J. Peterman Keeper's Tweed sport jacket

[The Mad Hatter]

I just got my jacket today. The photographs above porttray its color accurrately - it is lighter than the Peterman drawing suggests. However, the drawing does a better job of showing the jacket's sharp, angular contours.

It differs from my hacking jackets in that it has four rather then three buttons, heavy shoulder pads, and a belted back. Like the Lambourne, it has a bi-swing back.

Comment: these types of jackets first were developed to keep Englishmen warm in drafty country houses. With heating bills now going up and thermostats going down, their original functionality once again makes sense.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I actually go shooting fairly frequently so this jacket would be really useful. The thing that is throwing me off though is the 4-button closure. Is this period-appropriate? The only 4-button jackets you see today are horrid fashionista affairs.

 

[Matt Deckard]

The four button is more sporting appropriate. You see mainly three, though the four leans more toward the outdoor Norfolk look.The four is more of a military style. I do the two middle buttons and it rolls like a three, though when i lose some weight I will have no qualms about doing up the top most and bottom most buttons.

 

[BellyTank]

A jacket which has a high closure and is long needs more buttons- no matter which era it's from-

B
T

 

[Matt Deckard]

It will be interesting to see how it compares to the various Barbour and Lambourne hacking jackets which I now have.

How does it compare? and what about the details on the other companies jackets... were they as thorough as J. Peterman?

 

[The Mad Hatter]

How does it compare? and what about the details on the other companies jackets... were they as thorough as J. Peterman?

All Lambourne and Barbour jackets are as thorough if not more thorough than the Peterman.

Barbour Tweed Beaufort: A somewhat heavier, longer jacket, I would wear it in 10 degrees cooler weather. Has more extensive inner pockets. No action back. No rear belt. Double-vet. No heavy shoulder pads. 4-button plus zipper. Can close jacket about collar.

Barbour Hacking Jacket. Perhaps a tad bit heavier. A bit shorter. More extensive inner pockets. No action back. No rear belt. Single vent. No heavy sholder pads. 3-button. Can close jacket about collar.

Lambourne Hacking Jacket. As heavy. Shorter. Similar inner pockets. Action back. No rear belt. Double-vent. No heavy shoulder pads. 3-button. Can close jacket about collar.

Lambourne Jacket. Much lighter - the only one I would wear in summer. Shorter. Similar inner pockets. Action back. No rear belt. Double-vent. 3-button-high gorge. No heavy shoulder pads.

Except for the tweed Beaufort, all generally are tailored like British (Huntsman) - style sporting jackets. Both hacking jackets are heavier than most sporting jackets and have a robust air about them.

 

[Nick Charles]

Does the Lambrone look like this, I've been debating one of these all year.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Does the Lambrone look like this, I've been debating one of these all year.

http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/ima...Post/45075_32?

That looks a lot like the last, lightweight Lambourne I mentioned and not the hacking jacket, which apparently is not currently available on Sierra Trading Post.

I'm a little but unsure whether it is the same as mine because the Sierra Trading Post description mentions "special Teflon?Ç¬Æ treatment that renders it water resistant," and I don't remember such a description for my jacket.

Still, they look a lot alike.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

BTW: another great source for this type of jacket is the Ebay store, Ebay Auctions removed--MattDeckard

 

[The Mad Hatter]

BTW: here's a Barbour Wool Beaufort that resembles mine, except mine has a checked pattern and is more brownish.

 

[Wolfmanjack]

Regarding Lambourne jackets

Does the Lambrone look like this, I've been debating one of these all year.

Nick & Mad,

I am a devoted patron of Lambourne and its cousin Christopher Dawes. I own six jackets and several pairs of trousers from this firm(s?). The Jackets range from a lightweight district check that is comfortable in the summer, to a light, dressy glen plaid for early Fall, to a hefty lovat Harris Tweed for later Fall, to a very heavy HT shooting jacket with suede shoulder and elbow patches. All are three-button, with high, suppressed waists. Most have action backs, one is belted, several have hacking pockets. For daytime in the country or on campus, I never wear anything else.

Regards, --Jack

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I am a devoted patron of Lambourne and its cousin Christopher Dawes.

Besides Sierra Trading Post, where do you get these?

 

[Wolfmanjack]

Besides Sierra Trading Post, where do you get these?

My country collection is the result of 15 years of constant vigilance at the STP store online and occasional visits to the Cheyenne, WY store. But now, thanks to you, I have another potential source at Live Ebay Auction removed, you may place auctions in Classifieds--Matt Deckard

 

[Wolfmanjack]

Besides Sierra Trading Post, where do you get these?

Mad, You might try this:

CHRISTOPHER DAWES LTD
CHAPEL FIELD BARN 2 OLD BANK RIPPONDEN SOWERBY BRIDGE, WEST YORKSHIREENG HX6 4DG
Voice: 011-44-1-42-282-2401; Fax: 011-44-142-282-2401
Contact: CHRISTOPHER DAWES​

 

[Wolfmanjack]

...or this:

Lambourne Clothing International Ltd
Unit 2/Rutherford Centre/18 Dunlop Rd
Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate
Ipswich
IP2 0UG

Telephone: 01473 250404​

 

[Matt Deckard]

I have to say the Peterman jacket has a very early 1940's silhouette. Less of a sport cut and more of a constructed Hollywood cut with large straight shoulders and wasp tapered waist.

 

[Alan Eardley]

Keeper's Jacket

Guys,

Here's what you are calling a 'keepers jacket' in Donegal Tweed by Bladen Brothers that I picked up in a charity shop for the equivalent of $5. They're not uncommon in the UK and Ireland.

Note the chest pockets and the bellows pockets, also the biswing back and removable belt. It's from the 60s by the label, but is the same design as the 30s and is in unworn condition.

Alan

 

[BellyTank]

Just what the Doctor oredered eh Alan?

Very Norfolk indeed-

B
T

SBS

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Guys,

Here's what you are calling a 'keepers jacket' in Donegal Tweed by Bladen Brothers that I picked up in a charity shop for the equivalent of $5. They're not uncommon in the UK and Ireland.

Just one of the reasons i can't wait to return home to the old country. Better known as the land of tweed and whiskey.

Nice jacket.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Ah, but fine vintage whiskey costs a bit more than fine vintage tweeds.