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Jämä Blanket Shirt
A proper bushcrafty Blanket Shirt! Here's a primitive low-tech garment where the superior, natural qualities of wool combined with simple and clever details make for a very functional outdoors jacket. These are made from military surplus wool blankets and other interesting materials!
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A proper bushcrafty Blanket Shirt! Here's a primitive low-tech garment where the superior, natural qualities of wool combined with simple and clever details make for a very functional outdoors jacket. These are made from military surplus wool blankets and other interesting materials!
What's this bushcraft all about? In a nutshell, it's camping or hiking without modern cheating devices like Gore-Tex, gas stoves, or GPS.
The idea of the Blanket Shirt stems from very old outdoor garments. Wool jackets with this basic form have been used from around the middle ages. In more recent times, these have gained popularity among traditionalists.
A bag of old tricks
The Jämä Blanket Shirt is a simple and functional garment that doesn't throw that good and proper old stuff away. These were good back in the days and not the least bit worse in the days to come. We didn't reinvent the wheel, just made our variation of it with practical features.
The chest pocket is large and positioned a bit higher up on the chest as not to interfere with backpack hip belts or equipment belts worn over the shirt. Great for storage or warming your cold fingers. Inside the pocket is a smaller pocket, sewn onto the body side of the shirt. This little flat pocket is intended to safely store any important valuables such as mobile phones. Access slits on the sides to make rummaging through your trouser pockets or accessing equipment on your trouser belt easier.
The hood offers protection from wind and rain and keeps your head warm, an obvious necessity if there ever was one. The hem is way longer on the back, this will keep the crack of your arse covered in any squatting position and it also offers simple protection from wet or cold surfaces when sitting. Unbemazing! From the end of 2020 onwards, the hood is less of a cultist model and more functional.
Raglan sleeves, these are a really neat thing! No seams anywhere on top of the shoulders mean no chafing when carrying backpacks. Mobility of the arms is better as well.
Materials and variations
These are made from proper quality military surplus blankets and other materials, depending on what we can source. This means that prices will vary, some stuff is more expensive, some cheaper.
When using surplus blankets, one blanket shirt may be sewn together from slightly different shades of the same material. We try to keep the differences reasonable but will not throw away otherwise good blankets because of this variation.
You can see the latest materials below and the older materials (possibly seen in product pictures) can be studied by expanding the box. Some of these might be available depending on random things.
Safely Gray
Soft and fuzzy wool fabric. 60% Wool, 25% Polyester, 10% Polyamide, and 5% other fibers. Weight 430 g/m2. Surplus batch from an Italian fabric maker.
Blueish Gray
This fabric is slightly coarse on the surface, yet drapes softly. 80 % Wool, 20% Polyamide, weight 346 g/m2. Surplus batch from an Italian fabric maker.
Materials of Blanket Shirts past
Size info
Comes in three sizes with a loose fit. At each size, you'll see a recommended user height and chest circumference. Understand, that the fit is not like a parade dress or in any other way or form a socially normative choice.
The main thing to consider is the chest circumference, as a too-small shirt will be difficult to pull over your head. The length is generous and if the sleeves overshoot your hands, just fold them for a tailored fit.
The model with the sharp gaze and paintbrush beard is 178 cm tall with a 95 cm chest (5' 10" and 37.4"), wearing a size Small with a couple of shirts underneath. The septum-pierced model trying to look gentle is 188 cm tall with a 96 cm chest (6' 2" and 37.8"), also wearing a size Small.
Below are more detailed charts of the garment measurements as follows: chest width (pit to pit), front length from the collar to the hem, center back length from the bottom of the hood to the hem, sleeve length from the center of the neck to the cuff, and sleeve length from the armpit to the cuff. The tolerance is about 1 cm (0.4") either way.
Size chart (metric units)
Size chart (freedom units)
Kierto Circular Economy
Return this product used but clean and unbroken, and you'll receive half of the product's original price as Varusteleka credits. Service is available only in Finland. Only Registered users can make Kierto returns. See more information about Kierto.
Jämä is upcycled surplus
Jämä is a Finnish word meaning leftovers or scraps. It’s also one of our house brands for equipment made from recycled or surplus materials. From time to time we accumulate stuff that doesn't sell well but is made out of outstanding materials. We've also got several capable seamstresses here, and the equation is pretty clear: cut that useless stuff apart and sew it back together to create something useful.
Because Finnish labor is one of the most expensive in the world, these are very simple, practical and rugged in design. Our development and prototype production remains in-house while most of the production is outsourced to Turku and other cities - still within Finland. Simplicity means strength: the fewer parts there are, the smaller the chance of breaking anything. Read more about Jämä.
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Tommi H. 30.04.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
Jaakko M. 23.06.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
Tällä käytöllä täydet 5/5, mutta tarkennan arvostelua, kunhan käyttöä tulee lisää. Varsinkin eräreissuista selviämisen testaaminen kiinnostaa ja saattaa vaikuttaa arvosanaan. Kunhan säät kylmenee. Mutta kyllä tästä tuli nopeasti luottovaate näillä sääolosuhteilla.
Edit joulukuu '17: nyt on vermettä aika paljon ulkoilutettu ja mielipide on entistä positiivisempi! Aivan täydellinen metsässä rämpimiseen. Alle tilanteen mukaan hengittäviä kerroksia ja reppuun anorakki, jos sää menee aivan onnettomaksi. Rämmin kolmatta tuntia peräkkäisiä hakkuualueita selkä märkänä, mutta pysähtyessä ei tuntunut ollenkaan pahalta, kiitos merinovillaisen aluskerraston ja villaisen päälikerraston. Toisella kurjan kostealla reissulla vedin alle peltipaidan lisäeristykseksi ja tauolla kuuskakkosen takin viimaa vastaan. Kesällä tuli muutama yökin nukuttua semisuojaisessa paikassa vain vetämällä huppu silmille ja kädet taskuun. Lintutornissa värjöttelyssä toimii myös mainiosti.
Itsenäisyyspäivän nurkilla tuulisessa pakkassäässä pääsi viima kutittelemaan helman alta, mutta huosujen vyön siirtäminen miehistövyöksi pussitti mukavasti alaosan ja taas tarkeni.
Mielessä on paljon pieniä lisäyksiä joita aion tehdä/teettää, kuten hihan kiristys pompan napeilla, kartta- tai hanskatasku selkäpuolelle, paracodista tehty lenkkikuja pikkusälälle, ja niin edelleen. Näin yksinkertaiseen vaatteeseen kun voi lisätä omaa näkemystään verrattain helposti.
In English: pretty much perfect outer layer for any strenuous activity that combines sweating with cold weather (e.g. Finland all year round). Warm and breathable, durable, not flammable and easily repaired. Highly recommend.
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Eamon B. 28.09.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
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Nicolas P. 09.11.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
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Christopher H. 16.11.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
Also huge unexpected bonus that it makes me look like an angry forest monk festooned with weaponry.
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Greg W. 21.11.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
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jukka k. 05.12.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
Toivotaan että kestää koko loppuiän, varmaan joutuu haalimaan varalle yhden jos sattuu joku hyvä uusi sarka kohdalle.
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Arthur M. 16.12.2017 (Edited 31.05.2021)
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Jerry S. 03.01.2018 (Edited 31.05.2021)
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