Sitka Discontinues Goretex
- Thread starter shrapnel
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Whitefish and Kalispell have an Army Navy. Used to be one in C Falls. Nothing like the old Army surplus stores I grew up with.
Hem
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Its where the Po' boys shopped.
Hem
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I'm sure they got gentrified.
First indication..the warehouse smell is probably gone.
Hem
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Back in 90's there wasn't alot of in-between apparel available locally.
Hem
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A couple years ago I stopped at the surplus place off the interstate South of Idaho Falls. First time. It was a whole lot if fun. Bought some socks.
ismith
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There was a poor bastard in my basic training platoon named “Manlove”. Poor bastard……….Back to Army/ Navy surplus. The rubber rain jackets lasted one season...$15.
My final jacket had the owners last name on the inside. The name was Lovely.
Can you imagine boot camp with the name Prvt.Lovely?
I still joke about that one.
Hem
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Give me 20 Manlove?
SixPoint
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I remember my dad taking me in the one in Missoula when I turned 12 to get me my own set of wool pants for hunting. Shot my first elk that next fall in 204 wearing those things and ran them for a long time before upgrading.
Caseknife
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The 13 button Navy wool pants were the quietest ever for going through the brush. Just had to think ahead of time if you had to pee
@shrapnel - "Sitka Discontinues Goretex" = Thread Title.
HAHA. Seriously?!?!?! W.L. Gore & Associates owns Sitka Gear. Sooooo, the child is cancelling the parent???
In 2009, W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., an American multinational company best known as the developer of waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX® Fabrics, purchased Sitka Gear, a high-performance system of hunting clothes.
HAHA. Seriously?!?!?! W.L. Gore & Associates owns Sitka Gear. Sooooo, the child is cancelling the parent???
In 2009, W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., an American multinational company best known as the developer of waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX® Fabrics, purchased Sitka Gear, a high-performance system of hunting clothes.
ismith
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Not the first time…….
shrapnel
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Aren’t you Dick Tracy. Sitka has discontinued the use of Goretex, regardless of the buyout…
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I got some German Army wool pants in Santa Fe at an army surplus store; best hunting pants ever; warm, quiet, and the weave was so dense snow didn't penetrate much.
Sure the store is long gone due to gentrification.
Sure the store is long gone due to gentrification.
Was still there 5 or so years ago. Got some wool mitts there.
Just wondering what REI and such have done?
My gore-tex rain suit is ancient Cabellas. My Gander Mtn waterfowl parka is even older.
Everything smells like chemicals to me these days. Outside my place.
Always hated plastics.
My gore-tex rain suit is ancient Cabellas. My Gander Mtn waterfowl parka is even older.
Everything smells like chemicals to me these days. Outside my place.
Always hated plastics.
Looks like they have recently brought out some new goretex stuff online that just says not for sale to NY or CA residents. If they’re getting rid of it all together I wish the online prices reflected that
