i am now the proud owner of a pair of olive green 1940s surplus british army wool puttees !
backstory: in the past few weeks i’ve noticed that the brambles in my hedge are pulling lil loopies out of my corduroys. i decided something had to be done to defend my one pair of trousers. later that day i came across a reel of a guy explaining why wwi soldiers had bandages around their legs and hours later they were on their way to a friend’s house (thanks e-commerce ig)
i’ve been trialing them for three days now and i love them. they add a nice grounding pressure around my legs, they look interesting, and they keep early-Winter breeze from rinsing the whole way through me. i still haven’t field-tested them as an anti-bramble measure, but that will come by saturday (big hedge plans).
military surplus gear is kinda new to me, but this is cheap, durable, plastic-free, and i can rest assured knowing that they’re designed for unimaginably dreary conditions. it takes a minute to take them off and roll them up, and a couple of minutes to wrap them around, but it’s a nice activity. i like the texture of the wool. it also blows my mind that they’re older than my grandfather. ancient sheep, forgotten by time.
