How the gods meant it to be...

[dogrange]

Filson and I were not getting along.

And then I found Filson Italy's "Black Label", and specifically their Miner jacket made for the Japanese market. Took some searching...

Very nice Eric! I have some older Filson stuff ('60s-80s) and it is awesome. Great fit, unbelievably well made and durable. Starting in the '90s the stuff went to shit. Wore right through the sleeve ends in 3 years of normal wear, etc. Now they are on to pen holders and crap like that so I officially don't get along with them either.

[Eric Estlund]

My issues were purely based on fit- I have XL arms on a S/M body at the best of times. That's essentially an inverse Filson fit. Around here the two places that sell the stuff cater to the mill guys, who I'm guessing are generally build more inline with their target market. They generally don't even stock options down in my size range. This is a 38, which yards smaller then the 40 Filson USA vest I have (in a good way). Trying to find someone to help me tailor the vest down.

[Matthew Strongin]

That jacket look great, Eric. While I don't miss winter, I do wish I could get more use out of my jackets. I can't wear them out enough to justify adding something like that to the wardrobe. Nice find.

[JonSnow]

Eric-

Try the "Seattle" fit, or some of the collaboration stuff. This Levi's x Filson trucker is my favorite piece.
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[Too Tall]

It is that time of year again sigh.
I'm breaking in a pair of single tin Filson pants and searching for my XL suspenders...where did they go?
I'm thinking these are going to be really good for a really long time.
Mucking around in damp blue jeans is getting old.