>>2520683This is what you should know. It's luxury hardwearing wool is something akin to what they call it.
>what does it mean?Luxury means it's some of the softest wool. How do you evaluate 'soft' wool?
1) Virgin wool. Why? Because virgin wool is a longer strand of hair meaning it is less likely to poke you. Recycled wool uses shorter 'recycled' hair lengths.
2) Microns. This translates to the circumference of the sheep hair. Merino is the thinnest wool hair at like 18ish microns. Rambouillet is a merino hybrid. They mixed the softest hair (merino) with the longest hair sheep (can't recall the name). It is like 19 or 20 microns, so not much different to merino. I believe rambouillet also grows a little easier in USA, whereas merino grows better in Australia/New Zealand but that could be BS; however, rambouillet is more of an american sheep.
>ConclusionsSo, is it some of the softest you will find? Yes!
Is it the most durable for what it is? Absolutely!
Is it the most durable on Earth? Probably not considering there is sheep hair wool that is about twice as dense.
So you are buying hardcore luxury, and that is the tradeoff
However, I will say this - the wool industry is not what it used to be. It has had significant decline since at least the 1970s, if not earlier. Ralph has gone through the effort to make the best for that wool at weatherwool. 0 compromises. For the other sheep breeds out there, I cannot say there is a wool product that is made the best it can be for what it is. Filson no longer uses the quote, "might as well have the best", albeit their plaid wool is still good. I've also had a friend that had a Swanndri bush shirt he used for farming last 15 years. They are merino, and this was when they were New Zealand made.
