There’s no official kickoff date for Black Friday any more, but there are signs the annual sales event has begun. For instance, this Filson jacket—cut from the brand’s signature Tin Cloth fabric, a first-team All-20th-Century textile—is on sale for $186, 60% off its original price of $465.
And yes, you read that correctly. Tin Cloth Field Jacket, $186.
For those of you who haven’t immediately scrambled to the product page to buy it already, here’s a quick primer: Filson has been making some of the best-looking, hardest-working American menswear (and luggage) since 1897, when they first opened up shop in Seattle. You might not know each core Filson item’s name, but you’ve undoubtedly seen them worn by enlightened commuters all around you—kind of like when you find out you do, in fact, know every song on Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors, despite not owning a copy of Rumors.
While its totes and duffels are truly excellent, this exact field jacket might be the poster child for Filson’s whole thing. It’ll last forever, it exudes timeless workwear sensibilities, and it’s covered in one of the toughest materials—Tin Cloth, which is water-resistant, tough-as-bricks and nearly impenetrable—you can find this side of 3L Gore-Tex. In other words, there isn’t a good reason for this jacket to ever be discounted 60%, and yet it is.
GQ Recommends associate commerce director Michael Nolledo has owned this exact Filson jacket for 15 years. By now, it might be a little “ripped and tattered and repaired,” but after rewaxing it a handful of times, he has no intentions of retiring it anytime soon.
“I’ve worn it through torrential downpours and frigid Chicago winters and it’s never let me down,” says Nolledo, adding that “half of the fun of tin cloth is rewaxing it to feel new. It’s a jacket that really looks better when you beat the shit out of it.” His pro tip? Buy it with the Mackinaw Wool Vest Jacket Liner, which will turn it into a “legit winter coat”—and also happens to be 50% off right now.
Oh, and if you thought the bonkers outerwear savings stopped at the Tin Cloth Field Jacket (and that liner), you were mistaken, because Filson has a whole handful of killer jackets available for under $225—in particular, the Tin Cloth Work Jacket, the Sherpa Fleece Jacket, and the Tin Cloth Primaloft Jacket are all ready for years of loyal service.
We’ll level with you: we don’t know what the future holds in regards to Black Friday Deals, but it’s very hard to envision any deals better than this one. So if you’re in the market for a Forever Jacket, there really aren’t many better than the Tin Cloth Field Jacket—and at this price, there are none.
Head on over to Filson before they’re all gone.
