Named for the "round house" railroad repair station, ROUND HOUSE® brand overalls quickly became a favorite among rail workers, becoming known for their ruggedness and affordability.Round House produce overalls in 9 cloths (Classic Blues, Vintage Stripe, Heavy Duty Brown Duck, Heavy Duty Black Duck, Stone Washed Blues, Low-Back, Painter, Carpenter, Realtree® & Mossy Oak® Camouflage), and 4 makeups for kids too. John Ratzenberger visited the Shawnee, Oklahomo plant for his Made in America tour in 2007, 10 minutes worth of clips here. The meat and potatoes is clip 2.
Over 100 years later, Round House Mfg. is the oldest operating manufacturing company in Oklahoma, and still builds ROUND HOUSE® workwear according to the "Fit Best, Wear Longest" standard.
-via Round House
You may know Round House already but I believe they have updated their site a bit; worth a second look. Forgot to mention, their stuff is super reasonable, all $30-$40 range.
The hook for me is the double kneed brown duck work pants, on the site referred to as a replacement for "Carhartt's discontinued work pants", (UB01's, that is made in USA B01's). Took some digging on japanese sites to get an actual picture of the Round House double fronts, as below. Very interested to see these live -but that means ordering online as can't find anywhere in Boston or near that has them. Anyone??
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Their bibs are cheaper than Key or Liberty and look more durable. Never even heard of this company... Wow.
I know Roundhouse very well from my time in the swamps & prairies of Texas & La. Its a very common work attire in the oil fields and ranch crowds.
I love the graphic, form & function, local made provenance, price points & the "old-school" concept of the line as a whole.
Now, with that said - being a test kitchen of field and forest wear & homestead fashion, I have sashayed a pair of the brown duck bibs, which mime the Carhartt's old button fly's - almost!
The Roundhouse line seems a bit trimmer/tighter in cut, a good thing if you size them right for you. The elastic and hardware on the bib straps was a bit weak feeling - like Key or Liberty. Because of poor sizing, by me own count, they ride too high & tend to pouch out to much in the belly/bib section. I think they need to tweak the cut.
They main point - Their brown duck cloth did a little much in the shrinking game, lost color/faded fast, and became soft & wimpy in the briers, taking on snags far to fast, in comparison to carhartt's.
But, they are cheap & fun. Well worth experimenting with sizing. Amerikee made.
I'll hunt around VT and NH and see if I can find them? - Just remembered I think Caplan's Army store in Saint Johnsbury, VT carries the line... Cheers,
Looking at their website, they had a store locator and I believe that there is one store that carries it out in Boston:
http://www.round-house.com/stores/massachusetts.htm
Hope that helps and thanks for reminding me of this great company!
There used to be a big and tall men's store in Downtown Crossing that carried some of their line. I have a pair of the x-back bibs. They fit ok, not perfect just ok.
hey james,
Digging up an old post i know... but in my quest for old UB01s, came across this.
http://allusaclothing.com/carhartt_ub01_dungaree_usa_made.aspx
i've ordered off the site before, good spot. just a heads up
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