DryHandle® Quilted Bomber Jacket

The Outlaw Gunner Bomber Jacket - 25th Anniversary Edition in Olive

Details:

• 25th Anniversary Edition, each jacket marked with unique serial number identifier
• Quilted DryHandle®, 100% cotton, weatherproof fabric shell
• Light, polyester fill insulation
• 100% cotton shirting lining in body, nylon lining in sleeves
• Two large front hand pockets at hip, with expandable gussets
• Zippered left arm utility pocket with two exterior pen slots
• Elasticized, cotton / nylon blend ribbed-knit sleeve cuffs, hem and underarm gussets
• Internal weather flap behind front, YKK brass zipper closure
• Interior left chest pocket with button closure
• Interior concealment pocket with button closure located on right hip

Story:

For generations, wildfowling was a way of life along the Eastern Seaboard and market gunning had been a necessary and respected profession. With the enactment of the Migratory Bird Act of 1918, the variant interests of the market gunner and the Federal Game Warden unfolded as a real-life cat-and-mouse game. The struggle became legendary and nowhere was it more vividly played out than along the tidewaters and estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Part-time friends and part-time foes, one thing the gunner and the warden shared equally was the bitter gnaw of winter’s salty northwest blows.

When it comes to staying warm, modern-day outfitters have nothing on these men. Dressing in layers was just common sense and the Outlaw Gunner quilted shell was a key component of every bayman’s garb. Worn as an intermediate layer under oiled cotton smocks and bib pants, early versions were often fashioned from discarded quilts or horse blankets.

Our 25th Anniversary Outlaw Gunner Jacket is a limited production run, each jacket is marked with a unique serial number identifier. Made with our exclusive, 6oz. DryHandle®, 100% cotton weatherproof fabric. This garment is an updated rendition of this time-honored, essential component of warmth on the bay. A tight 2x2 quilt pattern over the DryHandle® helps to build air pockets in the poly-fill insulation and keeps them in place. Two large pockets in front, zippered arm pocket on sleeve, two utility pockets inside. The body is full, broad and fully lined with 100% cotton shirting fabric; sleeves lined with nylon. Cotton-nylon rib knit cuffs, neck, waist, and underarm gussets.

Spot clean by hand using mild soap if necessary. However, DryHandle® fabric is stubbornly stain-resistant, so a once-over with a damp sponge is usually all you will need.

Salt Farm Work Coat in Copper

Details:

• 25th Anniversary Edition, each coat marked with unique serial number identifier
• 12oz. DryHandle®, 100% cotton, weatherproof shell
• Corozo nut buttons throughout
• 100% cotton shirting lining in body, taffeta lining in sleeves
• Two large front dump pockets, with expandable gussets and button-over flap closures
• Integrated hand warmer pockets
• Large, gusseted left chest pocket with button-over flap closure
• Key chain loop hidden under flap of lower front dump pocket
• Zippered concealment pocket between chest and lower dump pocket
• Zippered right chest pocket, angled for easy access to cell phone
• Broad, rancher style sleeve cuffs, lined with corduroy and two button closures
• Interior left chest pocket with button closure
• Interior concealment pocket with button closure located on right hip
• Double gusset back, expands with movement
• Double underarm gussets with aluminum ventilation grommets
• Broad, functional collar with button-over weather closure
• Adjustable waist tabs adjust fit and secure with two buttons
• Leather Keychain not included

Story:

Excerpt from our original 1995 catalog:

"The Ram Island Salt Farm, just south of Portland, Maine on Cape Elizabeth, sits on the east side of the tiny inlet at the top end of Higgin's Beach. Among other things, they make hay here, May through October. From the brow of the hill, the fields drop in a deliberate free-fall right down to the Atlantic. No beach there. Just rock and salt spray make the transition. In the barns above, Phineas Sprague, Jr. still restores wooden lobster boats. Every winter, for as long as anyone can recall, his father Phineas Sr., has rowed out past the point in his Barnegat Bay Sneak Box to gun for eiders. God willing, this year won't be any different."

From Maine to Alaska, heavy weight cotton tarps are perhaps one of the most appreciated and commonly found “tools” on working farms and ranches. There's a reason. From covering equipment to rescuing livestock from a mud hole, it's durability and versatility are irreplaceable and legendary.

We think of our Salt Farm Coat in similar terms. We're bringing back this workhorse of a coat, made identical to the original save sizing adjustments and a 100% cotton shirting fabric lining. Full, boxy, sturdy...practical. Large, functional dump pockets and a collar that feels right, up, because it serves its purpose. The 100% cotton, 12oz DryHandle® fabric is weatherproof and keeps it dry and clean. Spot clean by hand using mild soap if necessary.

The 25th Anniversary Salt Farm Coat is a limited production run, and each garment is marked with a unique serial number identifier.

Rudder proof!

This is one of the very first products the Atlantic Rancher Company ever made, back in 1995. It came about from sheer necessity: keeping the company’s young chocolate lab, Rudder, under control during civilized occasions. We had tried one of those fancy, spring-loaded retractable leads. Now I know dogs don’t speak English, but the look on Rudder’s face said it all: you’re embarrassing me!

Off we went in search of a manly dog’s-dog lead. And guess what we found after checking out several of those pet superstores? N-o-t-h-i-n’...except little wimpy leashes that are just begging to be chewed through. So, we built our own, in the garage. Made from ⅜” double-braid nylon rope, molded aeronautic-grade composite nylon connectors held together with brass screws and a stainless steel trigger snap at the tag end. Heel, Rudder...heel!

Details

• Handmade in my garage
• Length is 6.5’ overall
• ⅜” double-braid nylon rope
• ⅝” stainless steel trigger snap
• Ropeze brand connectors  

Nothing fussy about it.

A dockmaster’s job is tough enough on most days. Keeping the hull sides of a 87’ Merritt safe from an accidental scrape from an ambitious first-timer docking a 37’ center console is one example. Just ask Mike Wise, dock master at Hawk’s Cay Marina in The Keys. He sees more amusement park shenanigans during one shift than most of us see in a lifetime. On any given day, he can go from being an air traffic controller to a docking coach to a marriage counselor...all in single interactions! Keeping his wits aligned is a critical aspect of his job...and so is keeping his pants on, righty-tighty where they belong. But this belt serves another important purpose: it's where he hangs the keys to the fuel pumps, the backup generator and the head, all which he keeps handy and organized on his Atlantic Rancher Dockmaster's Key Chain. We built the Atlantic Rancher Dockmaster's Belt with guys like Mike in mind. Cut from HH weight, vegetable tanned Italian bullhide, brass finish buckle and roller. It's 1-1/2" wide, which is perfect for the waistband on a pair of true working pants, like our Atlantic Rancher Boatyard Pant. This belt is guaranteed to keep your pants up until it’s time for them to come down. And that's a responsibility we don't take lightly! We don't care if you use our belt to tow your boat or saddle a horse...you break it, we'll replace it.

Details

• 100% vegetable tanned, double H weight, full grain Italian bullhide
• 1-1/2" wide
• Brass finished buckle with roller

Now available in Women's sizes!

DryHandle® Quilted Bomber Jacket

The Outlaw Gunner Bomber Jacket - 25th Anniversary Edition in Navy

Details:

• 25th Anniversary Edition, each jacket marked with unique serial number identifier
• Quilted DryHandle®, 100% cotton, weatherproof fabric shell
• Light, polyester fill insulation
• 100% cotton shirting lining in body, nylon lining in sleeves
• Two large front hand pockets at hip, with expandable gussets
• Zippered left arm utility pocket with two exterior pen slots
• Elasticized, cotton / nylon blend ribbed-knit sleeve cuffs, hem and underarm gussets
• Internal weather flap behind front, YKK brass zipper closure
• Interior left chest pocket with button closure
• Interior concealment pocket with button closure located on right hip

Story:

For generations, wildfowling was a way of life along the Eastern Seaboard and market gunning had been a necessary and respected profession. With the enactment of the Migratory Bird Act of 1918, the variant interests of the market gunner and the Federal Game Warden unfolded as a real-life cat-and-mouse game. The struggle became legendary and nowhere was it more vividly played out than along the tidewaters and estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Part-time friends and part-time foes, one thing the gunner and the warden shared equally was the bitter gnaw of winter’s salty northwest blows.

When it comes to staying warm, modern-day outfitters have nothing on these men. Dressing in layers was just common sense and the Outlaw Gunner quilted shell was a key component of every bayman’s garb. Worn as an intermediate layer under oiled cotton smocks and bib pants, early versions were often fashioned from discarded quilts or horse blankets.

Our 25th Anniversary Outlaw Gunner Jacket is a limited production run, each jacket is marked with a unique serial number identifier. Made with our exclusive, 6oz. DryHandle®, 100% cotton weatherproof fabric. This garment is an updated rendition of this time-honored, essential component of warmth on the bay. A tight 2x2 quilt pattern over the DryHandle® helps to build air pockets in the poly-fill insulation and keeps them in place. Two large pockets in front, zippered arm pocket on sleeve, two utility pockets inside. The body is full, broad and fully lined with 100% cotton shirting fabric; sleeves lined with nylon. Cotton-nylon rib knit cuffs, neck, waist, and underarm gussets.

Spot clean by hand using mild soap if necessary. However, DryHandle® fabric is stubbornly stain-resistant, so a once-over with a damp sponge is usually all you will need.

Aiming Juice

A proper flask has always been considered an essential tool for us at Atlantic Rancher. Now, many believe they are meant for just one purpose, but that’s not necessarily true. I’ve got lots of stories about flasks that don't involve sippin’. More on that at another time.

For now, please meet our man in Sheffield, England - Mr. Ray Smith. I worked with Ray back in 1995 to develop our original flask samples. I still have them. However, I took my eye off the ball for two seconds and the flasks that ended up in our inventory were not made by Ray...they were indeed imposters of much lesser material and make. Seems our “purchasing guy” did a switcheroo. My mistake for not payin’ attention.

Mr. Ray Smith was first introduced to the pewter manufacturing trade when he was 16, an apprentice polishing and buffing small items. He then moved up to the metal spinning workshop , where the pewter round metal disc and shaping takes place on a shaped chuck that's attached to the spinning lathe.

His father learned him as a youngster how to forge and shape metals and how to weld them together, while his Mother worked as a polisher in the cutlery and hollowware and taught him how to polish different type of hollowware.

Soon, he made a small workshop at home and started making different shapes of flasks and tankards...according to Ray, “the more difficult the better, it was a challenge!” Along the way, he learned how to metalsmith precious metals and how to make form tools to create different shapes...old-world techniques which he still applies today using his two hands to make tools without CNC lathes or milling machines. And as others have done for him, Ray is now passing his knowledge, skills and pride of his trade to his grandson, Mr. Jack Lewis, who will undoubtedly carry on in the tradition of excellence that is the foundation of Sheffield Pewter Craft Company.

Which brings us here: The Atlantic Rancher Flask, each handcrafted in 100% English pewter by Ray, from scratch to the box...without scratches. The fancy embellishments are stamped onto the pewter while still in sheet form, by hand using a press...not machine laser engraved as you might find when shopping for groomsmen’s gifts at the mall.

Details

• 100% lead-free, English pewter
• 6oz. capacity
• 5 1/2” tall, 4” across, 1” wide  
• Always flush your flask after a day’s use with warm water
• Never allow contents to wallow in your flask “until next time”
• And for the sake of all, bottoms up.

Aiming Juice

A proper flask has always been considered an essential tool for us at Atlantic Rancher. Now, many believe they are meant for just one purpose, but that’s not necessarily true. I’ve got lots of stories about flasks that don't involve sippin’. More on that at another time.

For now, please meet our man in Sheffield, England - Mr. Ray Smith. I worked with Ray back in 1995 to develop our original flask samples. I still have them. However, I took my eye off the ball for two seconds and the flasks that ended up in our inventory were not made by Ray...they were indeed imposters of much lesser material and make. Seems our “purchasing guy” did a switcheroo. My mistake for not payin’ attention.

Mr. Ray Smith was first introduced to the pewter manufacturing trade when he was 16, an apprentice polishing and buffing small items. He then moved up to the metal spinning workshop , where the pewter round metal disc and shaping takes place on a shaped chuck that's attached to the spinning lathe.

His father learned him as a youngster how to forge and shape metals and how to weld them together, while his Mother worked as a polisher in the cutlery and hollowware and taught him how to polish different type of hollowware.

Soon, he made a small workshop at home and started making different shapes of flasks and tankards...according to Ray, “the more difficult the better, it was a challenge!” Along the way, he learned how to metalsmith precious metals and how to make form tools to create different shapes...old-world techniques which he still applies today using his two hands to make tools without CNC lathes or milling machines. And as others have done for him, Ray is now passing his knowledge, skills and pride of his trade to his grandson, Mr. Jack Lewis, who will undoubtedly carry on in the tradition of excellence that is the foundation of Sheffield Pewter Craft Company.

Which brings us here: The Atlantic Rancher Flask, each handcrafted in 100% English pewter by Ray, from scratch to the box...without scratches. The fancy embellishments are stamped onto the pewter while still in sheet form, by hand using a press...not machine laser engraved as you might find when shopping for groomsmen’s gifts at the mall.

Details

• 100% lead-free, English pewter
• 6oz. capacity
• 5 1/2” tall, 4” across, 1” wide  
• Always flush your flask after a day’s use with warm water
• Never allow contents to wallow in your flask “until next time”
• And for the sake of all, bottoms up.