Does anyone know a vendor who supplies high quality Norfolk jackets?
Before J. Peterman went out of business and came back they made a Norfolk jacket. They havn't reintroduced it yet though I am waiting. The next closest thing is the occasional bi-swing belt backed jackets that Orvis sometimes sells. though I hate their fit.
Best bet is a custom tailor.
I did have one of the J. Peterman jackets about 5 years ago though I shrunk out of it and Good Willed it.
When I find the right fabric I'll have one made.
Here is a link to a website that specializes in making vintage clothes. They offer the Norfolk Jacket ($525.00, I believe is correct). Check it out.
www.historyinthemaking.org
All Regards. W>
Here's a Norfolk Jacket for sale:
http://www.distinctlybritish.com/cgi...oduct/CUD-5783
The vendor is Cudworth of Norden in Lancashire, UK.
Those are nice looking jackets! I like the items on this site. Thanks for sharing! W>
Perfect. I need to get one when I can.
Awsome find.
Just a few words about the Cudworth of Norden Norfolk Jacket...
I ordered my Norfolk on 11-08-05... it finally arrived 01-03-06 after many e-mails and frustrations, and with the kind intervention of Barry Wright of Cudworth.
On the upside-- it was well worth the wait.
It is
OUTSTANDING!
IMPECCABLE!
IMPRESSIVE!
... and will last a LIFETIME!
The fit (48R) is as though tailor-made...
The quality of the fabric (Herringbone in light green) surpasses anything available in the US... and this is NOT a summer-weight jacket by any means!
The tweed fabric is a heavy, tight weave that will shed water, turn wind and keep you fashionable for decades. The jacket is at home on the moors, in church or on the prairie...
I intend to purchase another in the red striped/brown pattern.
And at around $325 delivered, it's a terrific value for the quality.
I couldn't be happier...
(it also looks pretty snazzy with my Irish Walking Hat from Hannah Hats!)
BJD
Anyone got a Norfolk jacket recently (in the intervening years since this thread started, that is)?
Is see the Historyinthemaking site is still up, and they offer one. No photos of finished garments, though. The Distinctly British site no longer offers Norfolks, just standard 3-button hacking-type jackets.
I'm just getting rid of an Ebay mistake. Armholes like bat wings, negating the whole point of the centre pleat.
Outside of bespoke, is there a Norfolk jacket in production anywhere that has an armhole/chest interaction of non-eye-wateringly poor dimensions?
Been looking for one of these myself. Everything's either a very pale imitation in-name-only, or its some sort of strange modern-cut monstrosity.
Amazing how many hacking jackets are called Norfolk jackets...
Good question...Originally Posted by Creeping Past
I've seen a lot of "high end" hunting Tweeds in London shops,
such as Old Hat and Bertie Wooster- rack upon rack of modern,
well, "rack Tweed". Same old same old mostly. How folks can raise a gun
wearing those wet blanket is something I can't fathom.
Bespoke IS, or should be, a different animal.
Older Tweeds, '60s/'50s, are usually pretty good and the styles are still pretty much in line with what we think of as tradish' tweed.
When you can get it...
I bought a an Irish Thornproof Tweed 3 pce from Bertie Wooster a few years back and the fit was good- I'm guessing it was no early than mid fifties and no later than mid sixties. It was a country suit, though, not hunting.
I had no difficulty lifting a Pint glass... It IS a good test for the absolute minimum of usefulness- otherwise, the "jacket" is relegated to "non-garment"/
lifestyle inhibitor.
As Creeping Past mentions- baggy armholes and a heavy cloth, does
not a happy Tweedie make. Stick in the mud territory.
What we usually find are modern "traditional" Tweed lookalike jackets, oversized, with impossible armpit-fit.
OR- jackets with "fit-and-action-features", such as the shoulder/side pleat/action/bi-swing back, or the centre back pleat, which are meant to facilitate a wide range of arm and shoulder motion and rotation and forward reach- for "Hunting" and Country Pusuits" BUT when poorly executed, they are as useful as a fur teaspoon- adding cloth, bulk, weight, and nothing in the usefulness stakes and at worst, further impeding motion and ruining the silhouette. A bi-swing type back/shoulder treatment applied to a too-deep armhole defeats its own purpose.
A jacket armpit needs to be relatively close-in-to, and mimic the wearer's armpit...... and repeat....
A good armpit-fit makes for a good fit and a tidy look. ADD to this, a bi-swing,
or centre pleat and viola! best of both worlds. The sleeve moves in its cloth socket. The "feature" treatment can be quite discreet, just enough to do the job, it need not be another bat-wing yard of Tweed, stuffed, accordion fashion into the armpit.
Enough-
Let's try and find some (outside of Japan..?).
B
T
Looking with my good ear peeled.
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