S.E.H Kelly

[sehkelly]

I have to say the Balmacaan in Hopsack tweed is doing a great job in North West England (-5 today).

I’m only posting this as I know Paul and Sarah have no more scarfs this winter. I found a scarf from Mourne Textiles who produce the cloth for the Balmacaan and the rust goes really well with the Bracken coat. If anyone is interested it’s available here:

Here’s a temporary image I’ll be removing at some point (as I’m shy ☺️).

A great, great scarf.

A fine, fine chin.

 

[sehkelly]

Would much appreciate hearing from you when they are out, thanks!

It shall be so!

 

[sehkelly]

Never seen the dark sheep trench in the wild, but that is a looker. Thanks for sharing.

I think a mash-up Herdwick would be fantastic. And selfishly, as applied to the field coat, which has been away 2 years now I think?

The cloth is probably a bit too thick and unruly for the field coat. It is the sort of cloth which, when you cut it, is all thick, frayed edges, and is best served by garments with larger panels and fewer overlapping elements.

The field coat would be great in a gnarly woollen cloth, however — completely agree!

We will surely go back to the field coat within the next couple of years (though not within the next year).

 

[happydayz1]

Hi Paul - probably too early to think that far ahead, but do you any plans to re-do the Chesterfield? The current version looks very elegant.

 

[sehkelly]

Hi Paul - probably too early to think that far ahead, but do you any plans to re-do the Chesterfield? The current version looks very elegant.

I doubt we will re-do it in the sense of make it in the same cloth, but I expect it will return in 2-3 years in one form or another.

 

[dortreo]

@sehkelly: I just received the hunting jacket and it’s lovely and far more substantial than I expected. I have a silly question about its operation: Should I take any special care while handling the buttons? The buttonhole fit right now is tight, and I’m afraid of tearing the thread while buttoning or unbuttoning and making them come loose. This is especially true for the collar button.

Also, I’m considering the trench vs the duster for a business travel coat. Any thoughts on that choice? And will the trench be re-issued this year in non-tan?

Many thanks!

 

[sehkelly]

@sehkelly: I just received the hunting jacket and it’s lovely and far more substantial than I expected. I have a silly question about its operation: Should I take any special care while handling the buttons? The buttonhole fit right now is tight, and I’m afraid of tearing the thread while buttoning or unbuttoning and making them come loose. This is especially true for the collar button.

Also, I’m considering the trench vs the duster for a business travel coat. Any thoughts on that choice? And will the trench be re-issued this year in non-tan?

Many thanks!

That's not a silly question — but you will find the buttonholes relax with use.

The cloth is tough and unyielding top to bottom, including in the region of the buttonholes, but like raw denim will soften with time (anyone who has struggled to fasten their new raw denim jeans will know the experience).

The trench is the better of the two coats with regards to travel. The ripstop is very light, very durable, easy to clean, and doesn't much crease (especially compared to cotton). For the foreseeable it will only and ever be the sand and the cosmos colours.

 

[dortreo]

That's not a silly question — but you will find the buttonholes relax with use.

The cloth is tough and unyielding top to bottom, including in the region of the buttonholes, but like raw denim will soften with time (anyone who has struggled to fasten their new raw denim jeans will know the experience).

The trench is the better of the two coats with regards to travel. The ripstop is very light, very durable, easy to clean, and doesn't much crease (especially compared to cotton). For the foreseeable it will only and ever be the sand and the cosmos colours.

Thank you, Paul! Will the cosmos trench return in medium this year?

 

[sehkelly]

Thank you, Paul! Will the cosmos trench return in medium this year?

Yes — we hope to make some more during the spring.

 

[HomunculusTheElder]

You Herdwick trench coaters — there are dozens of you!

Well, maybe a dozen.

We're working with the weaver now to get an early start on the batch of Herdwick this year. It might be that we make just the one colour (rather than light and middling and dark sheep) and throw all the yarn into one blended mix for maximum and extreme Herdwick chaos.

Awesome. Wonder what coats you will be making with it...

 

[booroo]

Awesome. Wonder what coats you will be making with it...

I think I'd quite like a Herdwick work jacket...

 

[sehkelly]

We're planning to make the balmacaan with Herdwick tweed this year, but also funnily enough the work jacket in another organic, heritage, regional all-one-breed-of-sheep woollen from one of the Scottish islands — not as heavy as the Herdwick (which is of benefit to the work jacket) but still very much in the same wheelhouse.

 

[Csus2]

Oh man I have been craving a wool work jacket. I am very interested in seeing how that turns out.

Also, how long will the herdwick balmacaan be?

 

[sehkelly]

Oh man I have been craving a wool work jacket. I am very interested in seeing how that turns out.

Also, how long will the herdwick balmacaan be?

The work jacket is also coming back in a few weeks in moleskin. We have made it slightly longer than https://www.sehkelly.com/work-jacket-in-cotton-stay-wax-in-olive-drab/ and replaced the ever-divisive underarm ventilation with a really very quite serious underarm gusset.

And the balmacaan — it'll be the same as https://www.sehkelly.com/balmacaan-in-hopsack-tweed-in-soot/ unless there's a surprising change of mind or mood in the meantime.

 

[Csus2]

Great. I am going to be gnawing on my knuckles over whether I should buy this balmacaan or the polo coat