Originally Posted by Sixty

Originally Posted by tropper66

I own one , only it's Gortex, the waxed cotten one's weigh about half a ton when wet

You're not wrong. I've got a waxed cotton Barbour Stockman coat complete with storm cape and so on. Once wet they do tend to gain a few pounds. Keep you bone dry though.

My advice, iff anyone should want one, is to go to your local county show there are some realy good deals to be had there

I look much better in a hauberk to be honest.

Originally Posted by Sixty

Originally Posted by tropper66

I own one , only it's Gortex, the waxed cotten one's weigh about half a ton when wet

You're not wrong. I've got a waxed cotton Barbour Stockman coat complete with storm cape and so on. Once wet they do tend to gain a few pounds. Keep you bone dry though.

Hence their name down under: Drizabone

It was also known as an Ulster for some reason.

i used to wear a wax jacket on hill top sites. Kept it on a hook (made of welding rod) by the back of the 9x9/iso/corrimec. Kept me snug and warm when going for toilets and gene changes....

Obviously the "grown ups" didn't like it, but fcuk 'em they weren't on the top of some hill covered in snow.

The pockets could some mags and other useful stuff too.

Similar items worn in US by cowboys, called Duster coats.Ref.those worn by the bad guys in "Once upon a time in the West".

There are a lot of differant names, and they all have slight differences such as cloth, length, riding ties, length of cape,ect some were made of moleskin,leather, waxed cotten, canvas, corderoy, and wool, and type of buttoning, but I think Sharpe's is a "Coachmans coat"because of the ,triple layer cape

It's been "dressed down" by the Wardrobe department using aerosol sprays designed for just that purpose. However, because of the way they've done it it doesn't look like a natural pattern of dirt accumulation and so looks mottled rather like DPM.

These were also made of some sort of rubberised cotton ( a Glasgow manufacturer was one producer of the 1950's and earlier) for police forces around the UK - and probably for export. Some versions had arm holes rather than sleeves and came in long and short styles in a form of cape with crossbelts so that they could be worn "off the shoulder". The similarity was in the extra shoulder protection or "cape", designed to run the water away from the bottom and from running into the legs and feet.
The Glasgow manufacturer was McLennan (or something like this?). They were actually very practical. Does anyone know if they still make these?

My version. Ally as fuck (in my own head) but less dirty and weather-beaten: