# I Want a Red Wool BSA Jacket **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989 "2010-07-08T17:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/1 "2010-07-08T17:55:32Z")
I was a boy scout. I was very happy with my red wool boy scout jacket. I have looked [in the obvious places,](http://www.toothoftimetraders.com/philmont/dept.asp?s_id=0&dept_name=Men%27s&dept_id=6283&WT.svl=deptnav2) but no dice. A simple Google leads me to eBay et. al., where people are selling used jackets. I need the jacket of my youth, but in a more generous size. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/2 "2010-07-08T19:17:42Z")
Have you checked out the [BSA store](http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsasupply/)? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/3 "2010-07-08T19:19:28Z")
[Bingo?](http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?ctlg=05NDC&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=APPAREL&C3=JACKETS&C4=&LV=3&item=541BSJ) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/4 "2010-07-08T20:13:56Z")
I don’t know about Paul, but none of those are like the one I owned - which I agree was awesome. There must be some big ones around - my father who was a scout leader, had one. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/5 "2010-07-08T20:33:01Z")
Like this?: > **[This item is unavailable - Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/listing/49189340/)** > > Find the perfect handmade gift, vintage & on-trend clothes, unique jewelry, and more… lots more. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/6 "2010-07-09T05:53:27Z")
No, nothing at the BSA store. Ogre has a near-hit at Scout Stuff. (I did not want the scout insignia.) Zoid found the used one I was considering. Thank you all. Next step is to check my closet very closely before I buy a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/7 "2010-07-10T21:15:59Z")
Here’s a modern take on it, I guess. It’s the closest thing I could find, in red. [http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/11129?pi=33111&qs=3012739-Google\_Base&subrnd=0](http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/11129?pi=33111&qs=3012739-Google_Base&subrnd=0) It’s not really the right time of year to be looking…give it another 4-6 weeks and start looking again. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/8 "2010-07-10T21:34:37Z")
It appears to be a [cpo jacket](http://www.vintagetrends.com/vintage/thumbnails.asp?MC=Vintage&CA=men&SC=jackets%2Fcoats&ST=CPO+Jacket) made of all-red instead of checked wool. Is solid red a non-negotiable? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/9 "2010-07-11T02:03:09Z")
friend Paul, Here is a link to the red wool jacket available from the official boy scout store. They come in adult sizes, and the scout emblem patch is not sewn on but sent with the jacket \ [red wool jacket](http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?cat=01RTL&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=APPAREL&c3=JACKETS&c4=&lv=3&item=541BSJ) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/10 "2010-07-16T15:26:11Z")
Thank you all, I found the official one, but without the BSA badge is better. I have already found the Philmont Bull, but that might be pushing it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-red-wool-bsa-jacket/545989/11 "2010-07-16T15:33:48Z")
My friend mentioned she wished she still had her N-2B parka she had in the Army. So I ordered one for her (November) birthday. The box arrived the other day, drop-shipped from Alpha, and they’d packed a CWU-45/P – and it wasn’t even Nomex. Still, it sounds like less of a problem than obtaining a BSA jacket! When I read the title I thought it was going to be a BSA motorcycle jacket.