Saturday, January 11, 2025

 


                                  Merino Wool Gloves




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  1. In 1964 I enlisted in the Air Force and was issued gray wool gloves like that I remember wearing them once for a parade in cold weather. I still have them in almost pristine condition.

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    1. I'm wearing my original 1974 army issue green glove inserts with black leather gloves. They still work just like they did in the winters in Wildflecken Germany.

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  2. $20 for a pair of wool gloves is not a bad price.

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  3. 30% Merino wool. 40% acrylic, 30% other stuff. Not sure how these can be marketed as Merino wool. Hence the cheap price.

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  4. Still have mine too ghost. Used in Germany in 1970 for Big Red One Reforger war games.
    Luckily, also had some of my real winter gear from Ft. Riley, Kansas, where it got really cold. Did guard duty on night of record cold. Real temp. was -37f with wind chill of 65 below. ( Must have been that damned global warming!)
    Bubbarust

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  5. 30% merino, and even that is open to doubt, the rest is genuine Chinesium fibre.

    Nearly everything on Amazon has become shit.

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    1. Yep, and delivered in a month or two, just in time for spring

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    2. I am so sorry that you two "ANNIES" have such a tough time with Amazon. I find all sorts of really good stuff and get it delivered in one or two days. Amazon Prime is cheap and wonderful.

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  6. Pretty, but no. I stick with GI surplus. Cold Wx socks, 80% wool, 20% cotton, and GI glove liners, or foreign wool liners. I need to sit down this evening and do some mending of the ones I've got. And, if you have old GI socks that are worn out, you can use them to fix/reinforce other gloves and socks. Having worn them for close to 50 years now, I can confidently say the socks will fail on the heel. That's an easy fix, just cut a section from another worn out pair, sew an edge on it, then sew an edge onto the damaged pair. Then attach the patch to the worn spot.

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