Why you need a sheepskin coat! 

Shearling is warmer than down I believe.

@@salut9658no, that what you think it is. Leather become more rugged if you put them through shit! I mean Extremely Good Quality Leather, not cheap leather from your Department Stores! 😂

Not really, you can pick some cheap on ebay that are perfectly adequate.

Where from?

@@bittmanbobby Sheep

It's pretty amazing pricing. I joke that it was made by kids in the middle east. But yeah, no point in spending 2 grand on something I can get for 350. Stitching's a little sloppy, but again... Is it worth 1650 for nicer stitching?

@manictiger update, it was way too big, so I stuck it back on eBay and made an extra £40 ,In the end, we found a shop in London that are doing a very close copy of a Irvin and even got the vent holes under the arms ,£320 boy it's heavy ,and you can only wear a t-shirt under it as its to warm lol and they do the ginger wool

@@crazycressy7986 Nice. Mine's the right size (with multiple layers of clothing, but that's entirely the point). I love it. It's been ridiculously cold in this part of the U.S. lately. Not sure why you'd need vent holes. The whole point of Shearling, is that it lets moisture out, but doesn't let heat out. It's meant for the very cold.

@manictiger yes they would wear oversized jackets in the bombers ,no need to wear more clothes with mine ,we had -8 last week in the UK, and it was fine with just a t-shirt ,just wish it was a bit longer in the body so it would go past my butt lol ,the original Ervins would have 9 riveted vent holes to let out sweat ,don't forget shearing would still make you sweat under the arms ok wool will still keep you warm when wet ,this is why sailor's wear wool ,only other problem with mine is its got trimmed 10mm shearing and because the wool ends have been cut it itches ,where as the one I sold had full shearing and it was so soft but it was miles to big

@@crazycressy7986 I guess I just sweat less. In the winter, I only sweat in my sleep, or if I get food poisoning like I did like 2 years ago (always cook chicken nuggets thoroughly; "precooked" doesn't mean a thing).

That’s awesome! Personally I use a mixture of olive oil and beeswax, it works very well. I get it from a neighbour of mine but you can easily make your own. There is lots of different options out there though personally I just like to stick with natural ingredients if I have the choice.

Afternoon Paul. Have a look at at the "B7 Artic Parka". Your welcome. Regards UK

If it’s genuine sheepskin it should be! Thanks for watching!

Once in a while lol! Thin wool, cotton, linen & silk for summer.

Thank you greatly appreciated!

Maybe for the catwalk, but that baby has looked after him well and will continue to for some time. ❤

www.eastmanleather.com/usaaf-eastman-sheepskin-jackets/176-eastman-b-3-seal-or-russet-brown-facings.html

This one is awesome I would love to get it!

My suggestion would be to take all your measurements from a coat that you have already that fits nice and ask the seller of whatever coat you want to buy to send you the measurements of the coat before you order it

You can get them in the UK for cheap at student vintage fairs, you usually don’t need to be a student to go to one, I got one for £40 about 3 years ago and it’s great.

That and car boot sales

Depending on your budget, and location and willingness to travel. aero leather is in Scotland and they make exact replicas of the sheepskin jackets that they had contracts for in ww2 to your dimensions. I bought a b7 jacket from them just by sending measurements and hoping and the fit is perfect, except maybe the sleeves could be an inch longer for the hug test but that’s on me for not allowing for that. If you are close to them I’m sure you could go to them and have them take your measurements themselves to ensure it’s perfect.

@@KyleMeyer949 great advice. My B6 jacket from Aero arrived today. I'm lucky enough to live near the Aero factory so had mine made to measure in person. The staff are ever so helpful and manufacture some of the worlds best leather / sheepskin jackets.

I read somewhere that hot wax is rubbed into the suede to smooth it out.

Definitely not machine washable. Because it’s an extreme cold weather coat it doesn’t really get very dirty. The outside leather can be wiped clean and conditioned as needed. The care would be along the lines of the filson tin cloth coat. Any soiled areas can be dried and than brushed off and if needed still, can be spot cleaned with a damp rag. But due to the self cleaning properties of wool I’ve never had to clean the inside and it has never gotten a smell to it. I’m not very familiar with saddle soap but I’m sure it would work just fine on the leather.

Filson double mackinaw wool cap! Sorry for the late reply

Celsius

I have a couple of sheepskin coats and I can say that, if you want to really do any work in them, they need to be loose as they do not give very much, especially in the shoulders.

Not true at all. I'm a geologist who works in the field 80% of the time; I hike, log drill cores, collect soil samples in remote locations, and load/unload equipment into field trucks in a sheepskin in the winter. Haven't worn through mine in 6 years.