The N°7 Bramblecoat

We started the Bramblecoat because our old one finally gave out after nineteen winters, and nobody was making its replacement. It is a four-pocket field coat in dry-waxed cotton — the kind that goes matte and chalky at the elbows rather than staying sticky.

Cut two inches longer than a standard field jacket so it covers you when you sit on a wet gate. Bellows pockets deep enough for a flask, a whistle and a folded map, with storm flaps that actually meet.

• 8 oz dry-waxed cotton, milled in Lancashire
• Corduroy under-collar, tartan-lined body
• Two-way brass front zip under a snap storm placket
• Bar-tacked at all eleven stress points

Never machine wash, never dry clean, never put it near a radiator. Brush off dried mud with a stiff brush; sponge the rest with cold water and nothing else.

When water stops beading — usually every second or third winter — send it back to us. We strip, rewax and repair it in the Kendal workshop, free for as long as you own the coat. Turnaround is about three weeks in summer and six in November, because everyone remembers in November.

• UK standard — 2–3 working days, free over £150
• UK next day — £8.50, ordered before 14:00
• EU & Ireland — 4–7 working days, duties prepaid
• Rest of world — 7–12 working days
• Returns — 60 days, unworn, prepaid label in the box