Good gear is hard to find. If it works, stick with it.

by cas, Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 12:50 (4381 days ago)

I finally remembered to snap a photo of this last week, though I'm almost afraid to tell people because I don't want to jinx myself.

I have a great old pair of wool pants I wear hunting, been wearing them for years. I look a little odd in them, sort of "retro", but since half the time I'm hunting with an antique rifle anyway, they fit right in. ;-)

Somewhere back in the early 90's my father picked these pants up real cheap at an army surplus store in Newport RI. I've been wearing them ever since.

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They're Swedish Army surplus, and that's about all I ever knew about them. I figured they were old but I never knew how old. Heck I've been wearing them for 20 years now.

Two hunting seasons ago I was looking them over good and found marking on the front of the pockets I never knew were there before.

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Among them the date when they were made.

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"OMG I'm wearing 70 year old pants!?" is what I said out loud.

Well now I'm wearing 72 year old pants. :-D


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