Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
You live...that close...to the Barbour factory?

I'll second everything you said about Barbour products. My Barbour wax jacket is the best jacket I have ever owned, bar none.

Barbour may be expensive, but their items will last for a lifetime -- and that is the true definition of frugal; buy the best so you won't have to keep replacing the shoddy stuff!

$35 for a pair of socks is very reasonable, and Barbour is good quality -- why on earth would anyone compare this to...shudder...tube socks?

T.
3.7 miles, to be exact. I've not bought any barbour stuff in a while, but I can give an example of its long-levity. I had a wax jacket too, but grew out of it. It then went to my cousin, who grew out of it, and so it went to his younger brother, and then another younger brother after him. I used to spend a lot of weekends at my uncles farm, and my cousins used to live on a farm, non of us where perticularly precious with clothes... My parents got the jacket back, 5th hand now, but have kept it for when they have grand kids, because its still it good condition.

I;ve not had any barbour socks that tall, but I doubt they'd be much differant from the boot socks I have, and I've never bought cheeps socks since. Before hand, I could wear socks two or three times, then they'd start to go thin and get holed. Now I'll not by any socks that I'm not certain will last for five years!