I have an army parka made with no animal products that somehow manages to not frost up. It has a "tunnel", too.
Cheers, frank On November 25, 2015 2:31:45 PM EST, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: >I have one of those parkas. When the hood is fully zipped there's >actually a short "tunnel" of more moderate temperature air between your > >face and the outside. Supposedly wolf fur was the only trim that >wouldn't frost up in those cold temperatures. > >-p > >On 11/25/2015 12:45 PM, John wrote: >> Wolf fur used to be the preferred trim for the hoods on heavy parkas, >> particularly the ones the Army & Air Force issued to personnel >stationed >> near the arctic circle. >> >> Frank mentioned that fur trim on parkas and coats was making a >> resurgence. I don't know if the stores are selling wolf fur or not, >but >> that's what the image called to my mind. >> >> For all I know it may be an image of coyotes. Whether it's Wolves or >> Coyotes doesn't make much difference to me, but that particular image >> was NOT rodents. >> >> Whichever way the political winds are blowing, I know a hawk from a >> handsaw. >> >> >> On 11/24/2015 11:39 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >>> It is available from several Alaskan sources. >>> >>> I've considered buying a wolf pelt. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: Re: PESO - The Protestor >>>> >>>> No store sells wolf fur. Pure propaganda. >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> >wrote: >>>>> I think that's wolf fur. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/23/2015 11:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Children are dying of malnutrition; they protest about rodents. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:43 PM, frank theriault >>>>>> <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As we walked downtown yesterday we saw a bunch of police cars in >>>>>>> front >>>>>>> of Holt's, a very upscale department store. An animal rights >group >>>>>>> was >>>>>>> protesting fur in general, but also the fact that Holt's sells >it: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll likely have a gallery later in the week, but until then, >this >>>>>>> kind of sums it up: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-protestor.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fur trim on parkas and coats is unfortunately seeing a >resurgence >>>>>>> around these parts. I'll keep political thoughts to myself. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> frank >> >> -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
