Boy am I with you KT.

As a boy in the mines I wore a Filson canvas cruiser jacket treated with goop. It "rained" all the time inside the mine as water percolated through and that jacket kept me dry. All the wear and tear of rubbing against rocks never hurt it.

Have a new one now 44 years later that fits my adult body. Still made the same by Filson. Haven't had to regunk it yet. Love all the pockets. Only thing I don't like is the smell of the treatment.

I've worn a long Driza-Bone Aussie Drover's coat rafting the canyon in fierce rain storms and its kept me toasty and dry too.

Old timer's knew how to do it.

A wool Inverness cape is still on my long wish list though. Meantime I sometimes use my Civil War replica U.S. Cavalry Greatcoat by Grand Illusions or my U.S. Navy bridgecoat. Both don't have anything to do with kilts, but they keep me dry in foul weather.

Had thought about taking the sleeves off the greatcoat to make a sort of Inverness Cape....but think it'd look silly and I'd lose its use for wearing it the local Veteran's Day parade in cold weather.

Ron