[Brio1]

Now that's Barbour the way God intended it!

Rather, a Barbour Beaufort the way Dame Barbour designed it ! :biggrin:

 

[seanm440]

The obvious solution is to buy both as I did. :biggrin: This was made much easier with a discount on both jackets. I'm partial to the Beaufort in sage and the lady of the house claims that the blueish/greenish color looks better against my complexion and hair than the olive. However, I like to wear the Classic in olive while at the cabin in the Shenandoah Valley. The sage has more of a sporty and urban air about it, while the olive more of a rustic look.

Perhaps the photographs on a few blogs will give you and idea : https://thornproof.tumblr.com/

https://barbourpeople.tumblr.com/

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Buying both (at least right now) is way beyond the realm of possibility. I am stretching myself to buy one right now (I've already picked up a tweed sport coat at O'Connell's and a pair of AE Long Branch boots).

I appreciate the links to the blogs. I wish those folks on the thornproof tumblr would label what they are wearing. It sure would help me to figure out what I like!

Brio - your comment about the sage Beaufort being a bit more sporty and urban than the classic in olive is interesting. I think that I like the way that the classic olive looks new more than the sage. Looking through photos, I find that the Beauforts that are a faded green in color are the most appealing. Are the faded green jackets that ones that are now labeled sage? What does a faded olive classic Beaufort look like?

 

[FLMike]

What does a faded olive classic Beaufort look like?

Mine looks about the same as it did new, 12 years ago.

 

[tocqueville]

I rarely see anyone wearing a Barbour jacket while in the District, but then again, I usually find myself in the more bohemian quarters or the circle these days. (I will be in the circle tomorrow.) I'm in Georgetown on occasion, but I don't notice the presence of Barbour jackets, even around the store on M. Which area do you frequent, tocqueville? :icon_study:

Kalorama, Dupont, and, less frequently, Georgetown. I regularly see Barbours on the Metro, the Red Line. There's a guy on my street (Adams Morgan) who, like me wears a Beaufort and carries a Filson briefcase. A coworker, who lives in Georgetown, also wears a Beaufort. At least four of the fathers I see dropping of kids at my sons' school wear Barbours. Three wear Beaufort/Bedales, while one wears an International. It's a public school, by the way, not St. Albans or Sidwell, where I bet the per capita Barbour ownership is even higher.

Actually, I see women wearing Barbour more often than men, including my next door neighbor. Beauforts, Bedales, and various models with lots of little brass snaps. Lots of women in quilted jackets.

Last spring at the playground I spied a father wearing a Skyfall jacket. By the way, I tried one of those on. Thankfully it fit me very poorly...I don't need more temptations like that in my life.

 

[tocqueville]

DC also here. I see Barbours everywhere now that they've been trendy for the past couple years. Agree with tocqueville, I sometimes feel silly wearing my green bedale (which I'll smugly note that I got in college during a trip to the UK). When I moved to DC a few years later and saw that it had gotten trendy, I started to dislike the ubiquitous look, especially because I also bought a filson briefcase right before I moved and now see filson/barbour combos all the time.

Ive thought about getting a navy beaufort to have something to fit over my sportcoats this winter and potentially selling my bedale to ease the cost.

Yeah, I'd be happy to swap mine for a different color...but still, one can't get around the fact that it's an awesome coat. Oh, and I love my Filson 257. In tan of course.

 

[Brio1]

I was in Georgetown, Dupont, Adams Morgan, and Chevy Chase, but I did not spot a single Barbour jacket other than on a mannequin inside the Barbour store yesterday. However, it was 80 degrees... :biggrin:

And why is the Liddesdale made in Vietnam now? I'm not sure if I could pay $180 for a Barbour made in Southeast Asia. Would anyone care to comment on the quality of the Liddesdale, please?

 

[seanm440]

Wanted to thank everyone who commented on this thread. Yesterday I went to O'Connell's and purchased a "classic" Beaufort - the one with the sylkoil finish. I am very excited.

I wore the coat for the first time yesterday evening to run an errand. When I walked in the door I asked my wife how she liked me new coat. She looked my up and down and said, "it looks kind of old manish." Ah, the trials of married life!

 

[David J. Cooper]

I love my Vietnam built Liddesdale, of course I have nothing to compare it to.

i am also condidering a Beaufort. So excuse my ignorance. Is the sykoil forever or does it need to be redone? Is that what my wife's Bednale is finished with?

 

[FLMike]

Wanted to thank everyone who commented on this thread. Yesterday I went to O'Connell's and purchased a "classic" Beaufort - the one with the sylkoil finish. I am very excited.

I wore the coat for the first time yesterday evening to run an errand. When I walked in the door I asked my wife how she liked me new coat. She looked my up and down and said, "it looks kind of old manish." Ah, the trials of married life!

Congrats! Wear it in good health and enjoy it for a lifetime.

 

[Brio1]

Wanted to thank everyone who commented on this thread. Yesterday I went to O'Connell's and purchased a "classic" Beaufort - the one with the sylkoil finish. I am very excited.

I wore the coat for the first time yesterday evening to run an errand. When I walked in the door I asked my wife how she liked me new coat. She looked my up and down and said, "it looks kind of old manish." Ah, the trials of married life!

You're most welcome , seanm440. I'm wearing my Classic Beaufort while in the Shenandoah Valley today and it is the perfect weather for said jacket - cool autumn weather and light rain. I hope that you enjoy wearing your jacket.

 

[Brio1]

I love my Vietnam built Liddesdale, of course I have nothing to compare it to.

i am also condidering a Beaufort. So excuse my ignorance. Is the sykoil forever or does it need to be redone? Is that what my wife's Bednale is finished with?

I want to acquire a Liddesdale, albeit at a discount in the near future. The Beaufort is too hot for wearing inside a heated building. I walked through a shopping mall on my way to L.L. Bean the other day and I started to perspire once I arrived inside the store. It is also a bit heavy to carry around. The Liddesdale will come in handy...

 

[Flairball]

I like all my Barbour coats, but pretty much use them for their intended purposes. Because of this, I even rewax them myself. As to the Vietnam issue, one will be hard pressed to find a "made in England" label in any Barbour product these days. I was at Barbour yesterday and didn't see a single one.

 

[Delmarco]

I like all my Barbour coats, but pretty much use them for their intended purposes. Because of this, I even rewax them myself. As to the Vietnam issue, one will be hard pressed to find a "made in England" label in any Barbour product these days. I was at Barbour yesterday and didn't see a single one.

True about the not made in England anymore. It's really sad.
You could find older stock online that may be England made.

I have been wearing Beaufort jackets since 1998 and highly recommend them. Size down if you want a slim fit since the newer made Barbour Jackets tend to fit super big.

For instance I'm 5"8" 155 lbs today I wear a C36 Classic Tartan Beaufort.

In 2008 I was 5'8" 140lbs and wore a C38 Ancient Tartan Beaufort. I

n 1998 I was 5'7" and about 130 - 135lbs and my parents got me a C40 Dress Gordon Tartan Beaufort.

Over the years the Beaufort jackets have increased in cut and size. So even though I've grown up and gotten fatter my Beaufort Jackets that I have purchased have been sized smaller and smaller.

Below are three pictures of me taken back in 2008 wearing my then 10 year old C40 Dress Gordon Beaufort (from 1998).

I never rewaxed it once since the older Dress Gordon green color Barbour jackets can look rather nice and aged after the
glossy wax sheen has been dried out over the years. You won't get that with the newer Sylkoil Barbours. The Dress Gordon Tartans were some of my favourite Barbour jackets. The sage green color was brighter and always seem to age well.

In 2011 my size C36 Classic Beaufort fit me the same way (perhaps even bigger). That a testament to how enlarged these jackets have become over the years.

Over all great jackets. For the $399 price tag it is still a really great bargain for what you get!

 

[SG_67]

^ Just a quick note about Barbour and country of origin: The classics are still UK made.

The seasonal models are farmed out to other countries be it Eastern Europe of Asia.

 

[Delmarco]

^ Just a quick note about Barbour and country of origin: The classics are still UK made.

The seasonal models are farmed out to other countries be it Eastern Europe of Asia.

As of recent that is no longer guaranteed. Over at the Trad Forum a gentleman posted pictures of a Classic Beaufort Jacket he recently purchased.
Below are his pictures. To everyone's dismay the jacket was made in Lithuania. To everyone's disgust Barbour went to great extremes
of hiding away the MADE IN LITHUANIA tag deep inside the pockets behind the sizing tag. Read his story below.

https://askandyaboutclothes.com/com...wthread.php?150946-Barbour-Waxed-Cotton-Jackets-No-Longer-Made-in-England/page2

 

[Gurdon]

Barbour jacket, Filson tan briefcase, my goodness! Perhaps we should have an Ask Andy wear your Barbour bring your Filson get together.

It is necessary to rewax Barbour and Filson jackets to maintain their durability. Over the years I have accumulated several Barbours, including a Dunham, which I bought in 1995, for a family trip to the UK.* An issue that is more salient with that coat, because of its lightweight construction, is accellerated fabric wear, which happens if you don't rewax regularly. Thin spots, which eventually wear through, appear where the jackets crease, at cuffs and along raised seams. The necessary repairs and patches add to the charm of the jacket.

There have been discussions of this topic in the past, including detailed descriptions of how to wax your jacket. It is, along with shoe polishing and cleaning guns, one of life's minor contemplative pleasures.

Regards,
Gurdon
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* We drove a rented Land Rover, an accessory to the Barbour.

 

[Brio1]

I like all my Barbour coats, but pretty much use them for their intended purposes. Because of this, I even rewax them myself. As to the Vietnam issue, one will be hard pressed to find a "made in England" label in any Barbour product these days. I was at Barbour yesterday and didn't see a single one.

Do you happen to own a Liddesdale , Flairball ? What is your opinion of the current made in Vietnam Liddesdale @ $ 180 ?

And do you recall the foul weather gear that we wore in the Coast Guard ? It was so unbreathable that in its place a waxed Barbour would have been more comfortable... :cool2:

 

[alecgold]

I've got an old barbour jacket, beaufort model. Reproof it myself every year and when it gets cold I dress up with wool. Basically still much the same as the vikings did and I prefer it a lot to modern fibers.
The jacket slowly is getting a nice patina. You need to keep it well waxed, otherwise it will just look like on of these modern jeans that has a "pre-worn" look to show you do have a life.

 

[Brio1]

Barbour jacket, Filson tan briefcase, my goodness! Perhaps we should have an Ask Andy wear your Barbour bring your Filson get together.

It is necessary to rewax Barbour and Filson jackets to maintain their durability. Over the years I have accumulated several Barbours, including a Dunham, which I bought in 1995, for a family trip to the UK.* An issue that is more salient with that coat, because of its lightweight construction, is accellerated fabric wear, which happens if you don't rewax regularly. Thin spots, which eventually wear through, appear where the jackets crease, at cuffs and along raised seams. The necessary repairs and patches add to the charm of the jacket.

There have been discussions of this topic in the past, including detailed descriptions of how to wax your jacket. It is, along with shoe polishing and cleaning guns, one of life's minor contemplative pleasures.

Regards,
Gurdon
_________

* We drove a rented Land Rover, an accessory to the Barbour.

Did you find that the country folk disapproved of your wearing a Barbour while riding in a Ranger Rover as Mr. Chesterfield relates in this article? :tongue2:

https://www.mensflair.com/shopping-guide/the-old-favourite-the-barbour.php

And I imagine that you have heard of this by now : https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/us/jose-canseco-shooting-accident/

 

[Delmarco]

Barbour jacket, Filson tan briefcase, my goodness! Perhaps we should have an Ask Andy wear your Barbour bring your Filson get together.

In NYC you rarely see the Filson/Barbour combo but you do see enough of both especially on recent Ivy league imports. I used to wear a tan Filson 256 but I've found it gets heavy with the slightest of contents and the tan was always dirty. I long since got rid of it for a lighter Tumi Houston brief (USA Made) and Coach pebbled leather Thompson Messenger bag (goes with my shoes and belt). Since 256 now comes in black, chocolate brown and navy and waxed cloth finishes I may consider getting another one.

A final word to the OP:

From my observation most younger folks, females and men under 6'0" tend to wear Bedale Jackets. As a results Beauforts are rare when you see them. If you want to go down the less traveled path then a Beaufort is your cup of tea. Just try one on before you order online and keep in mind that the older Beauforts will fit slimmer than the newer ones. If you order online make sure to ask if the item was UK-Made or not. Always get a UK-Made Beaufort if you can

Over all I still find Barbour Jackets to be exclusive items worn by a select few.

Do you happen to own a Liddesdale , Flairball ? What is your opinion of the current made in Vietnam Liddesdale @ $ 180 ?

And do you recall the foul weather gear that we wore in the Coast Guard ? It was so unbreathable that in its place a waxed Barbour would have been more comfortable... :cool2:

The Vietnamese Liddesdales (and other quilts ) is really cheap! I tried one on at a J Crew Shop in NYC and it was literally the cheapest thing with a Barbour logo I've ever seen. The sleeves were large and disproportioned for the size and threads were already coming loose on the quilts.

Don't recommend them at all.

I've got an old barbour jacket, beaufort model. Reproof it myself every year and when it gets cold I dress up with wool. Basically still much the same as the vikings did and I prefer it a lot to modern fibers.
The jacket slowly is getting a nice patina. You need to keep it well waxed, otherwise it will just look like on of these modern jeans that has a "pre-worn" look to show you do have a life.

The older A100/A150 Sage Barbours took rewaxing treatments well. I don't find the same to be true with newer Ancient Tartan (Sage) Barbour Bedale/Beaufort. To me they have a factory precision wax finish that seems synthetic. That said, I never kept one of the Ancient Tartans long enough to find out. I didn't like them at all compared to the original A100/A150 Dress Gordons.