Romanian Wool Pants, Surplus

Here’s a garment made from the material of the gods: A proper good pair of woolen pants just rough enough to exfoliate the excess dead skin from your legs and grow some hair on your chest. When trousers are as practical as this and so hardy yet somehow so pleasing, you shouldn’t wait for a second longer! Reach for the stars, and failing that, these pants.

Features

This kind of woolen fabric would cost an arm and a leg if newly made. It’s a spectacular material for clothing as it can handle some wind and rain and still be warm even when damp. So basically, like a softshell but instead of modern silly-willyness, it’s a good old-fashioned garment designed to take punishment and give some back.

• Regular side pocket on either side
• One button-closed back-pocket
• Belt loops that vary in size
• Some may have one mysterious larger belt loop at a different level on the backside
• Adjustment cords and foot loops on the pant legs
• Button fly

These pants are best in the mid-seasons, so just the thing for hunting and other outdoorsy things when it’s not too warm. When it gets really cold, you should put on some long johns or just grit your teeth and accept that life is pain. They are versatile enough to wear out in public when you want to appear a little savage but civilized enough to hang around the water cooler. The pants also feature a relatively modern cut, so you don’t have to wear them particularly high.