Fish Bum I: Mongolia – a documentary about catching the Taimen, a giant trout.
And for the Steelheaders, Fish Bum II: Metalhead (you would need to have fished for Steelhead to understand this one).
I would have never guessed, but apparently the fly fishing film niche is big enough for an ongoing film tour.
The new Explorer jackets in the Engineered Garments FW10 collection have shipped out to the few stores that ordered them and I was able to acquire a version in the olive colored ripstop cotton from Blake down in Portland. When I first pulled it out of the box, I was surprised by how heavy it weighs from the interior blanket lining and when worn it feels like armor (as much as cotton and wool can be). Read on to see more details.
One of my new favorite stores: The London Trading Company. Barbour, Purdey, Beretta, and other fine goods all under one roof.
Anarchy in the mountains – pictures of the Fall/Winter 2010 pieces are now showing up online. Some of the accessories look great.
It’s been published for some time now, but I finally got around to reading through “The Last Gentleman Adventurer” by Edward Beauclerk Maurice. In the book, the author recounts his experiences as an apprentice working for the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic during the 1930’s.
The most memorable passages are about his everyday dealings with the local Inuit, particularly in how he describes their hunting techniques as well as culture – in one experience where he and his Eskimo hunting party are trying to free a trapped boat, but have to wait for the tide to come back, he introduces the notion of ‘Ionamut’:
The Eskimos came also to possess a shell of resignation, enabling them to suffer, with apparent equanimity, any hardships that might arise. This resignation often became a source of irritation between them and their southern companions when hunting or traveling together, for in such a situation as we now found ourselves, with a shrug of the shoulders the Eskimo would say, ‘Ionamut’ (‘It can’t be helped’), and settle down to wait, while his companions become increasingly agitated.
The book is an easy read and reasonably well written – pick it up sometime if these sorts of memoirs interest you. Related: An older review in the NYTimes by William Grimes.
The FW10 collection from Waste(twice) is now getting to Japanese stores and among the standouts are the new packs.
On the left: the mountain sack, a new design produced by Superior Labor. Like the rest of their bags, they’re made from a strong Japanese made canvas.
On the right: a modified version of the new Kelty Mockingbird pack with natural colored leather straps and accents. The regular version of the Mockingbird will be available stateside starting next year.
It’s finally starting to feel like fall in Seattle, and I’ve begun to start rotating in my cold weather clothing. Among my favorite accessories of the season are my vintage inspired J.Crew camp socks, which are made in the USA with heavy cotton and some poly materials for added strength.
I’ve always purchased a few pairs every year since they first introduced them, thinking that it would be good to have backups just in case holes start to develop in my worn pairs, but as of yet none have done so. All they need to do now is to make versions of these in wool.
“Abercrombie & Fitch, Manufacturers of High-grade Outfits, including Outing Garments. 57 Reade Street, New York USA.” Circa 1907, from when they were outfitters to adventurers. View the catalog online. [Google Books]
Also previously covered on Archival Clothing.
New up on my-wardrobe.com. Ralph Lauren will occasionally do pieces like this, but not this good. The only change I would make to it would be to add one or two more buttons along the front to balance it out visually.
Hunting season is here.
Related posts:
– Small Game Hunting in the Old Days
– Illustrations from Works by William Bruce Leffingwell
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