A real windproof balaclava, with a seventy-year-old fisherman printed on it.
- ✓Blocks the wind on the run out and the run back
- ✓Sits flat under a cap, beanie or hood
- ✓Clears your sunglasses, so polarised lenses go straight on top
- ✓Three faces, one stretch size, fits whoever borrows it
You can see out. Nobody can see in. The panel across the eyes is clear from the inside and flat grey from the outside, which is the whole trick.
Pick your pack
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Fit & layering
One stretch size, built to fit most adult heads. There is no small or large to get wrong, which is why it survives being handed round a boat.
Under a hat. The knit is thin rather than bulky, so a trucker cap, a beanie or a jacket hood goes straight over the top without riding up at the temples.
With sunglasses. The eye opening clears the frames. Polarised lenses sit on top of the fabric instead of pinching underneath, and the arms run over the knit.
Worn down. Pull it off your face and it sits as a neck warmer once the sun gets on the water, so you are not carrying it.
Material & the print
- Construction
- Single-piece stretch knit, full head, face and neck
- Wind
- Windproof outer face
- Breathability
- Breathable knit, moves air rather than trapping damp
- Eye opening
- Single wide opening with a flat light-grey panel
- Printed into the fabric, wraps the head with no seam across the face
Because the face goes into the cloth rather than onto it, it does not crack or peel where the material folds at the neck, which is the first place a stuck-on print gives up.
The three faces
Care
[VERIFY] Wash instructions have not been confirmed. Do not publish a temperature or a cycle until the supplier states one in writing.
What is safe to say today: the face is printed into the fabric rather than applied on top, so washing does not lift or crack the print.
Fishing Mask
5am starts, solved
The boat ramp will never be quiet again.
Underneath, it is an ordinary windproof balaclava. It keeps the wind off your face on a cold morning run across the lake, sits flat under a cap, and leaves room for your sunglasses.
It just happens to have a seventy-year-old fisherman printed on it.
What it actually does
Built for the cold part of the morning.
Blocks the wind
Open water is colder than the shore and a boat under power makes its own wind. The fabric cuts it off your cheeks, nose and neck on the run out and the run back.
Breathes instead of soaking
Thin, stretchy knit that moves air. It does not turn damp and clammy the way a thick neck gaiter does once the sun comes up and you start working.
Sits flat under a cap or hood
No bulk at the temples. Pull a trucker cap, a beanie or a jacket hood straight over the top and nothing rides up.
Leaves room for sunglasses
The eye opening clears the frames, so polarised lenses sit on top of the fabric instead of fighting it.
Covers the skin that burns
Full face and neck coverage on a long day with the sun coming off the water from below as well as above.
The print
From ten feet away, nobody is sure.
The face is printed into the fabric, not stuck on top of it. Wrinkles, whiskers, a sunburnt nose and a couple of missing teeth, all at full size, all the way around the head.
The eye opening is a flat grey panel you can see out through but nobody can see into. That is what sells it. There are no eyes where eyes should be, and people stare for a second too long before they work out why.
- ✓Printed through the fabric, so it does not crack or peel at the folds
- ✓No seam across the face, the print wraps the whole head
On the water
The run out is the cold bit.
Nobody minds the air temperature standing on the dock. It is the twenty minutes at speed, in the dark, before the sun is up, that takes the skin off your face.
This covers the whole of it in one piece, from the crown down past the collar, so there is no gap at the neck for cold air to find on the way down your jacket.
- ✓Full neck coverage — tucks under a jacket collar
- ✓Roll it down and it wears as a neck warmer once the day warms up
Pick your face
Three old men. One stretch size.
Every one fits the same, wears the same and blocks the same wind. The only question is which one your crew has to look at all morning.
Two-Tooth Tucker
Wide open grin, most of the teeth already gone. Looks like he has just been told the fish are biting on the other side of the lake.
Captain Walt
Heavy white moustache, red nose, not a flicker of expression. The man who has fished this water since before you were born and is not telling you where.
Old Barney
Deep lines, two teeth and a permanent squint. Has opinions about your boat, your rod and the way you tie a knot.
Not just the boat
It works anywhere the wind does.
It was built as cold-weather kit first, so it does the job wherever you are standing in it. The joke is a bonus that happens to travel.
- ✓On the ice — full coverage for a day in a shelter or out on the hard water
- ✓In the surf — wind and spray off the beach on an autumn morning
- ✓On the bank — long still sessions where you are not moving enough to stay warm
- ✓Everywhere else — it is a balaclava, so it also does ski lifts, snow shovelling and the dog walk
The short version
Everything you would want, plus a face.
Three faces
Two-Tooth Tucker, Captain Walt and Old Barney.
Windproof knit
Cuts the wind on the run out and the run back.
One stretch size
Fits most adult heads, including whoever borrows it.
Free US shipping
On every order, no minimum.
Bought as a joke, kept as kit
What people say
"Put it on at the ramp before anyone was properly awake. My brother-in-law dropped his coffee. Kept my face warm the whole run out, which I was not expecting."
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"Six hours on the lake in a cold wind and my face was fine. Thinner than I thought it would be and it sat flat under my cap."
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"Bought one, then had to buy two more because the lads would not let it go. Three old men in one boat is a lot funnier than one."
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Details
Fit & specifications
| Faces | Two-Tooth Tucker, Captain Walt, Old Barney. Sold individually — pick one at checkout. |
| Size | One stretch size, fits most adult heads. |
| Coverage | Full head, face and neck in one piece. Rolls down to wear as a neck warmer. |
| Eye opening | Single wide opening with a light grey panel. Clears most sunglasses. |
| Wind | Windproof, breathable knit. |
| Layering | Thin enough to sit under a cap, beanie or jacket hood. |
| Care | [VERIFY with supplier before publishing] |
| Shipping | Free US shipping. |
| Returns | 30 days. |
Before you ask
Everything you are wondering
Will it fit under a cap or a hood?
Yes. It is thin and stretchy rather than bulky, so a trucker cap, a beanie or a jacket hood goes straight over the top without riding up.
Can I wear sunglasses with it?
Yes. The eye opening leaves room for the frames and the arms sit over the fabric rather than digging under it.
Can I actually see out of it?
Yes. The panel across the eyes is see-through from the inside and opaque from the outside, which is the whole trick. Nobody can tell where you are looking.
Is it warm enough for ice fishing?
It blocks wind and covers your whole face and neck, which is most of the problem. On a genuinely brutal day, pull a hood over the top for a second layer.
Does the print rub off?
No. The face is printed into the fabric rather than applied on top, so it does not crack or peel where the material folds at the neck.
Which face should I get?
If you want the biggest reaction, Two-Tooth Tucker. If you want people to be quietly unsettled rather than laughing, Captain Walt. Old Barney splits the difference.
Nobody remembers the guy in the plain black one.
Windproof, breathable, fits under a cap and ruins the group photo in the best possible way.
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