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Graywolf
20-09-2005, 23:52
Can anyone tell me the make of the light coloured smock woren by Ray Mears during Bushcraft Sunday night.
Clayton
Swazi Tahr Anorak (http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/index.htm)
Graywolf
21-09-2005, 17:00
Thanks for that Martin,
I thought that it was one of them,but as they dont have that colour on their website I thought I was wrong.
Clayton
Topcat02
22-09-2005, 11:39
£230.00!!
Ray is a walking gold mine. He probably wanders around in £2000's worth of kit. Wonder if he is "sponsored" by the manufacturers?
;)
BorderReiver
22-09-2005, 12:08
£230.00!!
Ray is a walking gold mine. He probably wanders around in £2000's worth of kit. Wonder if he is "sponsored" by the manufacturers?
;)
He is obviously a very astute business man,I would be VERY surprised if he wasn't sponsored to the hilt. :p
ilovemybed
22-09-2005, 14:42
I know they didn't pay full price for the woodlore landies!
I'm pretty sure that the Swazi coat is the Tussock Green.
As to sponsorship, my Swazi has a logo just above the pocket but I notice Ray's didn't so perhaps he didn't get the discount after all!
Maybe his catch phrase is "Spend more, carry less ('cos you can't afford it!)"
Just a thought!! :D
wolf man
22-09-2005, 17:38
On the same sort of lines re: Rays kit. I was watching the Jungle trip on his Bushcraft DVD last night, what is the thin hooded top he's wearing. Uses it like a shirt.
Wolf Man
as far as i am aware from a friend of a friend who works in the media! he has a few business agreements to use a certain product or 2! but on the whole the gear he uses is expensive because he selects the very best equipment in the marketplace! He is minted afterall so i bet he doesnt go shopping in his local Army & Navy Store!!!
Tony Cameron
27-09-2005, 22:16
The Colour is Tussock Green and manufactured By Swazi in New zealand. Full Gore Tex lined. The waist cord sits just below the waist when you first put it on. This is so that you hitch it up and after pulling in allows plenty of movement in the upper body without noise. The whole jacket has a moleskin outer to keep noise to a minimum. Origionally designed as a hunting jacket hence the large chest pocket for binoculars and two elastic ammo clips on the side of the pocket
lignum vitae
28-09-2005, 10:45
dunno about you Wolf Man, but the only times i've been in the jungle i,ve used cotton long sleeved shirts that cost under a tenner from burton's! Blue-grey with two chest pockets and extreemly unfashionable but that way i don't mind when it gets snagged or rots. If we had the money we'd all be logo'd up large. Or not. :confused:
Roy's Badger
29-09-2005, 10:57
Think you've hit the nail on the head, there. It's all well and good having gucci tops with otters and squirrels all over them, but if you only go into the bush once in a blue moon (and the fact you can afford 'brands' probably suggests you have to work all hours God sends) then what's the point? As someone who spends a lot of time out, I just go for practical, functional, hardwearing and cheap kit that I won't be upset about replacing when I inevitably damage it. Try wearing this stuff in the field week in and week out instead of an occasional jaunt into the woods and see what becomes important then....