Carhartt coats

[crsides]

I have several Carhartt coats, one from 1985 that is freyed and frazzled beyond my wife's standards. It is way beyond fixing, missing a couple inches up each sleeve. I bought a newer version of the barn coat last year and it is beginning to unravel on the edges. My Carhartt bib overalls are coming unravelled as well. I have thought about this for a long time (since 1985) but have not come up with an effective solution.

Any one out there have any ideas that might help?

Charlie

 

[DWFAN]

My grandmother used to make new cuffs and collars out of corduroy. Elbow patches too. She did it by hand. Could keep a good jacket going for a long time.

DW

 

[steelslaver]

Cut the sleeves off at the seam of the shoulder and have a vest. None of mine make it anywhere near that long.

 

[GrayGhost99]

My oldest carhartt is from 95.

 

[Faulkner]

Maybe consider buying a WALL'S brand next time. After about a year you'll go back and buy another Carhart.

 

[kenv1950]

In todays world watch out, not all Carhartts are made in the USA. Most are made in Mexico, I sold them for twenty years and i'm still wearing some.

 

[CWH44300]

Any one out there have any ideas that might help?

Short of retirement... Nope

 

[billwill]

Charlie...maybe you are justa unravellin type of guy ! I think they have some type of cloth glue that you brush on and it will stop the threads from coming apart (kinda like super glue for cloth). Like DWFan said with the corduroy, I have seen that too.

But if you wear it way up there on the mountain...of course you will just fit right in with the rest of us! Have a great weekend.

 

[da gimp]

bro in law has a tough grade of canvas sewed on his coat and on the legs of his blue jeans... to reinforce high wear points... my old carhart jacket is from the December of 99...in cold weather it gets worn every day.......

 

[msinc]

Being a serious coonhunter I go thru a lot of Carhartt coats. I really haven't had the problem of the cuffs coming unraveled completely...they do it and I just go get another one.
I am interested to hear what it is that you do to get them to unravel so bad. I have seen a lot of western movies and a lot of old paintings and photos of cowboys, the one thing all three have in common that I could never figure out is why a very high percentage of the cowboys depicted wore those funny looking heavy leather "funnels" on their forearms over their clothes. Obviously that leather tube is protecting that area, but from what, pray tell???? I have always wondered what a cowboy could possibly do that caused them to have to wear what looks like a 1/4" thick leather funnel for protection over their entire forearm. I have asked many a horseman and cattlemen and not only got no answer, but nobody even knows the name of those leather funnels.
All that said, I would say that 1/4" thick leather forearm funnels, or whatever they are called, are the answer to your problem!!!!!!

 

[2hawk]

Take a gander at these, I've heard they're pretty tough...
Winter Coats for Men - Duluth Trading

 

[don5]

I am not sure but I always thought those leather cuffs or funnels were to keep the cowboy's arm or shirt from getting ripped to shreds while chasing cattle through some brush. Just my thinking tho..

 

[Mike McLellan]

When Carhartt started making wedding gowns, I began to worry about the life expectancy of their products.

 

[Frank46]

I used to work in a tank farm and always bought carhartts for work. After awhile they'd get oil stained and collars and cuffs would get frayed. When the lining went got a lining from an army jacket. My boss at the time hated that jacket and would make a point to tell me it's time to get a new one. Wore that sucker for another couple years just to tick him off. Frank

 

[Kanewpadle]

Then there's Filson. Good stuff.

 

[Marshwheeling]

My pop used to extend the wear of his tweed jackets by having leather or suede elbow patches put on, and piping on the cuffs. I recently did the same with a Filson double mac. You could also do that with Carhartts.

I think of Carhartts as consumable items. They are pretty tough, and comfortable, but they wear out, like blue jeans. If you wear them infrequently they can last for tears , but if you live in them, you are going to use them up.

A Filson will outlast three or four Carhartts, but even they don't live forever, not if you use them hard. People talk about Filsons lasting for decades, but I don't think they are wearing them every day for half the year. I have got ten years out of my double mac, but I doubt it'll go another ten. I'd like it to, because I can't afford to replace it. If it's really cold out there's nothing I'd rather have for an outer layer. If it's cold and wet, even more so.

 

[Salty RI]

Take a gander at these, I've heard they're pretty tough...
Winter Coats for Men - Duluth Trading

Yeah and they have that no stink underwear as well.

 

[msinc]

I am not sure but I always thought those leather cuffs or funnels were to keep the cowboy's arm or shirt from getting ripped to shreds while chasing cattle through some brush. Just my thinking tho..

I thought about that too, and it makes sense, but what about the rest of the dude??? You would think that if they needed that kind of protection on forearms wouldn't the rest of them need something besides chaps on their legs??? What about their head???

 

[Salty RI]

Being a serious coonhunter I go thru a lot of Carhartt coats. I really haven't had the problem of the cuffs coming unraveled completely...they do it and I just go get another one.
I am interested to hear what it is that you do to get them to unravel so bad. I have seen a lot of western movies and a lot of old paintings and photos of cowboys, the one thing all three have in common that I could never figure out is why a very high percentage of the cowboys depicted wore those funny looking heavy leather "funnels" on their forearms over their clothes. Obviously that leather tube is protecting that area, but from what, pray tell???? I have always wondered what a cowboy could possibly do that caused them to have to wear what looks like a 1/4" thick leather funnel for protection over their entire forearm. I have asked many a horseman and cattlemen and not only got no answer, but nobody even knows the name of those leather funnels.
All that said, I would say that 1/4" thick leather forearm funnels, or whatever they are called, are the answer to your problem!!!!!!

Years ago when I was coonhunting, I bought my clothes from Bill Boatman couldn't wear them out.

 

[msinc]

Years ago when I was coonhunting, I bought my clothes from Bill Boatman couldn't wear them out.

I remember Bill...wasn't he in Ohio??? I remember he had at the time what was considered the best black and tan coon hound in the country..."Midnight Screaming Eagle" was the dogs name. He sold a lot of good stuff. Wasn't most of his hunting jackets heavy nylon???