost. My friend still wears that coat every year so at least it lives on and someone else is happy with it!
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If you love nature, the outdoors, frosty mornings or cool evenings then you will love Filson. If you hunted with dad or grandpa or read about the hunts of the past then you experienced the comfort simplicity and tradition of wool. You saw the red/black wool coat the first morning of the hunt, or worn around the evening campfire. If you drink coffee and walk with your dog, Filson will be perfect for you. If you love to share a morning with your husband, wife or friend on a slope or by the river or in a fresh snowfall you will love Filson.
There is something instinctive to the soul of an outdoors enthusiast that likes the qualities that are natural. When I discovered a Filson Tin Cloth hunting coat, in a sporting goods store, it was an instant match. Twenty-some years later and I can’t part with that coat. This purchase led me to your catalog and I knew I needed the Filson Mackinaw Cruiser. I had a young family and money was tight so I could only dream. I saved until I could justify the purchase. For many years this coat has been a comfort on walks and camping trips. It has kept me warm on many all-day sits in the woods, waiting for the right deer. It carries the smell of wood smoke from evenings around the campfire and it looks good on trips to town. It’s really pretty simple if you like natural fibers, if you want quality, if you find comfort in the tradition of wool and cherish memories form the past then you will love Filson. I will hang on to my Mackinaw Cruiser as long as I can spend a day in the woods or drink a cup of coffee by a stream.
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I am not going to tell you a story. I am going to tell you the truth, I love that Mackinaw Cruiser. I grew up in the 60s and it seemed that everybody owned one of those plaid beauties. I think I just had a Norman Rockwell moment. When you see that coat you can’t help but to think of opening day deer season in the Pennsylvania woods. Thanks for the memories.
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A couple of years ago my uncle and I went camping in Upstate New York. It was mid-January and the temperature was in the teens. On the first night I was drinking hot chocolate and spilled it all over my jacket. Within a moment’s notice, my uncle came back from his car with his old Mackinaw Cruiser. He said he kept it for times like this, as he clenched his newer one he had on. After putting it on I felt a relief from the cold winter breeze. That night I even slept in it. I was able to enjoy the rest of my weekend comfortably because my uncle always kept his stable Filson jacket in his car. The only negative I had about the Mackinaw Cruiser was that my feet were cold the whole weekend.
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A number of years ago I bought a Mackinaw Cruiser in Duluth, Minnesota on the way to a vacation on the North Shore. It turned out to be my “go to” jacket for most activities in late fall and winter. I had it broken in and feeling just right. Fast forward a few years and one of my sons was in college and taking odd jobs to get through school. After an icy winter storm he was hired by a tree service to help with some clean up from downed trees and branches. My son borrowed my Cruiser for the job. While he was working, he got a little over heated, took off the cruiser, laid it on top of the wood chipper…sure enough it got snagged by a branch and ended up going through the wood chipper! The cruiser was tough, but not tough enough for a trip through a wood chipper. I have other winter coats with modern fabrics and technology, but I still prefer the feel and heft of a good wool coat. If you don’t send a Filson Cruiser through a wood chipper, the coat will last a lifetime. Outstanding quality!
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My valet and I were hunting wild horned rabbits in the Klondike back during the blizzard of’ ’86. Man it was cold. Did you ask how cold it was? It was so cold that my scotch whiskey was frozen like ice cubes and I kept them in my pockets. I was wearing a Sears hooded jersey sweatshirt with attached mittens and my valet was wearing a Mackinaw Cruiser he had gotten from a secondhand store down in Miami.
Man it was cold. Did you ask me how cold it was? It was so cold that when I fired my gun, the lead bullets refused to leave the gun barrel. They would go to the end of the barrel and just stop there. I would point the end of the gun barrel down and they would just roll out into the snow. The snow was so deep. How deep you ask? It was so deep that I could barely see my valet’s raised arm and the end of the sleeve of the red wool Mackinaw Cruiser coat he was wearing. My valet was a little fellow. He was a midget and once worked for one of those circuses that winter over down around Tampa. That Mackinaw Cruiser was an XL and it did not fit him too well. One day I looked back and saw his little arm sticking up through the snow. It was frozen stiff. I dug him out of the snow and took the Mackinaw Cruiser off his frozen stiff body, wrapped him in my Sears jacket and propped him against a tree and give him my frozen gun in case he thawed out in spring.
Well, I put on that warm Mackinaw Cruiser, put those scotch ice cubes in a container inside that warm coat and I drank my way out of the Klondike never to go wild horned rabbit hunting again. And that is how that Mackinaw Cruiser saved my life. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Michael C. Boggs Consulting Forester p.s. Years later I think I saw the litter fellow jumping through a fire hoop at a circus down in Dallas.
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My son is the proud owner of a Filson Mackinaw but lives in sunny California where Mackinaw wearing is a bit of an overkill. A couple of Christmases ago he came to visit me in Vermont. With delight he donned his Mackinaw to guard against the frosty Vermont cold (where we have 10 months of winter and a couple of months of rough sledding). I got a license to hunt a national forest evergreen and we braved the snowy Vermont wilderness with hatchet in hand. I took this photo of him looking majestic in his Mackinaw. Although it was snowing mightily and we had to ford an icy river (actually a stream, to be more truthful), we found a tree, cut it down, and stuffed into the vehicle for manly decorating over hot cocoa while his Mackinaw dried by the fire. Fortunately for me, my son saw that I was bereft of such warmth and gifted to me my own Mackinaw the following Christmas. Huzzah! What a gift! This coat was made for this country.
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As I do not own a Mackinaw Cruiser yet, I thought I would write about what my future Mackinaw Cruiser would have to say. Everything from camping in the outback in Montana to October canoeing trips through the BWCA, I have been through it all. Kept warm and had more adventures than any other coat in any coat rack I have ever been in. I know that whenever I get pulled from the rack, I am meant for something purposeful, whereas when I see my other coat friends leaving the rack, I know they will be put back soon, or tossed aside and another will fill their place. This being my second owner, who looks similar to my original, I look forward to meeting my third in the next twenty or so years!
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