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Where to buy a wax cloth jacket cheap/ second hand near Fort William
Finnish_fr1end
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Hello everuybody! I'm coming to Scotland with me brother and my 2 kids and I have one aim: I WANT to get a wax cloth jacket. Had one decades ago, hate things with something-tex in them (plastic + no good, when the tex-thingy is finito) -> I read, that there was a second hand shop specializing in outdoors equipment, but I can't find that line in my traveller's guide any more 
-> is there? Where to get a öljykangastakki, wax cloth jacket/ waxed cotton jacket, female, size 42 UK14). 
Alsogoodhiking boots would be nice.
We'll come via Ebingurg to near Fort William next monday.
Kiitoksin, many thanks, Sirpa Nieminen
-> is there? Where to get a öljykangastakki, wax cloth jacket/ waxed cotton jacket, female, size 42 UK14). Alsogoodhiking boots would be nice.
We'll come via Ebingurg to near Fort William next monday.
Kiitoksin, many thanks,
Sirpa Nieminen0
Answers
If you are looking for a waxed cotton jacket and you are passing through Edinburgh, I would recommend the Barbour shop on Frederick Street or Orvis on Hope Street near Charlotte Square. I think that it's best to buy such an item of clothing new as, with proper care, it will last a very long time indeed. Also I think you would have to be extremely lucky to find a second hand jacket in your size given that waxed cotton jackets are not as popular as they used to be. I don't really know what's available in Fort William although I'm sure there are lots of outdoor shops there.
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