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Paladin Hoodie

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$210.12 $309 In stock

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The Paladin Hoodie is an all-season, soft-shell jacket, built to perform, built to last, built in the USA. A rugged, technical, soft-shell hoodie designed for adventurous pursuits in cool to cold weather and made for those who are more than just capable. The Paladin Hoodie has ample freedom of movement by virtue of its 4-way stretch materials, blocks wind, is highly breathable, and shrugs off snow, damp and drizzle. Available in All Terrain Brown and Universal Field Gray. Made with traditional industrial sewing techniques and fully stitched construction, featuring our Expedition Cloth shell exterior, and fully lined with our Guide Cloth, this hoodie has got you covered. Cut to fit over moderate layers when desired for variable temperatures and features strategically placed pockets for generous storage of your EDC tools.


The Paladin Hoodie is something of a legacy style from our company Founder and Chief Designer, where his early apparel designs were often fielded by those who found themselves in dangerous places all over the globe. Purpose driven, practical, useful, versatile. Whether you're running over washboard in a Hilux, stuck in a hurricane seat, or horse packing through Charyn Canyon, the Paladin Hoodie is your one grab-n-go, do-it-all jacket.

Specifications:

Materials:
  • Expedition Cloth: 9.1oz, 50% High Tenacity N6 Nylon / 43% Polyester / 7% Spandex Soft-Shell
  • Guide Cloth: 5.75oz, 41% High Tenacity N6 Nylon / 48% Polyester / 11% Spandex
  • Poly Mesh Pocket Bags
  • Nylon Spandex Edge Binding
  • YKK Coil Nylon Zippers
  • YKK Vislon Zippers
  • Shock Cord
  • Nylon Hardware
  • Nylon Loop
  • CSPE/Hypalon
Sizing:
  • Regular Fit/Cut for Moderate Layering
  • S, M, L, XL, XXL
Features:
  • Modified ML-Hood Design
  • Full 2-Way Zipper
  • Windflap
  • 2 Zippered Hand Pockets
  • Bias-Cut Cuffs
  • 2 Upper Sleeve Pockets with Loop
  • 1 Back Zipper Storage Pocket
  • 4-Way Stretch
  • DWR
Designed & Built:
  • California, USA

Purpose Built
Built in the USA

Made in the USA with with tried-and-true, traditional industrial sewing techniques and fully stitched construction. Featuring our highly breathable, 4-way stretch Expedition Cloth soft-shell exterior and fully lined with our Guide Cloth, this hoodie is designed with numerous practical features for highly versatile use in the field in varied cool-cold weather conditions. The Paladin Hoodie is made for those are more than just capable, speak softly, carry big sticks and the self-reliant who can move with confidence in wild to dangerous places.

Details Make
The Design

For over 26 years our Chief Designer has been creating some of the most sought after performance apparel made. From his own lifelong experiences in the wilderness to feedback from numerous individuals who have been embedded in the most rugged and unforgiving places on our planet, he will create these useful, practical, and versatile designs. You'll never find goofy stylized asymmetrical pockets or useless, decorative pleats on PDW's designs. If it doesn't serve a purpose, then it doesn't belong.

Carefully Considered
Functional Outerwear

Extra details in the garment's design such as double reinforced elbows, gusseted sleeve pockets, additional storage pockets and the signature loop panels for morale patches, all add to the whole of the jacket. Our company Founder and Chief Designer introduced loop panels to technical apparel some 25 years ago and set into motion this functional design detail to be adopted industry-wide.

Form Follows
Function

Our technical garments are an outcome of the academic functions required. This soft-shell hooded jacket is tasked with keeping the user protected against wind, chill-cold, and damp, or otherwise varied environmental conditions. While not a "rain jacket", this style blocks snow, drizzle and damp conditions from the user, while remaining highly breathable and highly mobile by virtue of the 4-way stretch fabrics used. The Paladin's strength comes from it's durability, versatility, and capability; very good at many things allowing the wearer to keep going, longer.

Expedition
Cloth
Stretch + DWR

The Paladin Hoodie is made with our custom Expedition Cloth. A specially milled, 9.1oz, soft-shell material that is exceptionally breathable, abrasion resistant, durable and stretchy. PDW developed this material to go the distance and like its namesake, is expedition grade where long service life is necessary to withstand the rigors of protracted field use.

Built to Last
Apparel

On average, PDW apparel is designed and made to last a minimum of 5 seasons. Durability, high level function, performance and less waste are integral to PDW's product mission. While actual mileage is highly subjective and based on an individual's use and lifestyle, we strive to build goods to last, beyond the industry's typical life cycle standards, and we do not subscribe to wasteful "fast fashion" or disposable consumerism.

Special
Projects
Division

The Paladin Hoodie is legacy design and made under our Special Projects Division label as a Limited Edition production run. The “Special Projects Division” is tasked with creating experimental runs, limited production editions, collaborations, tackling unusual design challenges, and creating unexpected but useful results that may often change and/or improves the nature of things in a particular context.

The Paladin Hoodie is an all-season, soft-shell jacket, built to perform, built to last, built in the USA. A rugged, technical, soft-shell hoodie designed for adventurous pursuits in cool to cold weather and made for those who are more than just capable. The Paladin Hoodie has ample freedom of movement by virtue of its 4-way stretch materials, blocks wind, is highly breathable, and shrugs off snow, damp and drizzle. Available in All Terrain Brown and Universal Field Gray.

pal·a·din [ˈpaləd(ə)n]

1. (noun) A knight, warrior, champion, and strong defender/supporter of a cause.

Materials

  • Expedition Cloth: 9.1oz, 50% High Tenacity N6 Nylon / 43% Polyester / 7% Spandex Soft-Shell
  • Guide Cloth: 5.75oz, 41% High Tenacity N6 Nylon / 48% Polyester / 11% Spandex
  • Poly Mesh Pocket Bags
  • Nylon Spandex Edge Binding
  • YKK Coil Nylon Zippers
  • YKK Vislon Zippers
  • Shock Cord
  • Nylon Hardware
  • Nylon Loop
  • CSPE/Hypalon

Features

  • Shaped 3-Panel Hood Design
  • Full 2-Way Zipper
  • Windflap
  • 2 Zippered Hand Pockets
  • Bias-Cut Cuffs
  • 2 Upper Sleeve Pockets with Loop
  • 1 Back Zipper Storage Pocket
  • 4-Way Stretch
  • DWR
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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Christopher B. ★★★★★

Wore this on a windy ridge hike at about 40 degrees and it blocked the gusts without me overheating on the climb. The soft-shell fabric has some real stretch to it, so reaching for handholds never felt restricted. Two seasons in and the seams still look new.

Olivia ★★★★★

The soft-shell exterior handles drizzle and wind without feeling stiff or crinkly, and it’s honestly the first hoodie I’ve grabbed all season. The stitching and zipper feel solid enough that I’m not worried about wear after a dozen washes.

Michael ★★★★★

Wore this through a windy 45-degree hike and the soft-shell did exactly what it should—blocked the chill without making me overheat. The all-season build feels substantial enough that I’m not worried about it wearing out after a few washes.