I have two hacking jackets in 500gr cloth, and see the covert is 550. I think for the colder months you would be fine in this, even temps up into the low 60s if you're not doing sprints.

Add a light sweater, scarf gloves and hat and you wouldn't need an overcoat

 

I once had a stock BB suit of covert cloth, patch pockets, hooked center vent. It was very flexible and durable, and though my secretary told me it was the ugliest suit she'd ever seen, I loved it. It wasn't all that warm.

 

Thanks for the ideas. Rambler, why did your secretary think the suit was ugly? Was it just more casual than she was used to seeing?

 

Ek: possibly, or possibly the 'natural' grey/brown colors; or possibly she couldn't handle its unabashed masculinity :icon_smile_big:.

 

Hi,

I've got a Jacket made out of Covert cloth material very durable and I enjoy wearing it.

Not the best pic (Only one I could find in my photobucket library) but you get the idea....

 

Wonderful coat! That's the exact color mine was.

 

Ek: possibly, or possibly the 'natural' grey/brown colors; or possibly she couldn't handle its unabashed masculinity :icon_smile_big:.

Czyx are told in the magazines etc. what looks good, and that wasn't in one

 

Hi,

I've got a Jacket made out of Covert cloth material very durable and I enjoy wearing it.

Not the best pic (Only one I could find in my photobucket library) but you get the idea....

That's a nice country combination: Covert twill jacket, tattersall shirt, silk pocket square and a cravat. Well done!

Covert cloth is not as warm and bulky as its weight suggest, yet almost windproof and very hard wearing. A traditional equivalent to synthetic soft shells...

Yours,
Mr. Tweed

 

Nice jacket! I appreciate the comments. On a related note, could someone elaborate a little on "keeper's tweed"? Bookster offers that, too, and that looks REALLY heavy. (Can you see a theme developing here?)

 

re Keeper's Tweed: sometimes they play fast and loose with the names of tweeds, but likely its a coarse (in the good sense), heavy tweed with some kind of check. I love having a heavy tweed jacket, or two. Nice and warm, and you can get away without a topcoat on marginal days. Great for cool days outdoors (hence the name). For me with tweeds it's all about, do I like the tweed itself? If you do, maybe you should go for it.

 

Keepers tweed

The term Keepers tweed is commonly used for a dense wollen twill, much like the Covert cloth, but heavier and often green in colour. A plain hardwearing cloth, but not coarse and no checks, a little dull perhaps. Used to dress your gamekeepers if you could not afford to have an estate tweed made...
Yours,
Mr. Tweed

 

If you go to harristweedshop.com, which sells tweed by the yard, and is located on Harris, you will see a variety of keepers tweeds for sale. Notice that they are checked, and fairly heavy.

 

If you go to harristweedshop.com, which sells tweed by the yard, and is located on Harris, you will see a variety of keepers tweeds for sale. Notice that they are checked, and fairly heavy.

Well, some use the term keepers tweed as a weight indicator for tweed, meaning a very heavy tweed. Bookster, however, is more into my definition...
Yours,
Mr. Tweed

 

Mr Tweed: that's the trouble with the terms. I'd love to see a picture of the cloth you are describing.

 

From the Bookster website...
Yours,
Mr. Tweed

 

Yup--that's precisely the stuff I was looking at. It looks like it has a fairly coarse (like was mentioned) grain to it, but I like the color, and it looks warm...

...have I beat that drum enough?

One advantage of working in academia (which I do, in the English Department of my university) is that 1) tweed is the fabric de rigeur, and 2) the workplace has become so casual, I don't have to worry whether the fabrics I choose are overly casual or not. Bring on the tweed!

 

so that's what I would call "covert cloth."

 

Hi, first post! I am a lurker of long-standing, and am now finally taking the plunge.

I recently had Bookster make a waistcoat for me, covert cloth, lapels, welted pockets, horn buttons, all for £90-odd pounds. Beautiful result, and a very versatile cloth, as it doesn't have a pattern as such. Very easy to team with tweed, corduroy and plain jackets, and even (dare I say it!) jeans.

Thoroughly pleased with my purchase, and would happily order from them again. Not ideal for impulse buying, though, as I had to wait for about eight weeks, but well worth the wait.

And yes, LilacCords' jacket is splendid.

 

I believe that Barbour used to have a sport coat available in covert cloth and keepers tweed. Around 1994 maybe?

 

Note that Bookster's Keeper's Tweed is 700grams. Their standard stuff is 550 gr, and that's fairly heavy compared to most clothes you've probably worn. I wouldn't get this for casual or dress wear, but for heavy brush outdoor work