Jim Frame, post: 450588, member: 10 wrote: $37 at Langston's.
That's still more than I'd like to pay. Beside, I really like carpenter style pockets.
Carhartt Canvas Khakis. Not as heavy as the rugged work Carhartts and good for warm climates. Big front and back pockets and a cellphone pocket on the side of the right leg. They're tough and all I wear in the field or in the office. I wait until I absolutely need a new pair, then wait for them to go on sale below $40 on Amazon. I keep the two newest pair out of the field for the office or any other outing that requires long pants. I wear shorts everywhere else. Jeans don't work for me in the field, too heavy and not enough pocket space or large enough pocket openings.
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I must be in the minority here but I have always been of the opinion that cotton blue jeans and cotton shirts and cotton socks suck for work clothing.
Summertime in the south is hot & humid enough without wearing clothes that hold water and sweat and doesn't breath.
511 Tactical or Tru-Spec pants and Columbia or Magellan shirts and a good synthetic sock and underwear.
Cotton is good for robes, towells, wash cloths and bed sheets but not clothing.
You can have some nice pre torn jeans here for $850.
https://www.barneys.com/product/saint-laurent-distressed-slim-straight-jeans-504865664.html
Anyone who buy's this stuff is either bat $hit crazy or a sheikh. 😀
Just A. Surveyor, post: 450593, member: 12855 wrote: I have always been of the opinion that cotton blue jeans and cotton shirts and cotton socks suck for work clothing.
We don't have a humidity problem here (Sacramento Valley, CA) -- a typical summer day is 90?øF and 40% humidity -- so cotton works well.
Jim Frame, post: 450631, member: 10 wrote: We don't have a humidity
You're lucky. On any typical summer day around here and you will have the "swamp ass" by 7:32am & god help you if you go down to the low country during the summer.
The Texas sun will make your synthetic fabrics cook you in your boots.
A Harris, post: 450721, member: 81 wrote: The Texas sun will make your synthetic fabrics cook you in your boots.
Surely you're not serious. Synthetics breath better, dry faster, are lighter.
In reference to the OP and rolling up your tweeds to cross a creek, here's the modern solution:
I cannot say that I have been real happy with the synthetics I have tried. The cottons soak up sweat, and the breeze blows across them, making like an evaporate cooler. I also always wondered why synthetic shirts always have built in vent panels?
Monte, post: 450812, member: 11913 wrote: I cannot say that I have been real happy with the synthetics I have tried. The cottons soak up sweat, and the breeze blows across them, making like an evaporate cooler. I also always wondered why synthetic shirts always have built in vent panels?
I'm with you Monte.
After a 50 year career I have received every kind of work-shirt imaginable as a Christmas present from any one of a number of family members. Being a cheap-skate I will cheerfully wear just about anything that was free. With lots of trial and error actual "in the field" use, my favorite always seems to be cotton or wool, depending on the season.
paden cash, post: 450819, member: 20 wrote: I'm with you Monte.
After a 50 year career I have received every kind of work-shirt imaginable as a Christmas present from any one of a number of family members. Being a cheap-skate I will cheerfully wear just about anything that was free. With lots of trial and error actual "in the field" use, my favorite always seems to be cotton or wool, depending on the season.
I prefer wool myself
A fine merino wool tee-shirt next to my skin year round.
Canvas pants from these guys, with merino longjohns on the really cold days
Not a fan of denim - I haven't owned a pair of jeans for a couple of decades
Life got a lot more comfortable when I accepted the fact that first number was larger than the second.
