Thursday, August 06, 2009

You can never have too many silly exotic jackets

Hemingway-5 This is the famous Willis & Geiger Hemingway jacket, designed personally for Ernest Hemingway by the venerable expedition outfitter. I bought one when W&G was being liquidated by the mornonic bean counters at Land's End and wore it until the cuffs frayed and little holes began to appear at the edges of the lower pockets.

You can still find these occasionally on Ebay, but at astronomical prices since they are no longer in production by W&G.

But I discovered TravelSmith.com offers a jacket that is almost identical, possibly made from the old Hemingway patterns. It has all of the basic details - four pockets, elastic waist, simulated bone buttons, epaulets and buttons at mid-sleeve to secure the roll-up sleeves and it appears to be made of the same sturdy bush poplin.

The only things missing are the gunstock pad on the upper right chest, the three pouches over the left chest pocket for elephant gun ammo and the pocket on the upper left sleeve for shooting glasses. And it appears to have at least one additional pocket opening above the lower left pocket.

I bought an L.L.Bean Explorer jacket to replace my Hemingway a day or so before I discovered the TravelSmith jacket. When the L.L.Bean jacket arrived, I realized it's more like a lightweight Army field jacket - something I can definitely use, but not a Hemingway replacement.

So I put it into the closet in anticipation of cooler weather and placed an order today for the TravelSmith Hemingway repro. That should take care of my silly exotic jacket needs for at least a decade.

Here's the TravelSmith Men's Safari Jacket:

travelsmith safari jacket

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