Plaid Wool Mackinaws

[Worf]

what are you guys celebrating there at work?

Bob

Bwa ha ha ha ha!!! You sharp eyed rascal. Those are X-mas decorations from LAST year! Lazy bunch of so and so's.

Worf

 

[Dinerman]

http://blog.livedoor.jp/mcfly_store/archives/50731859.html

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Bells and whistles on front, and nothing on back. Weird.

 

[Nigel]

Well I finally got myself a Filson Double Mackinaw. I have been looking for one for a considerable time in my size at a respectable price. Earlier this year a Single Mackinaw came up in my size so I bought it and resigned myself to be content with a single. Nothing wrong with a single mind but it's just not double and it felt like second best. Recently a Double Mack came up in my size and at a good price so I jumped on it. It is now mine and hanging up on the back of the door awaiting the temps to drop. Now I just need to sell the Single Mackinaw to offset the cost of the Double and to pacify the wife oh and to make space The Single Mackinaw is going into the Classifieds before eBay.

 

[Duper]

I just purchased a Pendleton Shadow Plaid cruiser jacket with the pocket on the back. The ebay ad said it was from the 1950's. Is there a way to date these coats or has the style just been a consistent product over the decades without any significant indicators of age? I am anxious for it to arrive and will post some pics once it comes in.

 

[Dinerman]

The hardware and labels should be able to narrow the date down a bit.

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Dinerman]

'60s or '70s Woolrich. Nice fiddly detailing, with saddlebag pockets, belt loops made out of the reinforcement straps of the handwarmer pockets ala a norfolk jacket.

 

[herringbonekid]

from Wiki:

The Mackinaw jacket traces its roots to coats that were made by white and Métis women in November 1811 when John Askin, an early trader on the upper Great Lakes, hired them to design and sew 40 woolen greatcoats for the British Army post at Fort St. Joseph (Ontario), near Mackinac. His wife (Madelaine Askin) took an important role in the design of the coat. Askin was fulfilling a contract he received from Capt. Charles Roberts, the post commander; Roberts was desperate to clothe his men, who had last been issued greatcoats in 1807 The jackets were made from 3-point trade blankets that Askin, who at the time was keeper of the King's store at the fort, supplied on the captain's authority. Although the order called for blue greatcoats, the number of blankets proved insufficient, so the number was filled out by coats made from blankets in red as well as the black-on-red plaid pattern that is associated with the jackets of today. It would be found that the long skirts of the greatcoat were unsuitable for deep snow, and once these were removed, the Mackinaw jacket was born.


today, there seems to be some mix-up between the fabric and the coat.
'Mackinaw fabric' trousers are available in 1920s catalogues, so clearly the term 'Mackinaw' is associated with the plaid fabric primarily, but later associated with (and taken over by) the cut of the short (pea-coat length, usually DB) jacket.

 

[Dinerman]

Even in '10s-'50s advertising, the term was used to describe both. Plaid hunting coats, regardless of the cut, were called Mackinaws by some makers. The same was the case for some brands of double breasted short coats, with wildly differing detailing and fabrics.

 

[herringbonekid]

this is one that i bought a few years ago but was too small, and i sold to a Japanese buyer.
(sorry Baron, just rubbing it in i know)

similar colour scheme to this one:

 

[Dinerman]

 

[rocketeer]

HI all, I guess this is what we in the UK call a Lumber jacket. Right, well I'm off to Niagara Falls for the wifes big *&^%$@!th birthday and I want to buy[for me] a good quality, made in USA or Canada, lumber jacket, either as the pic or the traditional single breasted style, button up, new, not vintage. Anyone any idea where I can get one?
Names of stores, locations if you have them even a web address. But I want to walk through the door and try it on.
Cheers, John

 

[Rudie]

LVC 1920s style shawl collar mackinaw.



Pic by Ralf Hebauf