Club Obi Wan

I know most people wear jackets to keep warm but I live where it's relatively warm even in the late fall and early spring. I love wearing my leather jackets. I like the extend my jacket wearing period as long as possible. I'd like to hear some opinions on what the coolest jacket lining might be. I've always thought that silk or satin were the best linings for keeping things cool. They certainly feel cooler to the touch. I have a bull headed friend who insists that 100% cotton is the best because it breaths more freely than anything else. He says that any cotton/synthetic blend is the worst, which I'm inclined to agree with. Let me know what you guys think and what your experiences have been.

Your Bull Headed friend is correct. Definately cotton. Silk and satin feel great while in the cooler weather, or in air-conditioned rooms, but start sweating in the least, and that stuff sticks to you, and starts to feel uncomfortable.
'Blues

I live in South Central Tennessee, right against the Alabama border. I've owned just about every type jacket with every kind lining made, and have to totally agree with your 'bull headed' friend. Satin is great if you wear long sleeve shirts and want the ease of pulling a jacket off in cooler weather, but when it get hot, and you a bit 'sticky', you'll play hob trying to pull the sleeves off your arm. I did!! I've had less problem with all cotton, or the lining used by Gibson and Barnes (FS) here in our part of the world.

I'm an all cotton or like lining fan myself here in the South.

Regards! Michaelson

My grandparents live in Crossville. I've been there during July. Wearing any kind of jacket whatsoever was the last thing on my mind.

(Have had some adventures there in the past though, I scrambled down the hillside next to their house and found a waterfall with a small cave behind it, in it were the remains of an old still, one time we also took about a 17-18 mile hike where we had to hack through bush, wade a chest deep river, and we discovered an old, totally abandoned farm house completely overgrown and falling apart. FUN! )

I'm originally from Portsmouth, so I KNOW what you're talking about in getting acclimated from Ohio to the South. Once you are, though, and your blood 'thins', jackets feel pretty good, though not in July!!

Regards! Michaelson

You must be right about becoming acclimated. My grandfather settled in Detroit after he was discharged from the navy in '45. He lived there untill about '91 or '92 when they moved to Tenn. to build their retirement home.
Whenever we would visit for reunions years later we would be SWELTERING in like 96F with 200% humidity, the entire family would be DYING! people were making the 1hour drive to civilization just to buy bags of ice to put in the kiddie pool to put their feet in! WHY? Because my grandfather, king of the castle, lord of the manor, REFUSED to turn on the central air! He would just sit in his rocking chair with an iced tea wearing long pants and a long sleeve shirt with not ONE bead of sweat! Everyone else looked like they had just taken a dip in a warm pool full of perspiration.

Yep. Us grandpas are like that down here in Tennessee, so I can relate.

Regards! Michaelson

Havana, I agree with your friend. I have an all cotton lining in my Wested and wouldn't have it any other way. IMO the cotton lining is just as warm as any other lining, (an uninsulated jacket isn't very warm period.) but when it gets warm it won't stick to you. All cotton is the way to go.

That's funny. Last year cotton body, satin sleeves was the 'way to go'. What'll it be next year?


have a nice day.

No lining at all?

J_Weaver wrote:Havana, I agree with your friend. I have an all cotton lining in my Wested and wouldn't have it any other way. IMO the cotton lining is just as warm as any other lining, (an uninsulated jacket isn't very warm period.) but when it gets warm it won't stick to you. All cotton is the way to go.

Weaver,
I have all cotton lining in mine and I like it very much. The only thing is, sometimes it "grabs" cotton shirts and does not want to let go! Sometimes, you end up turning your entire jacket inside-out trying to get it off!

I've never had the cotton lining grab to that point, but I can see where it certainly could happen. Although Wested recommends the satin sleeves, I like the feel of the all cotton lining, especially when wearing a t-shirt.

J_Weaver wrote:I've never had the cotton lining grab to that point, but I can see where it certainly could happen. Although Wested recommends the satin sleeves, I like the feel of the all cotton lining, especially when wearing a t-shirt.

I like that feel also, though I almost never wear short-sleeve shirts. When the cotton-lined sleeves grab, it's like a straight-jacket! Still, I prefer it that way though on my new jacket I am trying the satin sleeves. -I am open to new things.