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KC/WD 
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 Topic: Love my Chopper gloves!!!
Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 8:03am |
Thanks to the AC family here, my hands are nice and toasty! I got my Choppers in the mail this past week and put em to the test yesterday, leather outters and wool lined...PERFECT!!! Thanks again to the advice of wise fellas on this forum to help out this Texan transplanted to the great midwest!
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I've got anal glaucoma, I just can't see my butt going to work today!
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 8:12am |
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Next , if you do not have a set of Pack Boots , get then and your feet will thank you. Something on the hands, on the feet, and on the head and can stay war as toast. Dress in couple layers, use a vest type coat liner to keep core warmer, keep the back and kidney area covered and you have winter almost licked. EXCEPT I still hate the cold.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 8:13am |
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Wife bought me a pair last week after I read about them on here. I wore them yesterday and my fingers never felt so toasty.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 8:17am |
A Packer's shirt and a cheese head will complete the onsomble,, particularly this weekend! Ken
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 8:22am |
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You know, I'm good all over. feet are warm and toasty with my Columbia snow boots, got my lined bibb Carhardt overalls with hooded jacket, full face thinsulate head/face cover. Now, if tasks weren't so danged hard to do with all this stuff on (like walking, or simply climbing onto the WD), outdoor chores wouldn't be so bad, HUH???
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DanWi
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 5:13pm |
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You get multiple workouts getting all bundled up and trying to do chores wearing that many clothes.
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Dale
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 5:54pm |
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Friend of mine's brother is a trapper in northern Ontario. Said his brother uses beaver hat and mitts. Asked if he would make me a pair of mitts and a hat (front and side flaps). Can't believe how warm they are. In a windy 25 below I am toastie warm (at least my hands and head). Now I know how beavers can do what they do. Wife says I can't be seen in public wearing them-but they're great on the farm.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 9:25pm |
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KC, can you tell us where you got your gloves and what brand they are.
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427435
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 9:34pm |
One good source is LL Bean http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/60315?feat=sr&freeText=choppersFleet Farm or farm and fleet type stores in the snow belt should also have them.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 11:45pm |
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$49.00 fer mittens??? are ya kiddin me?
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 6:33am |
Mark, you nailed it! Got mine from LL Bean, bit the bullet and paid $56 (includes shipping). I ordered them on a Sat. and they arrived Thurs. The leather shells are very soft though, I already got a small surface cut in them by simply adjusting the leveling on my Rhino bladek! Of course if ya spend $75 you get free shipping! For me, I didn't care how much they cost when it prevents PAIN in my fingers!
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 10:09am |
 SHAMELESS wrote:
$49.00 fer mittens??? are ya kiddin me? |
Well, they're your hands. It's important to get a pair that has a separate liner rather than the choppers that are just lined on the inside. Here's a cheaper source I found by doing a search http://thefoursome.com/Chopper-Mittens-with-Wool-Liner/M/B001KWYG8O.htm but it's hard to beat LL Bean's quality.
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 11:27am |
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What are you guys talking about? Sunny and 70's, shorts and tennis shoes, here in Mesa Az. Dave
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 11:39am |
David Maddux wrote:
What are you guys talking about? Sunny and 70's, shorts and tennis shoes, here in Mesa Az. Dave
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Get back to us in July!!!
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 2:25pm |
David Maddux wrote:
What are you guys talking about? Sunny and 70's, shorts and tennis shoes, here in Mesa Az. Dave |
Little colder to the north, saw this on my way outa michigan this morning.
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 4:08pm |
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DANG, -26......now that's cold!!!
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 5:12pm |
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me thinks...that david needs a coffee can of snow...dumped inside the front of them shorts!!
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 5:13pm |
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PT...i thinks willy would break off in that temp!!
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 7:50pm |
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Speaking of Dave, how is Mrs. Dave doing? Anything good to report?
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 10:08am |
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Brian: Her first Dr. appointment is on Feb. 7th. Still waiting. Shamless: I deserved that.
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 10:16am |
KC, contact LL Bean. They are VERY good at customer service They may take care of your cut mitt. I've heard such stories from the locals when I'm in that area on business trips.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 10:37am |
Here is a set on Amazon for $32.00
And for liners for choppers
Here is another site with couple different styles and different liners .
Edited by Coke-in-MN - 25 Jan 2011 at 10:51am
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 10:59am |
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It's been awhile since I've read the other post, but are you using the military ones or another type? and if you're using the military ones, trigger finger or not? I have a couple sets of the military ones and with all of the wood I've hauled and everything else I've did, I've never had a problem with the leather.
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