What is the warmest jacket you own? What is your ideal extreme cold weather jacket?

[mulceber]

Here’s my contribution: ELC RW B-3.

 

[Spitfireace]

Except for my original Irvin, it's the original Thunder Bay, or so called by Aero Leather Clothing. Restored by them, this late forties example has some poor leather spots, but the lining and zipper and collar are fully restored. Sat in the closet for twenty years, I had a choice of either restoring it and making use of it, or having it sit forever.

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Except for my original Irvin, it's the original Thunder Bay, or so called by Aero Leather Clothing. Restored by them, this late forties example has some poor leather spots, but the lining and zipper and collar are fully restored. Sat in the closet for twenty years, I had a choice of either restoring it and making use of it, or having it sit forever.

Couldn't remember your VLJ Moniker

I do hope you are gedtting some wear out of yours.
I need to fit new pocket linings in mine before the snow starts to fall in Scotland

 

[Spitfireace]

Couldn't remember your VLJ Moniker

I do hope you are gedtting some wear out of yours.
I need to fit new pocket linings in mine before the snow starts to fall in Scotland

Yes, Ken, I just gave it a treatment of Lexol yesterday, and it seems not too bad. I'm wearing it at the moment just to get it ready. It's pretty cold here in Vancouver. Or what we call cold at 4 degrees Celsius. I was up in Edinburgh last October, and actually was standing at a traffic roundabout, there was a sign said Galashiels 50 km or something like that. I didn't really have the time as I only was there for the two days. Saw Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile. Pubs were great, as is the music.

 

[MaydayWei]

Not if the garment is kept in a warm place overnight, near to. but not touching a radiator is best
The waxes and oils soften with warmth, even on really old ones

Huh, I never knew leather could be worked like that! Thanks for the insight.
@AlexLutov ^Here's the answer to our question on horsehide and cold weather

 

[zoomer]

USAuthentic M-444 (which is actually full thickness shearling, like an M-445).

 

[Spitfireace]

Here’s my contribution: ELC RW B-3.
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Looks great, the cracking on the finish looks like it needs some treatment of some sort. I use lanolin based paste.

 

[mulceber]

Looks great, the cracking on the finish looks like it needs some treatment of some sort. I use lanolin based paste.

Nah, that's just Eastman's broken-grain finish. It looked like that out of the box, and I can tell you, my reaction was the same as yours when I first saw it a year ago. I'll make a mental note though to pick up some lanolin once it's had a few years of wear on it.

 

[mr_lits]

Realistically what I like to wear and what is practical in Alaska can be two different things. I like to wear winter shearlings for daily use. I get a whole lot of wear out of my B3 and B6 jackets to and from work and out and about. But if I am really headed out into the bush I want my Feathered Friends down parka.. it is not very fashionable but it will keep me alive in the middle of winter where temps frequently get down to -20F
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[Spitfireace]

Wouldn't worry about fashion with a jacket like that.

 

[Spitfireace]

Nah, that's just Eastman's broken-grain finish. It looked like that out of the box, and I can tell you, my reaction was the same as yours when I first saw it a year ago. I'll make a mental note though to pick up some lanolin once it's had a few years of wear on it.

It is a lot of grain going on there. Here's my original B-3.

 

[Spitfireace]

USAuthentic M-444 (which is actually full thickness shearling, like an M-445). View attachment 47211

That has to be the warmest jacket!

 

[MaydayWei]

Realistically what I like to wear and what is practical in Alaska can be two different things. I like to wear winter shearlings for daily use. I get a whole lot of wear out of my B3 and B6 jackets to and from work and out and about. But if I am really headed out into the bush I want my Feathered Friends down parka.. it is not very fashionable but it will keep me alive in the middle of winter where temps frequently get down to -20F
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Just thinking on it, that's one helluva colour combination.
Caramel on White?

 

[mr_lits]

I sold it a year or so ago. I miss that jacket but I am hoping that I might find another early B3 variant to scratch my itch...

It a copy by RMNZ of the 1937 B3 pattern... they are some of the coolest B3s variants. Here are a couple of photos of originals to that contract.

 

[Jorgeenriqueaguilera]

If snow is involved, then I would recommend you the N-3B, this jacket has been used by the USAF for over 50 years (with some modifications). It was designed for Extreme Cold Weather and they do theIr job. Personally, I think leather jackets are cool but they are not my first option if there is a chance of getting wet.

 

[Griffon_301]

Cold: N1 deck jacket
Very cold: Irvin
Beyond that: N3B parka

 

[s4rmark]

Probably this, but I haven’t ever worn it out.

 

[zoomer]

That has to be the warmest jacket!

Oh, it is! I've been out at 0°F/-18°C with only a thin merino turtleneck and long sleeve tee under it and I was quite well protected.

 

[33-1729]

This one. My father got this sixty some years ago while at the Naval Academy. He said it kept him warm on the Bering Sea during winter time and I believe him. Above -20C (-10F) or so I start to sweat in it, so it’s only for the coldest days. It’s got a wool outer layer, leather inner layer, then another wool layer …. Maybe something else, then an interior lining. It feels like it weighs twenty pounds, but it works and no need to choose another. Even has a sword slit.

 

[taiAtari]

The warmest jacket I own is probably this beast, an RAF outer parka 'for flying personnel in extreme cold weather conditions'.