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Cooling Off: Swiss Army Blanket

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OK, so this might be disgustingly overpriced, and we're sure many of you have all kinds of sneaky resources to get these blankets for like, $5 a pop (don't be stingy, share the love), but we love the rugged look of Swiss Army blankets from Robert Redford's Sundance catalog.

 
 

These blankets are guaranteed to be the "real deal," made of wool and horse hair to keep us warm (and reportedly soft to touch, but we've heard otherwise), while the classic red stripe and signature cross give this blanket authenticity. Also? Each blanket is marked with a unique issue number. Maybe that's why it's priced at...$300?

Available at Sundance Catalog.

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Posh Chicago has the same vintage blankets for $50.

http://www.poshchicago.com/product.asp?pfid=PSH00502

posted by kitties! on 2007-09-12 14:41:54
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You can find them on army supply stores online for $20 or ebay.

$300 is an extreme rip off.

In fact apartment therapy already did a post about this blanket found at another store for $50.

posted by Ana on 2007-09-12 15:32:54
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Q. What do you give the man who has everything?

A. A Swiss Army Fork

posted by hrhprincessfiona on 2007-09-12 15:58:22
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i just spent 10 seconds on e-bay and you know what?
ana's right.

posted by gordon on 2007-09-12 16:02:04
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also, i might add that i like them.

posted by gordon on 2007-09-12 16:05:52
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He done lost his dang mind!!

$300 for a $20 blanket?

posted by Keisha Kornbread on 2007-09-12 17:09:11
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That´s way too much for that blanket, but then again I live in Germany so ummm they are way cheaper here.

A new use for the swiss blankets I´ve seen here is by a company called canvasco, they make messenger bags out of the blankets, I have one and that didn´t cost me 300 dollars or 300 euros.

http://www.canvasco.de/

posted by katz on 2007-09-13 12:36:23
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