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Absolutely wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

A beautiful cape. Thanks for the pics.

Does anybody know how a Finnish outfit was making stuff for the Swedes? A mystery. Some Finnish firms were (and are?) producing goods for the Swedish military. For example, Nokian made the official Swedish Army rubber boots (Gummistövlar 90) (the second maker of these wellies was Acton from Canada).

The raincoat is now on Ebay.de:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/-/252419477722

Hello, after Spitfire 617 posted the pictures of the fine black Swedish officers raincoat I tried to get one in my size. It was difficult, mostly smaller sizes were offered, but finally I found a dealer in Sweden who still had 2 coats in a larger size (54). I bought them both. Now I decided to keep ...

Thanks for your links to RKD. I have just one question because I'm not very familiar with the English rainwear terminology: What kind of material is Satin?

I know your problem very well because I also wear long raincoats for everyday activities. Finally I bought a long coat from Guy Cotton which can be closed more than other coats. The only short waders I know about were once made by Tretorn and AFAIK are called "Tretorn Arbeitsmann". Sometimes they ...

I have to reduce my rainwear collection a bit and therefore sell some raincoats, bibpants and wellies: Helly Hansen Nusfjord oilskins - Jacket + Bibpants Material: PVC on cotton, very heavy. Size: XL. Colour: olive green. Condition: very good, seldom worn, without any dirt or damages. Price: 45 ...

It's from the 1970's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woc6hhhRbI4


The singer is Maryla Rodowicz and the song is called "Ballada Wagonowa". In the video Maryla wears two different raincoats as well as rubber boots.

I regularly wear raincoats in the public, even if it's only light rain. These are a light, long, black Aprilrain coat and an olive, heavy, middle length Grundens coat. Only in case of heavy rain I wear blue Grundens Sandhamn oilskins (jacket & bibpants) on my commute to work. But in the office I ...