If the safari jacket is the travel equivalent of an extra suitcase for all but the warmest days of summer, the Norfolk jacket is its peer for winter.
Originally a shooting coat, the Norfolk has the same four large front pockets as the safari, which makes it the kind of thing a man could wear on most days of an autumn holiday in the country.
A semi-solid tweed of 16 ounces (500 grams) would be perfect.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Pockets for Winter
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Are the side-opening breast pockets an essential part of the Norfolk jacket, or could it also be made with top-flapped breast pockets as well?
Could be made with top opening pockets but buttoning side pockets are more authentic and work fine for most items.
I'm afraid, though, that a Norfolk jacket would lead to questions about where I left my shotgun/what I'm hunting et cetera. I agree with you about its utility but that factor makes me wary.
As long as we're talking Norfolk jackets, could you be so kind as to tell us about the type with two hip pockets and no breast pockets?
As for the Deen's concern, it seems to me that if you wore a Norfolk jacket casually, especially on the weekends or in the country, you might garner fewer questions of that ilk.
Of course, it would also be the perfect thing to wear on your way to and from the shooting range.
What's to tell? They are easier to make.
I'm inclined to think that the number of people who know that a Norfolk was originally associated with shooting is too small to worry about. And if a man finds himself in a place where that is not true, he probably has a gun.
Well I'm moving to Edinburgh for university this September, which is why I'm wary of people who would recognise the thing.
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