In a series of serendipitous moments and heart awakening events over recent months, I've decided to move PeakOilCompany into being a project much more aligned to personal and artistic interests.

A bigger international brand contacted Peak Oil Company a few months ago, asking for samples and wholesale prices. Having a range is something we've been wanting to get going for a while now, so we took the opportunity to develop a number of products to see where the interest might lead.

It's been a mad mad couple of months, designing, prototyping, redesigning, re-prototyping a frame pack we're calling Bag 1, with modular system extensions we're calling bags 2, 3 and 4 :)

Did you catch a glimpse of the kangaroo leather jacket? It was commissioned by a local mountains fella. Working with kangaroo leather is super luxurious, and an intimidating prospect. One false stitch and it's start over, buy new skin. Expensive.

Here's another custom jacket just finished. It takes the design developed in the kangaroo leather jacket project, applied in a light brown waxed canvas, and adding the usual hood and wool lining.

The patrol cap is a classic piece of military kit, evolving from the French kepi and American Civil War, through to US soldiers today. It's a design that I can't argue with, after wearing one every day for nearly two years.

Check out this video of a vest getting made, in the Wilga Menswear studio in Kallista. This is a clip from the forthcoming documentary 600 Mills by Martin Wood.

It's been a busy winter so far, which is good for peakoilcompany but not so good for folks waiting for their orders. We're about 2 weeks behind, trying to catch up to the commitments. 

We're finishing the last of the July 2016 sheepskin vests this weekend, clearing the cutting table to start on a range of jackets ordered for the August run.

The end of June is approaching, and the first of the Antarctic fronts are roaring across the high country. The wind is driving sleet and snow into every crevice, and scouring the open plains above the snow gums.

The sheepskin was awesome! It sure got wet, but only the outside. The wool fleece remained dry and warm - it really is amazing to wear.

Old time bush skiers

The Peak Oil Jacket is custom fitted to your measurements and designed for activity in conditions where function, comfort, modest style, protection and durability are of equal importance.

Thor just returned from 4 weeks in Japan, throughly testing the Peak Oil Jacket. 4 weeks of continuous use in snow, rain, altitude, night clubs and Tokyo streets. It comes back to us with some incredibly valuable feedback, some spoken, the rest written into the jacket itself.

The guy is running a 4000 watt generator on syngas produced from a bucket load of sticks cooked in a homemade wood gasifier. Oh, he's distilling bio fuel from it as well.

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