I have two, and the very cold, very dry Chicago winters are murder on them. When I finally sent my 14 year old Border off for patching and repairs, the total came to exactly one dollar more than what a new coat would cost me. I had the repairs done. 14 years and 4 continents including Boar hunting in Tuscany. You can't replace that. That being said, I still grabbed one of the Land Rover Defender special editions when I picked up my repaired Border.
I won't take credit for this, and I'm sure that I'm not repeating it perfectly accurate, but it goes like this: A Barbour jacket is a lot like a Land Rover Defender. Both, while iconic, tend to announce their presence a bit loudly. Both tend to have a unique smell to them. Both frequently need repairs, and a person is prone to shove them in the closet/garage and forget about them for extended periods of time. Yet both on occasion are the exact perfect tool for the job for that moment, and once one owns one, they will never, ever get rid of it.
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