Looks like an awesome product. Dave’s giving off some major Ben Kenobi vibes😂

In the army we used to wear our Pancho's on the back of our pistol belt with blousing rubbers. Worked real well.

That hood probably seems like heaven during a ice storm .

Dave I’m from southern Ohio along the Ohio River and shade river in meigs county and your videos have helped me a lot beside what my dad and papa have shown me about living and surviving off the land and stay safe during cold weather. Your a hero of mine for real Dave. Nothing but mad respect here for you my friend. Stay safe brother.

I would love a rain poncho made out of this material, something made to work with the swagman

Looks great Dave. Tentsmiths ought to make a winter anorak or smock with their awesome canvas.

I love this !! Practical, versatile,lightweight, natural materials...yes !

Simple but Valuable piece of gear. Bonus Obi-Wan vibes

Love it!!!! Has a very nice nostalgic look to it.

Looks like a decent piece of kit Dave. I like that it's simple and packs down real simple.

I miss the old Long hunter series videos... thanks for years of teaching...

Dave , your just like a big kid !!! It’s fun playing in the woods . Thanks for the survival entertainment .

Dave, I'm so glad you talked tentsmith's into adding a hood to the watchcoat. I had bought a watchcoat from the previous owners and wanted a hood, now I am a reinactor and knowing it wasn't correct I still wanted a hood, after all some capotes have them. As I was ordering an oilskin tarp from the new owners of tentsmith's I asked them if they had considered making a model with a hood. They said no,but being new owners they were looking at new concepts. So, I ordered enough extra oilskin material, made and installed my own hood. It is crude but effective and looks like a non tailor on the frontier had done the work. It has character I guess you would say. The lined oilskin hood they make is a dandy also. The new owners seem like good folk. Again, thanks for all you do. YMHS, campdog

Thank you for all your videos dave they are awesome. 👍

I love simple. Simple works. Good stuff!

Shut up and take my money! Wow, I love this. It'd be perfect for Eastern Canada late winter hunts, with mixed precipitation.

Excellent piece of kit you really have brought me back to my childhood country boy roots - from a hiker weekend camper to bushcraft where my heart apparently has always been! Many a fort I have built and survived with the most basic of childhood kit, mid 70's to mid 80's was just perfect!

Thinking along the multifunctional use, it could also be used as a ground sheet to lay on or sit on. I like that it is so simple with no toggles or buttons or snaps. Thank you so much for always thinking of making gear better!!

I do like the practicality of it. I'd sew on some loops and toggles to keep it closed rather than rely on a second piece like a belt. A case where knowing some Marlinspike Seamanship is a very good thing! For folks who enjoy the woods, I cannot recommend highly enough that you get a copy of the Ashley Book of Knots. This is the gold standard that every bushcrafter or homesteader should have. As much as I like the look of this rain coat, it really could benefit from some of the marlinspike seamanship shown in the Ashley Book of Knots. And, the ABOK is just full of things you can use around the camp and home, things you've never thought of. If they could use rope and pulleys to move ships in dry dock, imagine what you can do around the house!

Looks good and no doubt made well and would hold up but, personally, I like having either a zipper or, perhaps, one or two rows of buttons with loops on the other side to close the rain coat up. If you need that shamog for something, or what ever you use to hold the coat closed in rain, then you're not as protected from elements. And even with fasteners to close it you can still open some of them and pull it open at the top to ventilate if needed. Again, just my preference. As I said, good idea over all. Oh, one other thing, I've worn those oil cloth coats and find that if you're in really cold and windy conditions those things do not keep you warm unless you're outer wear is made for said conditions and you're using the oil cloth coat simply as rain cover or a wind block....plus, the one I had got really stiff in the cold: I was in Wyoming during a very bad winter with temps in single digits at the time and it was extremely windy at that time to boot. You didn't mention the approximate cost of that oil clothe rain coat.

Back to the basics! I like that.

Awesome Coat, Dave looks like a survival wizard who's gonna give us a survival quest

looking great Dave, I still remember watching those damn dual survival days hard to believe it's been a damn decade

Great job Dave.

Pretty neat Dave. that's a very useful piece of gear !

Oh Snap Dave !!! Dude it's good to see you. Been too long glad your sharing still. Thanks man, now I'll watch the Vid.

Looking forward to supporting your new product. I certainly do like the idea. Thanks.

A handy piece of kit and looks awesome as well. Saved Monk Outdoors put a hood on his watch coat a few years ago. Nate

Dude - Hell Yeah!! I'm always looking for "Simple yet Effective" ... This is It!! And I love this design!! Plus, it's OIL - not a spray. Any spray-on water repellent just emits a horrendous odor that never goes away. Excellent Video!! Keep 'em coming!

I like the practicality, the ease of carrying, the colors, and the design. Subbed and liked 20 seconds in and very interested to watch your other vids. Cheers from British Columbia.

Looks like a great idea!

I just bought me a duster it keeps the rain off of me ,l I love it!it's really long ,I'm short so it hangs almost to my ankles.i walk all over in the woods (looking for deer) and right now it's the rainy season. Love your videos Dave keep them coming .

Very cool. This is like the missing link to the kit. Great solution. Thanks for doing.

About Time! The only reason I have never purchased a watchcoat has been the absence of a hood. I will definitely be ordering this one. Looks great.

You do some great stuff man, I appreciate it 👍

Hi Dave, really neat concept love the product!

good to see you again david.

DC can’t wait to see it on the site. Will be keeping an eye out.

I defiantly will be buying at least one of these! I've been looking for this in Grey tho, I do like the Brown, okay okay a Black & White version for winter time also! Thanks for doing all the good work that y'all do!

Awesome product man all your stuff Is awesome. 👍

It looks awesome!

I like this and definitely see great applications for it. I think small toggles on this would make it even better and not add any real weight to it

It look like a very good and multifunctional piece of kit!

Love your videos Dave!

Can't wait to see 😍 what you come up with next 🐻

Really enjoy your videos Dave keep'em coming bud. Hope you and your family are doing great. Stay safe and be well brother. 👊😎🤙🍻🇺🇸

I have the jacket and the hood combination, I prefer the one I have with the separate hood, but this is also a nice versatile setup….

This is perfect I'm definitely buying some

Great video, Dave!

Definitely keeping an eye out for this one.

Dave continues to provide extremely useful information and ideas. Inspiring many people and probably saving lives

I'm not just pandering here that looks really awesome this would be great for construction workers as well. All the rubber and plastic and stuff break and get punctures and poke holes in them so so easy it's hard to find a lightweight material, that'll keep you dry without wearing really heavy thick rubber material normally. Even in the woods not just construction obviously this would make an amazing hunting rain gear! Very cool.

Thank you Dave

Picked up some old infantry shelter half vibes when he unrolled that thing. I can still remember what rain sounds like on it, made me sleep like a baby. I know, I’m weird.

I've seen several photos of mid 1800s westerners (most notably Wild Bill Hickok) who wore a sash around their midsection, where they stuffed pistols, knives, pouches, and whatever else. Almost like a "horseshoe " pack around your waist instead of your shoulder. A mid 1800s "tactical" web belt.

Dave rock' n it like kenobi!

I need one of those in my saddle bag.

I have the original Watch Coat and added a toggled hood last year. The coat has worked well for me. I had to wear a hat before they added the toggled hood. To have this integrated is great and more cost effective. The shemagh usage is better than carrying a rope. Thanks Dave.

Great idea. I recently picked up a Polish Lavuu for just this reason. I still need to waterproof it though.

Similar to the old Army issue poncho....I continue to use.....in so many multiple ways

I was just rewatching Dual Survival That was awesome how you caught that wild pig and alligator

Quick little mod... I sewed a large BDU button inside the front about a foot below the neckline. This is the perfect size to clip a morakniv sheath to the button.

Thank you for your tireless work in effort to improve your line up of excellent equipment and making it available to all of us

Now that piece of gear is awesome! I've been looking for something like that for a long time I certainly hope it don't cost too much. Thanks Dave I'm so glad y'all came out with this. You never did say when it was going to be available so I'll just keep an eye out for it I usually get an email from you when something you comes out anyway. Looking forward to this please don't charge too much. Stay vigilant!

Greetings Dave, Reading some of comments below everyone agree is fantastic idea with recommendations of tie out I would go a little further how about a pancho with tie outs. I would love a combination of both of them. I can't wait to see the final product.

Always wanted a watch coat but never bought one because it didn’t make sense for the cost without the hood. So I’m all in on this. Can’t wait to see this. I’ll ditch my ponchos for that.

Thanks Dave

I like it. I wore a duster for years...just so I'd always have something for the rain and wind, all the way thru college. I've been considering buying another, but this may replace that. My biggest issue was never having the hood as well.

Not completely sure but looks like Dave's camera equipment has been upgraded! Kudos!

Seems like a snap closure would be a useful & simple addition… Of course snaps would allow use in the manner you showed as well.

I can't wait for the new Kephart "Camp Master Edition"!!!!!

Awesome coat

👍👍👍. Nice .. simplicity at it's best. What goes around, comes around .. shades of the traditional offshore fishing crew 'oilskins'.

Looks good. I like it.

Reminds me of the older Korean or WW II surplus ponchos we used to get years ago in the Surplus stores.

It looks like a versatile piece of kit. Would definitely be welcome on a rainy morning checking traps. Of course, we know how excellent Tentsmith's quality is. It even has a cool Obi Won Kenobi vibe 🙂 I am excited about the Campmaster coming soon!

I might have to get one of these.

Thanks dave

I like how you tied it to your belt. That's a nice hack.

Looks great

Great it has got me thinking

Swedwoods channel features a laavu (lavvu) poncho that the guy uses as a tent. He looks like a derelict or a refugee when he uses it as a shell on the move, but it's extremely versatile, with all kinds of buttons/snaps (I forget which), so he can wear it at different lengths, depending on what he needs. It's just a matter of how much of it he lets out. Eyelets all over, depending on what kind of shelter he wants to make. "Your watchcoat has no buttons or zippers!" "It's a feature, not a defect." I never thought about it, but how nice and compact that stows, and how much bulkier it would be if you added a zipper or buttons. I'm not real fond of square knots for belts, unless you make one or both ends into a bow, for the same reason you tie your shoelaces in a bow, and it's not because they always make shoelaces too long. I'm more apt to wear the shell, and just add or subtract layers under it, rather than keeping it stowed for wet weather. A good, thick oilskin, more or less open, depending on conditions, is kind of my go-to, and about the only thing that changes is what and how much is stacked under it. But that's got to be fairly thin oilskin in your watch coat. Easier to pack and probably pretty quiet.

That is a great piece of kit for any body to use .sern Jake using his out on a hunt made great cammo too dulled him right out

Lol! NIce, bushcraft robe! thats slick mister!

I can see the logic behind it . Might want toggles and loops on the outside, for my use .

Very nice bro!

I'd add a tie or snaps in a sailor jacket style (meaning two rows apart of buttons depending on how much it needs to cover) also I'd make sure that hood can tighten under chin. Winds are gonna blow it off or obstruct your vision. The cloth you're tieing around your waste us gonna get wet. Otherwise great jacket.

I need one ASAP!

reminds me a LOT of a Native capote, only shorter and in oilcloth instead of wool/leather

Hope you and your Pathfinder family are all keeping well

Hi from Fribourg Switzerland 🙏👍 great vidéo thank you buddy 👍👍

I like it. The hood has good coverage. Kinda looks like friar Tuck though, especially if you're carrying a stick. Good video, Dave!

Informative and beneficial video

That looks like decent option for the Cover element of the C's. My only concern would be the hood in the wind and how it handles it, if it keeps blowing back that'd be annoying

Dave how about a fold under sleeve extension? About a 4 inch sleeve that folds inside but can be unrolled to cover hands in extreme weather. A little risky covering hands but keeping naked hands dry in cold wet weather is a must also.

Can't wait..

Side note- looks like you got a new camera or something. Image quality and color is sharper and clearer than ever. At least, looks that way. Thanks for all you do Dave!

That is the kind of equipment I am looking for.

That is really nice!!!

Glad to see someone make a light oil cloth version of the blanket coat (Kapote) European adaptation derived from the native peoples before recorded time waterproof using animal skin Dave love what you do that's my theory on who invented the hoodie