Options besides wool hose

[mbhandy]

I'm just chuckling at the Hamilton striped socks ...... no, April 1st is long gone ...

I allways think Pippy Longstockings
MrBill

PS would never wear them. Pippy Longstockings

[Southern Breeze]

I wear soccer socks instead of wool hose on a regular basis. I get them at Dicks Sporting Goods.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/fa...7495&cp=711653

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

The SK hose are a pretty good value. If you have larger calves, you could detect the skin, but only from close range. If anybody is close enought to see that, they better take a look up and do a kilt check as well while they are there!

SK has some good colors too.

[cavscout]

I bought a pair of the black soccer socks from Dick's when I got my Gordon Modern. These were good for getting started. Once I tried the Hamilton Dry Goods socks they have become my socks of choice. When I'm ready for some more I'll contact him about other colors but I'm good for now with two pair of cream (off-white). They do cost a bit more than soccer socks but unless you want to pay $30 dollars for hose to fit a large calf these are the way to go. At $8 for a sock that gives you a beefy cuff and stay up without garters you gotta love it.

The only other's that might be a better deal are W. Brewin which Ron gave a review of somewhere but they don't sound like they handle large calfs as well.