Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

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Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by crunchie » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:09 pm

Hi all!

Can any of our German or Austrian friends id this wool sweater(it is made of wool?) called an Alpinweste.

Here is linky:
http://www.milizverband.at/store5_0/pi1/pd3.html

Is this a heavy wool Dachstein type garment with zip?

Thanks!

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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by housil » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:27 pm

It says :"Modellgleich wie Alpinpullover aber statt mit Knöpfen eben mit Zipp"

means: same model like "Alpinpullover", but instead of buttons with a zip.

But I don´t know what that "heavy wool Dachstein type " is.

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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by Garron » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:34 pm

heavy wool Dachstein type

Is wool what had been boiled to make it shrink or so google says,
Dachstein mitts. These woolen mittens, made exclusively in the mountainous Dachstein region of Austria, were de rigueur in the 1970s and 1980s, before Gore-Tex and other high-tech materials supplanted them. Their secret was the boiled wool (aka fulled wool) process, in which natural woolen fibers are soaked in hot water and rubbed by hand or mechanically, causing tiny scales on the fibers to interweave into a thick, dense material
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&xhr=t&q= ... 0fbeebcf39

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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by housil » Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:45 am

Ah - OK I see..

"Dachstein" is the name of an area in the Alp Mountains, that confused me. :oops:

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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by Cracker » Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:42 pm

The Austrian Bundesheer used those pullovers untill the 90s (but then with buttons). They are of heavy quality wool.
It's a very good pullover, but in my eyes obsolete. For that price you can buy a different, better.. synthetic pullover. Or more of them..

Also the wool gives problems with cleaning and such. €135 is a lot of money for a pullover that you can't try on first.
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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by Bypah » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:00 pm

One good thing about wool. Even when wet keeps you warm... :wink:
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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by dirtbag » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:01 pm

And itches...
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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by housil » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:35 am

And keeps you wet...






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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by Bypah » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:14 pm

"Live long and prosper..."

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Re: Help-German speakers ID This Wool sweater Alpinweste

Post by housil » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:20 pm

Bypah wrote: That's why in a survival situation an old military wool blanket is the best option to keep you warm...
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Btw. "old", see the blankets I have.

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