Once in a while I run into something that really gives me my money's worth. Here are a few....
Champion Vapor Cotton tee shirts--holy cow, I can wear these for years on end and the neck look like new, unlike a Guy Harvey tee whose neck stretches out to double the size in three washings. They don't shrink. Not sure how long it will take to wear one out, but my first one is 6-7 years old! They are under $20
Orvis twill shirts. They come in wrinkle--free and the older not wrinkle free. Put the wrinkle free ones in the dryer--the others the arms could shrink a bit, so just shake them out and hang 'em up. Either one are practically eternal. I have them over ten years old that still look practically new, and I wear them as fast as I can wash them in Fall/Winter.
Orvis leather belts. I am hard on belts because I have often suffered from Dunlapped disease. If your belly has done lapped over your belt buckle, it puts a twist and a strain on things. I have an Orvis shotgun shell ornamented that has put up with 5 years of that nonsense. It even has little stitched re-inforcements on the backside of the holes for the buckle. Even better is a new Orvis harness leather belt from Sedgewick in England. But it is so well stitched and rigid it might take a while to break in. I have also had good luck with hard true Cordovan belts (cordovan doesn't wrinkle sharply--it develops more of a roll), and any belt by Filson, like the Ranger, or the Filson double harness leather with roller buckle ( great for holster attachment.) I hate, hate, hate anything from Dillard's, Macy's and their ilk in belts.
I have some socks that are 40 years old. Don't ask--they don't make them anymore. They are wool. Had some DENSE alpaca they don't make anymore. That's the trouble with stuff that lasts forever--they might go out of business waiting for you to buy more.
Please feel free to share your favorite indestructible gear, gentlemen.
Champion Vapor Cotton tee shirts--holy cow, I can wear these for years on end and the neck look like new, unlike a Guy Harvey tee whose neck stretches out to double the size in three washings. They don't shrink. Not sure how long it will take to wear one out, but my first one is 6-7 years old! They are under $20
Orvis twill shirts. They come in wrinkle--free and the older not wrinkle free. Put the wrinkle free ones in the dryer--the others the arms could shrink a bit, so just shake them out and hang 'em up. Either one are practically eternal. I have them over ten years old that still look practically new, and I wear them as fast as I can wash them in Fall/Winter.
Orvis leather belts. I am hard on belts because I have often suffered from Dunlapped disease. If your belly has done lapped over your belt buckle, it puts a twist and a strain on things. I have an Orvis shotgun shell ornamented that has put up with 5 years of that nonsense. It even has little stitched re-inforcements on the backside of the holes for the buckle. Even better is a new Orvis harness leather belt from Sedgewick in England. But it is so well stitched and rigid it might take a while to break in. I have also had good luck with hard true Cordovan belts (cordovan doesn't wrinkle sharply--it develops more of a roll), and any belt by Filson, like the Ranger, or the Filson double harness leather with roller buckle ( great for holster attachment.) I hate, hate, hate anything from Dillard's, Macy's and their ilk in belts.
I have some socks that are 40 years old. Don't ask--they don't make them anymore. They are wool. Had some DENSE alpaca they don't make anymore. That's the trouble with stuff that lasts forever--they might go out of business waiting for you to buy more.
Please feel free to share your favorite indestructible gear, gentlemen.
