 G'day, how you going? My name is Tech and welcome to Bootlossophy. I acknowledge the Wajik people who are the traditional custodians of the lands that I live and work on. For those of you who know me, you know that Bootlossophy is a boot review channel, but I got this great jacket that I haven't taken off since I got it, so I thought I'd talk about it this week. This is Flint and Tinder's fleece lined waxed trucker jacket. A couple of things first up. Firstly, Flint and Tinder is online men's gear retailer, Hubberry's house brand, so you can buy this from the Hubberry website basically, which I'll put a link to below. Second, Hubberry sent me this jacket to review, but I've made no commitment to say nice things about it, and like all my boot reviews, I will be very clear about what I honestly think. Third, I have to admit, a trucker jacket is not one of my favorite styles of jackets. I prefer my jackets a little longer, maybe up the thigh length, unless they're obviously the classic bomber style jackets. My less than enthusiastic view of trucker jackets also comes from my youth, I think, when Levi's denim trucker jackets were on everyone's shoulders, but I never really caught on to see the logic in them. If I had a jacket, I'd like it for warmth, so something more than denim was required, so I thought. As for the denim trucker style, I mean, I don't know, I don't really feel it, so I approached this jacket with a similar cautiousness. However, I have to say that my lackadaisical attitude changed enough for me to want to try them, because when I saw them in the flesh as it were, I saw that with the fleece lining and the waxed canvas material, these really can be quite warming. The tan color with the patina of the wax surface also helped to pique my interest, because it's not the standard denim blue fades. It's winter here now in Perth right now, and I can report that I wore this all day on the first day. I got it wandering outdoors in the afternoons, and I found it certainly warm enough as a jacket in our milder Perth days of low to mid teens in Celsius. The tan color worked with my black jeans on the day, and I daresay would work with denim jeans in any earth-based or neutral colors. As a trucker jacket, it has all the hallmarks. There's a waistband that at the back has a pair of tabs and brass buttons that you can use to cinch the waist tighter. It has a row of what I guess are brass buttons, are like denim jackets, with a really neat engraving of the name flint and tinder on them. The cuffs are also buttoned with the same buttons. It's short, it comes to just below belt height. In design, Huckbury went with the two hand-warmer pockets and a single button pocket in the chest. Inside is a wallet or phone pocket, but quite a low pocket and left open. I wouldn't have minded another buttoned breast pocket, but that's okay. I do think though that this inside wallet slash media pocket is too low, and without a zip or a button flat, I put my phone in it and at times I have dropped my phone out of it when I take the jacket off. It's just too loose and open mouth, then placed I think low enough for things to fall out. Also at that height, and if the jacket is fully buttoned up, you kind of get into all sorts of gymnastics trying to get your wallet out or your phone out. So far I haven't really found a practical use for it. On the inside, it's lined with a soft fleece that is the secret to making this a warm jacket. I do like that fleece, it's one of its good points. The fleece also goes all the way into the sleeves which is another plus because I've seen jackets with a lesser or in fact no lining in the sleeves, making your arms feel cold and everything else is warm, which seems bad design to me. Another plus point for me is how easy the buttons are to do up. In other trucker jackets I've tried, the metal buttons are tricky to do up. The buttons themselves have sharp edges and the buttonholes always seem to be a little small when you first buy it and it doesn't really get easy to button up until you've actually used it for a while and sort of loosened the denim. Most people wear this open I know but hey it's got buttons, I want to do them up. All in all, style wise, it's changed my view of trucker jackets but only in favor of the waxed version and in this really beautiful tan which suits my wardrobe perfectly. I love the shape, design, cut and feel and it's true I have hardly taken it off since getting it even indoors using it as a jumper when it's cool. Oh by the way did I say it's pretty hot right now and I don't mean temperature wise. It's worn by the protagonists in the series The Last of Us so maybe I should crack a few jokes about fighting off zombies but you know people might get confused about the recent Laurie Vallodabell trial in Idaho. If you have no idea what I'm talking about join the club but you can always google The Last of Us or Laurie Vallodabell. Now what is it made of? If it matters to you it's made in the USA and all the materials are sourced from the USA. It's made in Los Angeles with waxed seven ounce sailcloth canvas that comes from New Jersey. The wax canvas has a soft but buttery waxy feel. It has solidity but it's also comfortable. You don't feel like a walking unbendable wax solid candle. In fact I'd call it soft to the touch and the fleece lining means that it feels great against your skin. Look it's new but the evidence is that it will patina very nicely. The creases on my elbow will attest to that already. I can tell you that other than being warm it is definitely windproof. We had gale force winds the week I got this and going for walks not only did I keep warm but it definitely kept the wind out so much so that on one day when it wasn't that cold a bit like this and I worked in the yard with it on I got quite damp inside because the sweat didn't dry off so easily as I guess it would if it were a breathable denim. Horses for courses I think. Do you want windproof warm or do you want breathable? The lining is a polyester striped blanket fleece and I think this is one item that's not sourced in the U.S. I'm not 100% sure. Overall materials quality pretty good. In terms of construction I think it's well made. There are a few loose threads here and there at the seams for example and in some of the button holes but honestly let's not be too wanky about this. It is a trucker jacket not a tuxedo. Let's just say something about the brand as I said earlier flint and tinder is the house clothing brand of Huckbury. Huckbury is an American online men's gear website with a blinding number of all types of rugged style gear for men from clothing to boots and other footwear from EDC to all the cool camping and other gear. I first came across them a couple of years ago when I bought two pairs of boots that I reviewed early when I started this channel. You can see my review of the Rhodes Owen boot from Huckbury up here. No longer available unfortunately but it does seem to come and go so you can check the website. The founders started the website only in 2010 after envisioning a brand that combined adventure the outdoors with good customer service great gear selection and part store part journal and and being an inspiration for men to live the outdoor life. They chose the name Huckbury after Huckbury Finn you know Mark Twain. You should check out their website there is a link below because beware you may need to set aside several hours to check out all the goodies grouped by clothing footwear gear watches and gifts. If you did decide to buy one of these you can use the link below it is an affiliate link. As I say I have no agreement to to praise the jacket but I do honestly like it and if you're going to buy and use the affiliate link I'll get six or seven percent you know just a little but it helps out to defray the cost of this channel. If you did decide to buy one what size would you choose? Well I'm five foot nine and that's a hundred and seventy five hundred and seventy six centimeters slightly built weigh about 75 kilograms or about a hundred and sixty five pounds. I normally wear a medium in jackets this jacket comes in sizing for a classic fit and a tall fit and as I'm average built for my height I'm certainly not tall. I chose a medium size and as you can see it fits perfectly in the classic fit. The website also has a pretty good find my fit section at the bottom of the page. The arms maybe are a tad long but most of my jackets are that way and if this were dressier I'd probably get them tailored but as it's casual rough outdoorsy jacket I'm leaving it as it is. Putting my hands in my pockets the slightly longer sleeves cover bare flesh in the cold and wet. Also as I said earlier it's comfortable it's comfortable because of the soft fleece lining and also because of the softness of the wax canvas and also because it's not a stiff wax finish but it's also comfortable because of the cut. There's enough room in my shoulders to stretch and reach out when I'm driving or working. The waistband is loose but cinched up not too loose and baggy there's good room in the sleeves and enough to fit a jumper or even a sleeveless puffer-gillet. I feel that I move and sit and lie down on my couch without really feeling any tightness to the to the jacket. Part of the reason I've not taken it off choosing the jacket this one is a color called Field 10 and I love it but there are eight other colors if you don't like this. As I said it comes in classic cut or tall cut and sizes go from extra small to three XL but depending on the color some sizes may not be available from time to time plenty of choice otherwise. Now value. This is listed at the Huckbury Wax website at 298 US. I'm not a total expert in wax trucker jackets but I do my research just like this was a pair of boots and I can't find a great quality wax jacket fit a lot less than that. In fact most that I've found have been over the 300 US mark. Filsons for example sell for 350 US dollars and one from Freenor cloth is about 400. The British barber company make one called the Bedel longer down to the thigh and that sells for about 300 pounds sterling so pretty good value. How will it wear? Honestly I don't know yet but it feels like it will wear well. I'll let you know later maybe do another long-term review in a year or maybe after a couple of winter seasons. There you go that's my review of a non-boot. Let me know in the comments below if you'd like to see more reviews of you know gear. I'll never stop reviewing and discussing and comparing boots of course but you have to wear something with the boots right and you have to carry things in a bag when you wear boots so gear is kind of related I guess. Let me know. Anyway I hope this review has been useful for you and you know maybe entertaining. If you found it so you know what to do please click on like and subscribe down there before you click on the link and then go and check out Huckbury. Happy zombie fighting and survive to come back here for my next video. Until then take care and I'll see you soon.