Rewaxing a Barbour jacket

Clothing store Lark from Vancouver has produced a beautiful instruction video. It explains how to rewax your coat made from waxed canvas. A Barbour coat is used in the video, but this method will apply to any other brand or product too. The video itself is well-produced, the instructions are clear, the environment fits the product perfectly and I like the background music. Enjoy.

Lark - Rewaxing your Barbour. from CASTE on Vimeo.

Model A Bag

W Durable Goods is a small company owned by Daniel Wright. He is based in Forth Worth, Texas. For over 5 years he has been making goods that live up to his company's name. This Model A bag is his signature bag. Each one is made from 30 oz. canvas, which is derived from transport bags that were used for carrying parts for building Bailey Bridges. Ideal for carrying my lunch or my smaller bits and pieces.

Driza-Bone Bushman Jacket

Two weeks ago a customer came into the store with a very nice waxed canvas jacket. We talked about his jacket and he told me it came from Australia. He told me the name of the brand but unfortunately I did not completely catch it. No wonder, because after googling "Australian waxed canvas" I ended up at the site of Driza-Bone. The name sounds like a medicine for androids. The brand is genuinely Australian and started manufacturing oilskin coats in 1898. The initial long coats were made by recycling torn canvas sails and were designed for sailers.

However I really liked the model of the jacket and after a bit of browsing I found the one and only Bushman Jacket. It is a mid-cut jacket with hood, drawstring waist and comes with a flanellette lining. The best detail is the typical cape. This is mostly seen on traditional, long riding coats. Driza-Bone does produce such long ones, but I am not sure if I am ready for it. Might be a bit tricky on my fixie. The Bushman costs 329 Australian dollars which is approx. 215 euros. Not that costly compared to waxed coats from the familiar brands.